Franchise Opportunities
Discover the latest franchise opportunities with Pride Road Architects
Why Franchise with Pride Road?
Pride Road is leading the flexible working movement for the architect profession – and you can join us.
By becoming a Pride Road franchisee you’ll have more freedom and flexibility to:
- Choose the days and hours you want to work
- Use your qualifications, experience and creativity to work on meaningful projects
- Run your own business with support from a larger organisation
- Work to live, and not live to work
Could you become a Pride Road architect franchisee?
Current Franchise Opportunities
Birmingham
Start your own architecture practice in Birmingham. Franchise cost only £7.5k
London
Start your own architecture practice in London. Franchise cost only £7.5k
Bristol
Start your own architecture practice in Bristol. Franchise cost only £7.5k
Southampton
Start your own architecture practice in Southampton. Franchise cost only £7.5k
Don’t see your area?
Don’t worry! We’re receiving enquiries from homeowners all over the UK and have over 155 territories available! Get in touch now.
Where to Start
As with all fledging businesses, franchises require an initial cash investment to offset the cost of buying into the brand and to show genuine commitment. Luckily, because franchising is an established business model, banks are usually happy to lend 30%-50% of the start up costs.
Below we’ve listed a few examples of professional service franchises, which gives you an idea of what other professionals offer; the following data is from the BFA website (March 2018):
The Finances
| Typical start up cost | Minimum personal investment | ||
| Tax assist Accountants | £36,950 + VAT | £30,000 + VAT | Shop based |
| X-Press Legal Services | £29,750 + VAT | £15,000 + VAT | Home based |
| Avanti Tax Accountants |
£25,000 + VAT £60,000 + VAT |
£15,000 + VAT |
Home based Shop based |
| The Financial Management Centre | £20,000 + VAT | £8,500 + VAT | Home based |
| Rosemary Bookeeping | £16,970 + VAT | 30% | Home based |
| Smart PA | £16,100 + VAT | £15,000 + VAT | Home based |
| Stopcocks – female plumbers | £15,000 + VAT | £7,500 + VAT | Van based |
| Pride Road Architects | £10,000 (no VAT) | 50% | Home based |
Are you ready?
There’s never been a better time to start an architectural franchise. With house and land sales up, incidence in home refurbishments is experiencing a strong and upward trend.
Architects are generally a creative and forward thinking lot which fits well with the values of Pride Road Ltd as early adopters of new ways of doing business.
For further information on becoming part of the Pride Road Story or to get a Call Back please email lisa@prideroad.co.uk
Download our ‘Franchising in a Nutshell’ PDF
Pride Road is leading the flexible working movement for the architect profession – and you can join us.
Get the ball rolling by downloading our one-page fact sheet which outlines the Pride Road offer!