One of the most intriguing franchise business opportunities currently has to be the educational tutoring franchises and schools. There are franchisor’s that offer math tutoring business franchise opportunities as well as reading and literature offerings. Indeed, there are quite a bit of different franchise opportunities to choose from, but one has to ask are they economically viable during the current financial crisis and recession.
There is some debate about their viability presently, a number of them have closed, and that is not a very good sign for current and future franchisees in this educational industry sub-sector. Still, there have been many success stories as well. When families are cutting costs they are apt to cut education costs if at all possible and if they can do so without jeopardizing their child’s academic future.
Some families refuse to cut-back on their children’s education and thus, there will always be customers. So, depending on the location and demographics these types of franchises are surviving and some even thriving. Now, I have talked to a number of franchisees that own these types of franchises and one that recently closed his doors.
The one that closed indicated that he could have stayed in business with a loan of only $50,000 but neither he nor his partner was able to come up with the money due to banks lending freezes. Other franchisees I’ve talked to with math tutoring franchised outlets said this year was not their best year, but it was one of their best. Both that I talked to said they planned on expanding their facilities and their enrollment in 2009 and 2010. Definitely something to consider.
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