Supporting Strategies franchise
2024 filing · May 15, 2024
Supporting Strategies at a glance
An outsourced bookkeeping and operational support business serving small businesses.
The business
- Industry
- Business services
- Franchisor
- Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $75K–$98K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $60,000
- For a territory of 20,000 to 25,000 small businesses, plus $1,000 for each additional 1,000
- Royalty
- 10% + minimum
- 10% of gross sales, paid monthly, with a yearly minimum from the second year: $12,000, then $24,000, $36,000 and $48,000 from year five
Where it is
- Franchised, 2023
- 84
- As printed in the filing
From Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC’s 2024 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Supporting Strategies among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Supporting Strategies | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $86,380 | Costs less than 90% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $60,000 | Higher than 88% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 10% | Higher than 95% of brands with a set rate |
How much a Supporting Strategies franchise costs
Opening one Supporting Strategies costs an estimated $74,570 to $98,190. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital. It is one of the low-cost franchises.
Source: Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC, 2024 filing, page 1
Supporting Strategies franchise fee
The franchise fee is $60,000, for a territory of 20,000 to 25,000 small businesses, plus $1,000 for each additional 1,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC, 2024 filing, page 13
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 10% of gross sales, paid monthly, with a yearly minimum from the second year: $12,000, then $24,000, $36,000 and $48,000 from year five. |
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The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC, 2024 filing, page 13
Sales and earnings
No figures Supporting Strategies does not share sales or profit figures for its locations. Talking to current and former franchise owners is the usual way to learn what a location earns.
Source: Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC, 2024 filing, page 41
SBA loans to Supporting Strategies franchisees
Lenders approved 10 SBA 7(a) loans for Supporting Strategies franchisees from 2015 to 2025, $1.62M in all. Of the 6 that have ended, 5 were paid in full and 1 was charged off. The other 4 haven’t ended yet.
A charged-off loan is one written off as uncollectible. See SBA franchise loans for how 7(a) and 504 loans work.
Source: SBA 7(a) and 504 loan data, as of September 30, 2026
How Supporting Strategies compares
Of the 324 business services franchises on this site, Supporting Strategies is the 151st cheapest to open.
| Figure | Supporting Strategies | Typical business services brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $75K | $77K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $98K | $136K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $60K | $45K | $40K |
| Royalty | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Shares earnings figures | No | 187 of 324 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 324 brands in business services franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 103 (+3) | 0 |
| 2022 | 98 (−5) | 0 |
| 2023 | 84 (−14) | 10 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
These figures don't add up as printed: the 2022 counts come to 98, but the filing shows 97. Worth asking the franchisor.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
More in the guides: franchise failure rates.
Source: Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC, 2024 filing, page 42
Who owns Supporting Strategies?
Supporting Strategies franchises are sold by Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC.
From Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC’s 2024 filing.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | Yes. The filing describes past or pending cases involving the franchisor, its affiliates or its executives on page 7. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC, 2024 filing, litigation on page 7, bankruptcy on page 12
Supporting Strategies filings
The figures on this page come from Supporting Strategies Partners, LLC’s 2024 filing, issued May 15, 2024, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 filing | May 15, 2024 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2021–2023 |
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