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India Franchise Rankings 2010 - Winners from 1 to

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Detailed Brief of all the Winners Rankers from 1 to 100
India Franchise Rankings 2010 Top 100

1. The Raymond Shop
The Raymond Shop is a premium retail store retailing a wide range of
premium suiting fabrics, men's wear and accessories, from top-ofthe-line brands like Raymond, Park Avenue, Manzoni, Parx, ColorPlus
and Notting Hill. It is one of the oldest franchisor and one of the
pioneers in franchising. Raymonds started franchising, as early as
1959. Currently, all thanks to its franchisees, Raymond's today
commands an over 60% market share in India, It. is today the largest
integrated manufacturer of worsted fabric in the world. A 100%
subsidiary of Raymond Limited, Raymond Apparel Ltd. (RAL) ranks
amongst India's largest and most respected apparel companies. The
Raymonds Shop franchise bring to our customers the best of fabric
and style through some of the countrys most prestigious brands
Raymond Finely Crafted Garments, Manzoni, Park Avenue, ColorPlus,
Parx, Notting Hill and Zapp!.
The Raymonds Shop Franchise entered into the ready-to-wear
business with the introduction of Park Avenue in 1986 catering to the
men's formal wear market. Parx was launched in 1998 to address the
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growing trend of smart casuals. In 2000, Manzoni, a luxury lifestyle

brand was launched offering a super-premium formal range of men's
shirts, suits, trousers, jackets, ties and leather accessories. Raymond
identified the vacuum for a high end, casual wear brand and hence
decided to acquire ColorPlus as a part of strategic expansion plan for
their ready-to-wear business. Notting Hill was launched in 2007 to
cater to the popular price segment. In addition to this, Raymond
Apparel has also ventured into the kidswear segment with its exclusive
brand Zapp!
Several of its franchisees began with one store and expanding into
many others. Raymond was awarded the "Most Admired Textile Brand
of the Year" in the Images Fashion Awards 2009.
No. of Stores: Over 500 (450 Franchised) stores in India vs. 36
internationally (all franchised)
Franchising Since: 1959
Area Required: 93 to 140 sq.m. (1000 to 1500 sq. ft.) of carpet area.
Investment: Rs. 30 to 50 Lakhs
Expected Return on Investment: 18 to 25%
Pay Back Period is: 2 to 4 years
Profit Margins: 30%
2. Angel Broking
Angel Broking is one of the most respected stock-broking and wealth
management companies in India. Recently, it was lauded with the
Best Retail Broking House and Broking House with Largest
Distribution Network in the Dun & Bradstreet Equity Broking Award for
2009. It offers various investment products and services like Equities,
F&O, Commodities, Currencies, Online Trading, PMS, Investment
Advisory, Insurance, Mutual Fund, Personal Loan, Fixed Deposits, IPO
and Depository Services.
Angel Broking has a strong reach across the country with a
nation-wide network of 21 regional hubs and presence in 155 cities. It
derives its strength and success from its associations and
partnerships. It has the largest sub-broker network in India with over
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8,370 Sub-Brokers and Business Associates and 6.8 lakh retail clients.
Angel Broking offers a wide selection of Business Plans for all the
aspiring entrepreneurs out there, ranging from as little as Rs. 1.5
Lakhs to Rs. 12 lakhs, with returns ranging between Rs. 5 to Rs. 30
lakhs
As a Business Partner, the franchisee could select the one that is the
most beneficial to you or simply call our experts who will guide and
direct you towards the right path. The Angel broking Franchise offers
several products that include Equities, Commodities, Currencies,
E-Broking, PMS, Angel Gold, Insurance, Mutual Fund, Personal Loan,
Fixed Deposits, IPO, Depository Services
Total Investment: Rs. 1.5 Lakhs to Rs. 12 Lakhs
Annual Income: Rs. 5 Lakhs
No. of Franchisees: 8700+
Over 6.8 Lakh Customers
3. Subway
Subway Systems India Pvt Ltd opened its very first restaurant in 2001
in New Delhi and has swiftly grown its operations to 145 operating
restaurants in 26 cities across India. Although it is a global brand with
a menu that is relatively the same around the world, SUBWAY
restaurant's takes great pride in honoring and respecting local
traditions and food preferences and has earned a reputation for
offering a healthier alternative to traditionally fatty and greasy fast
food.
SUBWAY restaurant's in India serve no beef or pork products and
have an expanded selection of vegetarian choices. Popular
sandwiches, both local and international favorites, include Veggie
Patty, Paneer Tikka, Aloo Patty, Chicken Meatball Marinara, Roasted
Chicken, Chicken Teriyaki, Turkey, and Tuna.
The Subway Food and Beverage business Opportunity appeal to
many people because franchisee stored can be run with as few as six
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to ten employees, do not require frying or cooking food (there is

toasting of and baking bread), and have a relatively low start up costs.
Some general business experience is recommended, although not
mandatory. The company is willing to consider people who want to
make a Subway franchise their first business. About 70 percent of
Subways are purchased by existing owners.
Investment: Rs. 30 to Rs. 35 Lakhs
Royalty: 8%
Area Required: 150 sq ft. to 800 sq ft.
4. Eurokids
Eurokids is India's largest preschool brand with over 550+ Locations.
Heard of EuroKids or ever seen a Eurokids Preschool in your Locality?
If yes then thats a Franchise of Euro Kids A Pre Schooling Concept
where you setup a school and make money with this excellent
business opportunity that can offer continuous revenue on a yearly
basis and the company just taking Royalty every year on the Receipts
you receive.
EuroKids offers a complete business format franchise in the Pre
School/kindergarten services. The unique franchise concept provides
individuals with complete know how to build and operate a successful
Pre School.
Franchise orientation program (FOP) A 3 day orientation program will
be held for training the franchisee and their key personnel in Mumbai.
The FOP aims at helping the franchisee understand the Pre School
business and transferring the knowledge ware gathered by the
Franchiser.
Curriculum & counselors training Curriculum training will be
imparted to teachers on an ongoing basis along with the specially
developed training module for counselors on admission prospecting.
Curriculum training is imparted on a quarterly basis in a year.
Manuals Franchisee will be provided with ambience manual- which
will help to construct the EUROKIDS Pre School as per the
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standardized design template and the standard operating procedures

manual for conduct of the Pre School.
Supply of equipment Franchiser will provide the required equipment
as per the model of the Pre School. (Cost of which is to be borne by
the franchisee) average cost of equipment is INR 200,000/Curriculum The curriculum for all programs will be provided in the
printed/online form along with audio visual aids.
On going support The benefits of on going research and
development will be transferred to the franchisee to keep abreast of
the curriculum development.
Marketing support The franchisor will provide requisite marketing
support to propagate the various programs at EuroKids through
regional/national platforms. Sales & Marketing tools (brochures,
leaflets, posters, audio visual aids) as and when developed will be
sent as per policy.
Financial Data
Investment: Rs. 500,000 10,00,000/- will be required. covers:
Ambience as per standardized design
Furniture and fittings
Equipments and educational material
However, this sum does not include pre operating expenses such
as rental and staff costs.
Area Required: 1500
Royalty: 18%
Area Required: 1500 sq ft.
ROI: 35%
Payback: 2 to 3 Years
5. NIIT
NIIT started off way back in 1983 working towards developing
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manpower for Indias slowly awakening IT sector. In doing so, it not

only pioneered a brand new industrythe IT training segmentit also
fueled the fire of entrepreneurship in the country.
Within a few years of rapidly expanding its presence in the country,
NIIT launched its most impressive innovation yeta path-breaking
franchisee-based business model, which earned it the epithet of the
McDonalds of the IT training world by none other than the Far
Eastern Economic Review. Using this model, NIIT transformed many
young Indians, into ambitious entrepreneurs, focused on providing
high quality IT training, efficiently and profitably. It has also been
quoted in India Unbound.
It was this unique effort, its completely fresh approach towards
developing and growing the IT training market that enabled NIIT to
achieve its vision of the early days and emerge as a leading global
technology education brand. While it was NIIT that unveiled the
dream, it was the company's Business Partners that took it forward
and made it a reality.
NIITs growth story is a special tribute to its extremely robust network
of Business Partners, who have helped the company, spread its wings
to around 40 nations and cross significant milestones over the years.
Fired by a new vision of globalization, where NIIT is now looking at
helping other countries build IT talent, the company needs many more
helping hands that will help it attain its billion dollar aspirations.
While NIIT's Business Partners remain its key strength, the company
also imparts a special edge to its Partners, particularly in the highly
competitive global IT training landscape. Entrepreneurs that join the
NIIT family gain the advantage of the powerful NIIT brand, which
accords them immediate recognition wherever the NIIT graduates may
go. Companies also benefit from participating in the IT training sector,
which is expected to snowball into an even bigger business
opportunity in the future, as IT becomes the backbone for all round
development.
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In India alone, there will be a requirement for 8,50,000 IT professionals

by 2010, according to premier industry association, NASSCOM. NIIT
needs many more Business Partners to help it face the IT manpower
challenge and redress the looming demand-supply gap in the area of
skilled manpower.
Started with a vision of bringing people and computers togethersuccessfully, NIIT is now a leading Global Talent Development
Corporation, building skilled manpower pool for global industry
requirements. Using a balanced mix of Instructor-led, Computer-based
and Web-based training, NIIT is poised to enter hitherto unexplored
markets where there is a demand for quality education. The company
is now on the look-out for partners who can give shape to NIITs vision
of building talent for fulfilling global needs.
The NIIT Franchise is available for Individuals or Companies who
believe in the role of IT. The NIIT Franchise, Asia 's Number 1 Trainer
and leading Global Talent Development Corporation, offers learning
and knowledge solutions to five million students across 32 countries. It
has several partners internationally as well.
Investment: Rs. 25 to Rs. 35 Lakhs
Should be able to invest about 50 to 60% of the Total Investment
Amount, Bank Loan can be sought for the balance.
A lot of NIIT franchisees are quite happy and positive about NIIT. NIIT
franchisee Pratap Aggarwal, started off with a few locations but now
has about 13+ Centers in Chandigarh and nearby locations. He says,
Alliance that we have shared with NIIT from the last 20+ years was
productive, pleasurable and revitalizing. NIIT has emerged as a true
collaborator in terms of its contribution towards creating industry
endorsed education products and thereafter in-depth support in
delivering those to our customers. The emotional bond that we enjoy
today with NIIT is a clear evidence of sincere relationship we had with
them and we look forward to have continuous association with them.
6. Helen O Grady
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Helen OGrady Drama Academy is an international creativity afterschool program offering a highly effective self-development
programme for students of all age groups. Its curriculum lays special
emphasis on the development of Speech and Communication skills
along with an overall personality enhancement leading to an eloquent
and confident personality! The aims of the Helen OGrady Drama
System are achieved through involving the students in a highly
stimulating, creative theatre arts program, which is designed to
develop Personality, Presentation Skills & Performing Arts
The Helen O Grady Drama Academy caters to an age group between
three to thirteen.
There is specialized curriculum for both these sections. This
curriculum is used internationally in all our classes worldwide ensuring
a stringent commitment to quality. Extensive research has been
conducted to develop this student friendly curriculum and great and
tangible benefits are obtained from our drama programme. Our
founder, Executive Director Helen OGrady has been awarded an
Honorary Fellowship (F.T.C.L) by the Trinity College, London, for
exemplary work done in the creative use of drama as a
self-development tool. This is the highest academic qualification
awarded by the college. The Pre-primary, Lower Primary And Upper
Primary sections are the popular sections in the age group of 3 to 14
years. The classes are held in private studios and also within school
premises. In Asian countries, speech and drama is an integral part of
the English language learning and Helen O'Grady Drama Academy
takes great pride in servicing this requirement. Hence in a large
number of schools Helen O Grady conducts classes during the school
time table as part of the school syllabus. The Helen O Grady Drama
Academy Team has been able to bring tangible benefits through our
classes and have enhanced confidence, creativity, imagination &
spontaneity which have all led to a greater degree of self-esteem
amongst the children enrolled with us.
With special reference to our Youth Theatre programme: It is an
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extremely vibrant, dynamic and well-received segment all across the

world with a very large number of young people participating in it. The
Helen O Grady customers, kids or students also learn valuable life
skills, communication skills, creativity, imagination, and confidence
building measures through our classes. So to sum up, while the main
focus of the lessons is to develop English speech and communication
skills among the young people, Helen O Grady also encourages its
kids to develop poise, confidence and grace leading to the
development of their overall personality.
Helen O Grady programmes strongly believes in the power of positive
motivation and encouragement for bringing out the potential of each
student to its fullest. Each student learns at his\her own pace. The
drama programme gives an opportunity to them to do so with very
definitive results!
Helen O Grady Franchisees are fully trained in all aspects of the
teaching, marketing and administration of our programme. Support
includes pre and post launch training continuing throughout the first
year of operation. In subsequent years, regular visits by a director or
senior member of staff will be made. Regular telephone contact is
always maintained. Three times a year, Principals attend a training
seminar, to cover relevant business matters and to workshop
curriculum for the coming term. These days are also an opportunity for
Principals to catch up with their contemporaries and exchange
anecdotes and ideas.
With more than 55,000 children attending classes weekly in more than
150 branches around the world and still growing, this is proof of the
business success with parents, teachers and principals around the
world. To become a Helen OGrady Childrens Drama Academy
franchisee, the business partner must have a passion for developing
children, possess great energy, and be highly motivated with a strong
desire to be successful. Franchisees, with an interest in drama, benefit
from the worldwide recognition, loyalty and support that the Academy
receives wherever it operates. The students also benefit from a
stimulating, friendly and positive environment that provides them with
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outstanding job satisfaction.

Franchisees receive training in all aspects of the teaching, marketing
and administration of our programme. A comprehensive scheme
provides pre and post launch training in the first year. In subsequent
years, a member from the Master Franchisee will make regular visits.
Helen O Grady's established brand with a carefully devised corporate
advertising and marketing programme has proven to be extremely
effective.
Franchisees can seek assistance in the selection of their initial
locations. The Franchisee operates the business from home, with
rented teaching locations within the franchised territory. Hours of
work are far less than other businesses of comparable income. This is
an excellent cash flow business, with the bulk of fees collected at the
commencement of each term.
Average Monthly Positive Cash Flow: Rs. 50,000
Pay back Period: 6 months to 1 Year
No. of Business Partners: 30 Area Developers.
7. Siyarams Textiles Store
Siyaram is the well-established leader in the fashion fabric industry
that has stayed contemporary with its vision well focused on the
future. Part of the Siyaram Poddar Group (SPG), it is one of the
largest producers of fancy blended Suitings & Shirtings in India,
producing thirty million meters of fabric annually. Siyaram is one of the
very few fabric companies in the world today that can proudly claim to
be available in over 35000 retails outlets throughout the country. The
companys front runner power brands such as Siyarams, Mistair,
J.Hamstead, MSD, Oxemberg & J.Hamstead Apparel are consistently
backed with innovative promotional campaigns, which has aided in
taking these quality products to every nook & corner of the nation.
The team at Siyarams, along with its trade partners, are the biggest
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strengths of the company and the pillers on the basis of which

ambitious plans are fulfilled year after year. With the changing market
scenario worldwide and in India, the business dynamics has also been
changing and no business activity is out of the race in terms of
accepting and incorporating these changes. A part of the changing
mechanism is the retail industry of India, which is undergoing a sea of
change. Siyarams has already entered the Retail Industry with close
to 100 exclusive outlets country wide at present.
The Key amongst some other business opportunities:
1. Low investment with high margins on sale.
2. Affordable and good quality fabric for mass audience.
3. Merchandise supply only as per franchisee/customer choice.
4. Constant innovation in styles and packaging (duets and miniature
packs; also roll size in fabric reduced from 12 meter to 3.9 meter)
5. Large variety of both fabric anmd readymade with different brands
catering to different target markets and price points (siyaram
fabirc=mass markets; J.Hampstead=premium segment;
oxemberg=formal garments; msd=casual wear)
Profit Margins: 35%
No. of Franchisees: 45
Average Per Unit Sale: Rs. 52 lakhs pa
Pay Back Period: 24 Months
Investment: Rs. 5 to 10 lakhs
8. Aptech Computer Education
Franchising Since 1989
Aptech Computer Education is the IT education brand of Aptech
Limited. Established in 1986, it is one of the pioneer in IT education,
Aptech started franchising as early as 1989. Through its wide network
of centres in India and overseas, Aptech has so far trained 5 million
students. IT education is a large market and a profitable business
opportunity. Aptech has built a wide network of centres through its
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partnership with hundreds of franchisees. The passion and efforts of

these business partners, along with the support given by Aptech, have
made Aptech Computer Education a household name. The company
is a pioneer in education franchising and has also set up nationwide
network of centres for its brands, Arena Animation, N-Power Hardware
& Networking, Avalon Academy and the very recent English Express.
Aptech offers a wide range of courses. These include courses for 12th
pass/ collegestudents, courses for engineers as well as short-term
courses to improve skills & knowledge in any one area. The company
also has alliances with leading IT companies i.e. Sun Microsystems,
Oracle & Red Hat to offer courses leading to certifications from these
companies.
During its journey since 1986, Aptech achieved many milestones; a
few of them are enlisted below for your reference:
Winner of Indian Global Franchisor of the year Award, 2007 by
the Franchising Association of India
Among Brand Equitys Top 50 Most Trusted Service Brands2004
Among Forbes Global Best 300 small companies worldwide
Declared No-1 IT Training Company in Vietnam for 5th
consecutive year
First IT Company in Asia to receive ISO 9001-2000 certification
Among Top 20 global companies in the Training outsourcing
Industry by trainingoutsourcing.com for 2nd consecutive year,
2007
Aptech Beida Jade Bird, China rated as No-1 IT Training Institute
in China for the 5th consecutive year.
Aptech is one of the few IT education firms that have survived the Dot
Com Crash and has emerged successful in the Post Dot Com Crash.
9. Coffee Day Express
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ROI: 30 to 40%
Pay Back: 2 to 3 Year
Space Required: 60 to 100 sq ft
Coffee Day Xpress(CDX) is a unique concept of convenient cafe, an
idea that feeds the world that`s contineously in transit. At the busy city
crossroads, between home and office, when there is not enough time
for a hot cup of coffee or a leisurely meal, Coffee Day Xpress can
provide fast, hygienic, convenient to eat and affordable food &
beverages. The CDX network complements the Cafe Coffee Day's that
are spread across India.
Coffee Day Xpress is also the winner of the Franchisor of the Year
Award by the Franchising Association of India. What makes an
attractive proposition is the location of this kiosk and the mobility, If a
certain location is not profitable, the franchisee could move it to
another one, since it is a kiosk.
The low-risk investment, which is 80% refundable and 20% goes as
royalty/registration fees (non refundable), entitles you to a
plug-and-play kiosk fully equipped with all the machineries - fully
operational within 3 weeks of the franchise agreement being signed. It
can truly be said that no other brand growing through the F&B
franchising route offers so much for so little. All that the franchisee
needs is be involved in the business, a high-traffic location and a little
investment. All the rest like the training and support is provided by
the Coffee Day Xpress Franchise Team.
With over 500 successful entrepreneurs spanning the length and
breadth of India, Coffee Day Xpress is poised for a growth curve that's
creating new benchmarks in the F&B franchising business. Speckled
across the urbanscape of India's leading citiesthere's one sign that
beckons entrepreneurs who want to book profits.
With a product portfolio that embraces hot and cold beverages, and a
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snacks menu that stretches from burgers, rolls, submarines and

sandwiches to brownies, pastries, puffs and samosas, Coffee Day
Xpress is the one take-away F&B format that caters to the needs of all
customers for whom time is money. Coffee Day Xpress works at high
traffic junctions like shopping malls, supermarkets, multiplexes, travel
termini, petrol pumps, parks, educational institutions
10. Reliance Money
The Reliance Money franchise offers a single window for transacting in
a wide range of asset classes including Equity, Equity and Commodty
Derivatives, PMS, Wealth Management Solutions, IPO's, MF, Life and
General Insurance, Money Changing, Money Transfer, Gold Coins and
Credit Cards. It is one of the most comprehensive financial solutions
company. With pioneering efforts to help franchisees get additional
revenue, The Reliance Money franchise offers fixed brokerage of Rs.
500 annually for unlimited no. of transactions.
No. of Franchisees: 6000+ Estimated
Reliance Securities endeavors to change the way investors transact in
equities markets and avails services. It provides customers with access
to Equity, Derivatives, Portfolio Management Services, Investment
Banking, Mutual Funds & IPOs. It also offers secured online share
trading platform and investment activities in secure, cost effective and
convienent manner. To enable wider participation, it also provides the
convenience of trading offline through variety of means, including Call
& Trade,Branch dealing Desk and its network of affiliates. Reliance
Money through its pan India presence with 6,233 outlets, has more
than 3.5 million customers.
The Reliance Money Franchise offers three verticals, First is financial
markets, consisting of equity/commodity broking derivatives, IPOs and
offshore investments. Second is a distribution vertical under where the
Reliance Money franchisee distributes mutual funds, life insurance,
general insurance, credit cards, loans.anything provided by a third
party.
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The third vertical is over the counter (OTC), which includes money
changing, money transfer and gold coin retailing. In the OTC segment,
Reliance Money acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuoni Group,
which is into money changing and money transfer; known as Reliance
Money Express. Reliance Money has also partnered with Western
Union Money transfer, (largest private sector partner, 1st One is Indian
Postal Services).
Reliance Money has also tested with gold coin retailing and will now
start retailing nationally. Reliance Money franchisees will be selling
0.5, 1 and 2-gm coins in addition to 5 gm and 8 gm. The idea is to
enable people to use gold coin as a gifting item. A half-gram coin
costs just about Rs 500.
With multiple revenue streams, The Reliance Money Franchise is 10th
for India Franchise Rankings 2010
11. Koutons
Margins: 3 to 8%
The Koutons franchisee is a high volume, value-for-money retailer. The
Koutons Franchisee Retailers are spread over 230 family stores and
1,388 exclusive brand outlets (EBOs). Most of these are on a
franchisee basis, which keeps it an asset-light model for Koutons. It
clocked a healthy growth rate of 32% (Sales: Rs. 1046.68 Crore),
thanks to franchisee promotions and a vast expanding network, with
profits of of Rs. 69.15
Koutons Retail India Ltd. is the leading retailer of readymade and
fashion wear brand in the country today. With more than 1400 outlets
across India, it has a wide range of apparel designs suited for all
segments including corporate, formal and casual dressings. Koutons
aptly creates the conducive environment for a family outing, making
family shopping the best experience at an affordable price - all at one
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place.
Koutons was born in 1991 as Charlie Creations and are now Koutons
Retail India Ltd. Koutons started primarily as a denim brand but are
today manufacturing and selling complete men, women and kids
wardrobe under the brand name Koutons, Les Femme and Koutons
Junior respectively. Another brand from the stable of Koutons is
Charlie Outlaw, which caters to the teens of the country with apparels
including jeans, T- shirts, jackets etc. Koutons Brand is catering to the
Upper & Upper Middle Class of Society with a vast target age group
between 18-60 years.
"Value for Money and High on Fashion" being their USP, Koutons has
given the brand an extension delving into specific consumer
segments. The garments are made keeping in view the overall need of
the niche market and the basic/fashion demand of the Indian masses.
Our product range also caters to the tastes of all segments. Our Brand
is placed as the most dynamic brand of India.
Area Required: 1000 to 1500
Rs. 10 to 25 Lakhs
Average ROI: 12 to 15%
Average Pay back: 6.5 to 7 Years
12. Career Launcer
Area Required: 600 to 1000 sq ft
ROI: 70%
Career Launcher India Limited (CL) is Asias leading education service
provider with presence in over 130 locations across India, Middle East
and the United States. CL provides test-prep education to enable
school and college students gain admission to professional courses. It
is also actively involved in the field of mainstream education, mainly
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through its growing network of play schools and secondary schools.

Today over 400+ academicians and professionals around the world
work with Career Launcher to counsel and groom over 50,000+
students across 130 locations in India, Middle East and the US.
13. Triumphant Institute of Management Education
197 centres, 100+ Franchised
Systemwide Sales: Over 200 Crore
Investment: Rs. 10 to 15 lakhs
Three management graduates from India's top institutes set up a
preparatory exam coaching / training institute Triumphant Institute of
Management Education (T.I.M.E.) in 1992 at Hyderabad. An
indigenously developed training programme started bringing in the
results. Recognition followed with more and more students from
T.I.M.E. making it into the IIMs and other reputed B-Schools across the
country.
Gradually with more and more success, the TIME franchise expanded
to more centres at Hyderabad and gradually moved into other cities,
responding positively to the trends that emerged. More professionals
qualified and experienced in Training and Management, joined the
T.I.M.E. team and its faculty ensuring quality with growth. Constant
innovation, excellent classroom teaching, quality course material, and
careful evaluation have brought about excellent results year after year.
With 197 offices in 102 cities across the country, T.I.M.E. today is truly
pan-national, but with a local focus as well, thanks to its franchisee
network. With over 2000 full-time employees (including those
employed by its franchisees) in its Faculty, Research, Management,
Marketing & Admin. teams, TIME has truly revolutionised the entrance
examination business.
14. Motilal Oswal
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ROI: 35 to 40%
500 to 750 sq ft. (Prime Locality)
Payback: 20 to 24 Months
Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. (MOSL) was founded in 1987 as a small
sub-broking unit, with just two people running the show. Focus on
customer-first-attitude, ethical and transparent business practices,
respect for professionalism, research-based value investing and
implementation of cutting-edge technology has enabled us to blossom
into an almost 2000 member team.
Today Motilal Oswal is a well diversified financial services firm offering
a range of financial products and services such as Wealth
Management , Broking & Distribution , Commodity Broking, Portfolio
Management Services , Institutional Equities, Private Equity ,
Investment Banking Services and Principal Strategies.
Motilal Oswal has a diversified client base that includes retail
customers (including High Net worth Individuals), mutual funds ,
foreign institutional investors, financial institutions and corporate
clients. Headquartered at Mumbai and as of December 31st, 2009,
Motilal Oswal has a network spread over 581 cities and towns
comprising 1,293 Business Locations operated by our Business
Partners and us. As at December 31st, 2009, Motilal Oswal had
6,05,986 registered customers.
Motilal Oswal Franchisee currently has over 1000 business partners,
the Motilal Oswal group is a global, diversified financial services group
having businesses in securities, commodities, investment banking. The
criteria to be a franchisee, is to have a basic understanding of financial
markets and ideally with a good client base. The Motilal Oswal
Franchisee currently focuses on existing brokers and sub-brokers.
Since, this one is a retail franchise, Motilal Oswal prospective
franchisees have to have a good retail location, to create further
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awareness of their brand. With 20+ Years of Experience and a wealth

of expertise in franchising, Motilal Oswal is indeed the
# 2 Stock Broking and Financial Services Franchise Opportunity
15. Institute of Management studies
Franchising SInce: 2001
Investment: 10 to 20 Lakhs
ROI: 25%
Area Reqd: 1500 sq ft.
Likely Pay Back: 2.5 Years
With more than 30 years of strong domain expertise in the preparatory
education business. The IMS Franchise is indeed one of the pioneers
and the leader in the field of Management Entrance training. Ranked
4th in the Education sector and 44th amongst the Top 50 Most Trusted
Service Brands across India in the December 2003 survey conducted
by AC-Nielson & Brand Equity (Economic Times). More than 100+
franchise partners across India. More than 50,000 students passing
through the portals of prestigious institutes all over India and abroad.
The IMS Franchise offers Personalised Counselling that caters to all
our students' requirements and their counselling and career needs.
helping students realise their dreams and aspirations. IMS has
transformed many lives with its franchise program. It is one of the most
successful business format in Indian Education and IMS believes in
mutual growth. IMS offers a complete business format for partnership
in Test Prep services. The IMS partnership concept provides
individuals with the complete know how to build and operate a
successful test prep training.
IMS offers its Franchise Partners access to Unique and tested
pedagogy, business processes, Test Prep courses.
16. Spykar Clothing and Apparel
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The Spykar franchise has been offering fashion wears and accessories
since 1992. The retail services business was founded by Prasad
Pabrekar who wanted to make use of technical knowledge in
processing jeans garments. Span Apparels, styled as U:th Icon and
Brand of the Generation Next has changed its name from Span
Apparels to Spykar Lifestyle. The brand comprises a large array of
casual wear from the authentic five pocket jeans to fashionable
denims, fatigues, loozers, jackets, tees, shirts, etc. to trendy bags,
belts, caps, wallets, socks and other accessories. Spykar Lifestyle is
gearing up to further extend its product portfolio by introducing other
fashion essentials like travel gear, shoes, deodorants, junk jewelry,
eyewear and time-wear
The quality service offered by the Spykar franchise slowly resulted in
the enhancement of the number of employees. The functioning of the
garments retail franchise is strictly based on a code of ethics. It is the
absolute adherence to this code of ethics, which has helped the retail
services franchise in ensuring smooth relationships with its trading
partners, employees, vendors etc.
Franchising since 1992
ROI: 28%
No. of Stores: 300+
Margins: 20 to 35%
Pay Back Period: 5 Years
Spykar products are available at over 700 MBOs across the country,
apart from the large format stores like Shopper's Stop, Globus,
Lifestyle, Pantaloons, Pyramids, etc. and at the Exclusive Spykar
Jeans outlet at Ahmedabad, Ghazi bad, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata,
Lucknow, Mumbai, Nasik, New Delhi and Pune. Spykar Jeans
currently has 148 Exclusive Brand Outlet and plans to increase that
number to 200 by the end of 2008. To mark its foray in the
international arena, Spykar has also opened its first exclusive outlet
Australia. With constant product innovation and providing value for
money products, franchisees enjoy a high volume and steady
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recognition, in comparison to the other players in the market.

17. Maxmind Abacus
Monthly Cash Flow: Rs. 85,000
Average break Even: 3 months
Maxmind India is one of the fastest growing company in the field of
Mind Training Programs for children. Our courses focus on Whole
Brain Development of children with maths as core subject. Currently
Maxmind trains kids in Abacus (Japanese Technique of developing
kids faster than a calculator) , Vedic Maths (Ancient Indian methods to
quick maths) and Memory Courses. All the Maxmind Programs are
scientific brain management techniques which unveil the infinite
potential of the human brain.
After a few months of training a student can start solving equations
like 236 X 34 =? or 9554 /253 =? Students do not need any pen, paper
or a calculator to solve this! With our Mind Training program these
sums, that have baffled you, can be solved by a Eight year old child in
just 10 seconds and without using any of the external aids.
The company currently operates in four countries and have a network
of 173 franchisees across the globe.
The Maxmind Franchise Opportunity Differentiator
Content: Unlimited content (Courses) , our one franchisee
includes the rights to operate all courses which the Maxmind
system currently has or would develop in the next ten years
Traffic: Maxmind India share 50% of all local ads expenditure for
unit franchisees and generate huge traffic of inquiries (High
Footfall) for all our franchisees
Presell: Unlimited free sms & world class presentation tools are
provided to all franchisees which results in over 60% conversion
of inquiries to admissions.
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Monetise: All our franchisees can operate in pan India and can
have their own network of sub franchisees at no additional costs.
Money Back Guarantee: The only company which offers 80%
refund of franchisee fees , if a franchisee does not recover his
complete investment in six months.
18. Kwality Walls
Franchising Since: July 2004
Gross Profitability: 59%
Average Monthly POsitive Cash Flow: Rs. 37610
ROI: 50%
Average Pay Back Period: 2 years
Average Break Even Period: 2 to 3 Months
Hindustan Unilever limited is Indias largest FMCG Company that
touches life of every 2 out of 3 Indians. Unilever's mission is to add
Vitality to life. Unilever meets everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene
and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good
and get more out of life. The Kwality Walls brand is one of the power
brands of HUL and is one of the leading players in the Ice Cream
Category in India. Its fun-filled ice cream parlour concept is called
Kwality Walls Swirls.
Swirls ice cream parlour is an International concept that was launched
in 1994 in Netherlands. It now has over 2000 Heartbrand Parlours
across the globe. The concept was launched in India in 2004, and till
date, we have opened over 85 Kwality Walls Swirls Parlours. The core
concept of Swirls is Create your Own ice cream. Consumers can
select their ingredients from an array of options and chose the flavour
of their ice cream, which is then crafted for them fresh and in Swirls
style as they wait for they wait for their delicious dessert. Swirls
Parlours attempt to capture the on the move consumer trends and
are located at high footfall areas such as malls and shopping centers
and are classified under the impulse range of products.
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The Kwality Swirl's Differentiator:

1. The core concept of Swirls is Create your Own ice cream.
Consumers can select their own ingredients from an array of options
and chose the flavour of their ice cream, which is then crafted for them
fresh and in Swirls style as they wait for their own creations.
2. The Kwality Swirls Franchise is offered from India's leading FMCG
Co.
3. Kwality Wall's is one of the Leading Ice Cream brands in the
country.
19. Bachpan Play School
Area Required: 1500 to 2000 sq ft
Childcare programmes such as play schools, pre-schools or
pre-primary schools bring forth one of the most lucrative and safe
investment opportunities. Owning and operating a Bachpan play
school doesn't require any technical qualification or past experience. In
fact, pre-school is all about teaching young children by reaching to
their world where the kids enjoy being in. Neither does it involve
investing huge sums of money nor has it extended break-even
periods, especially when combined with the experience of 350 plus
franchisees.
20. Levis Clothing and Apparel
Investment: Rs 50 Lakh to Rs 5 crore depending on location
No. of Stores 240+
Pay Back Period: 3 to 5 Years
Profit Margins: 12 to 26%
Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO) is a privately held clothing company
known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in
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1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, (Kingdom

of Bavaria) to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of
his brothers' New York dry goods business. Although the company
began producing denim overalls in the 1870s, modern jeans were not
produced until the 1920s. The company briefly experimented (in the
1970s) with employee ownership and a public stock listing, but
remains owned and controlled by descendants and relatives of Levi
Strauss' four nephews.
Levis India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Levi Strauss and Co. Levis
has established a strong presence in India, since 1994 and has since
then established a network of over 240+ stores. All of their stores are
franchised.
Levi Strauss and Co will begin selling jeans and denim apparel in
India manufactured by its Levi Strauss India subsidiary later in 1995.
Levi's will join VF Corp which began selling its Lee brand of jeans in
Mar 1995 through an agreement with Arvind Fashions Ltd. To further
boost sales, Levis recently started offering installment facilities, where
three equal installments are offered
21. ICICI Securities
Locations: 1600+
Franchisee Locations: 1200+
International Locations: Muscat, Oman
Space Required: 500 sq. ft. plus
ICICI Securities Franchise
ICICI Securities Ltd is the largest equity house in the country providing
end-to-end solutions (including web-based services) through the
largest non-banking distribution channel so as to fulfil all the diverse
needs of retail and corporate customers. It is one of the leading
financial services providers, the ICICI name and strong image adds
credibility to it. It has several awards to its credit, including the
Franchisor of the Year 2009 by the Franchising World magazine.
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22. Animaster
ANIMASTER Franchise offers training in 2D and 3D animation.
Extensive training on colors, shapes, strokes, drawing, 2D and 3D
animation makes it the only animation college to explore the complete
creative potential of students of all age groups and walks of life.
Developing artistic abilities, an eye for detail and expressions, sense of
humor is also incorporated as a part of the curriculum. Set on par with
Hollywood production standards it believes in evolving a student from
a studio model to an IT enabled knowledge based model. This is also
the main reason for the success of Animaster training methodologies
in India. With its sophisticated animation technology, training facilities
and business model, it offers a path breaking revolution in the field of
education and production. Faculties with rich experience in production,
impart training to students in 2D and 3D animation, utilizing latest
softwares such as MAYA, 3Ds MAX, Combustion, US Animation, Toon
Boom, Adobe-Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver,
Premiere, Fireworks, Sound Forge, CorelDraw etc.
Animaster is all set to gear up students for the estimated 960 million
(by 2009) Indian animation Industry with courses spanning from
animation to background layout, compositing, scanning, 2D animation
to special effects, digital inking process and 3D animation. It offers the
most dynamic Reference material, state of the art infrastructure,
animation accessories and training manuals, which gives it an edge in
the world market.
Animaster has chosen the franchise model to make its presence felt
around the country and the world. Animaster follows strict quality
control guidelines for all its franchisee centers. This ensures that the
same quality and level of training is maintained throughout. Animaster
has a total of 30 operational centers spread across the country.
200 centers will come up in India in the next 4 years. In 2008,
Animaster has taken initiative to start operations outside India as well.
Animasters Bahrain center is the first full-fledged center teaching
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Animaster courses. Animaster is planning to open centers in

Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa etc.
Investment: 10 to 20 Lakhs
ROI: 30%
Pay Back: 2.5 to 3 Years
Area Reqd: 1600 to 2000 sq ft
23. N Power Hardware and Networking Institute
Franchising Since: July 2007
Average Annual Sales: 30 lakhs Per Centre Per Year
Break Even Point: 6 Months
Pay Back Period: 18 Months
ROI: 30 to 40%
What differentiates N Power from other vocational training institutes is
its documentation
N-Power Manuals for Centre Operations: The N Power Franchise
team provides 3 manuals viz; Course conduct Guideline Manual;
Marketing Manual & Placement Manual.
Automated system for complete centre operation.
Industry relevant course curricula and 2 months Industry
Internship built into the course.
Placements support (Job Guarantee)
COSMIC Training Methodology
N-Power Alliance partner, CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry
Association) has been into 25 years of existence, and has served the
IT industry as the worlds largest developer of vendor-neutral IT
certification exams.
Microsoft Certification like Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
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(MCSE), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), and

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) are the most sought
certifications in the field of networking which N Power Team bring to
the students with Microsoft official Curriculum (MOC) and latest
technology.
In addition to its own certified programs in Hardware & Networking,
N-Power also offers the programs as given below in association with
Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysore:
3-Yr B.Sc. Degree in Hardware, Networking & Digital Communication
(HNDC) & 1-Yr Diploma in Hardware & Networking (HN).
24. The Apollo Clinic
Franchising SInce: 2003
Franchised CLinics: 100
Investment: Rs. 2 to 3 Crore
Area Required: 3000 sq ft
The Project cost of Rs. 2 to 3 Crores includes investment in Medical
Equipment, Interiors and Furniture, Civil Modification, Air Conditioning,
Electrical , Information technology (Hardware and Software), Lease
Deposit ( if the premises are taken on rent), Preliminary and
Pre-operative expenses, Working Capital Margin, Contingency Funds
and and License Fees to Apollo. The project is ideally funded on a 1:1
Debt Equity ratio. The debt has been taken for a period of six years
with a one-year moratorium on principal payment. Adequate amounts
have been budgeted for infusion of fresh capital into the project over a
period of seven years, for which duration the projections have been
made. Apollo Health and Lifestyle has also tied up with State Bank of
India (rate of interest 8.5% to 9%) for project funding.
Each Apollo Clinic is expected to have a turnover between Rs 1.0- Rs
1.5 Crore (depending on location) in the first year through diagnostics,
consultations, pharmacy operations, health check packages and other
revenue streams such as tele-medicine. The turnover is expected to
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double on 4th year. The cash break even is likely to take around 5/6
months while the expected payback period is about 4.5- 5 years with a
post tax IRR on equity of up to 25%.
The salaries, rent, administration, interest, depreciation and power
consumption are some of the main components of fixed cost, while
material/consumable cost, working capital requirement, marketing and
Operating License Fees (6% of top line) are the variable costs
involved.
Based on the need supply gap in a particular geographical region, you
can opt for an expanded version of the base model, which will offer a
host of additional services and will require higher investments.
25. VETA
Space Required: 900 to 1500 sq ft.
Break Even: Six to Twelve months
VETA, the leaders and Asias largest spoken English training Academy
offers courses catering to various levels of the learners. The learning
experience starts with a need analysis. It offers two kinds of courses Direct class coaching and the Distance Education course. Founded in
1981, as the Vivekananda Institute, the academy now known as VETA
has over 175 centres in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala, Puducherry, West Bengal, Haryana, Bihar, MP, UP,
Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan,
Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, chandigarh, Gujarat and Delhi.
Nearly twenty one lakh students have been trained through these
centres. The direct coaching class, some of the centres are abuzz with
activity with more than 500 students of the 18-26 age group. The direct
program is split into three levels. FOUNDATION ENGLISH Trains
learners to read and write words and sentences in English. FLUENT
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ENGLISH Trains learners in the various structures of English and

conversational English and is the most popular course. PRO ENGLISH
Trains learners to converse effectively in a group/public and improve
his overall personality. Each course provides comprehensive training
and takes a step-by-step approach. The course curriculum has been
designed based on extensive
Research and Direct training experience of the course curriculum
committee.
The trainers at VETA centres undergo continuous training and are kept
updated about the changes in the market and the needs of the
students. The Academy has perfect understanding and relationship
with its franchisees and is planning to expand to 500 centres by 2010.
The company is also vying International markets and started its
operation in Singapore and will soon be seen in South East Asian
Countries. Franchisee is selected based on his commitment to
business and service that is required to be delivered to the students.
All franchisee are required to commit to the Mission statement of the
company which is Any one who walks into Veta, walks out speaking
fluent English
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