fbpx
Episode #17 of Smart Franchising Now Live: Watch The New Episode Featuring John Hamburger.

Why Franchise with Us

You may ask yourself, “Why should I franchise with Fransmart?” We give you the tools, the tactics, and a strong portfolio of brands when making your franchise investment.

How to Buy a Franchise

Fransmart’s proven 10 Steps to Franchise Ownership is the perfect how to guide for entrepreneurs looking to build wealth through franchising.

Franchise Investor Case Studies

Fransmart has decades of experience in pairing experienced franchisees and qualified entrepreneurs with successful franchise brands.

Coming soon

Become a Franchise Owner

Our portfolio of brands with leading concepts ripe for expansion and best-in-class unit economics.

Franchise Your Business

We are the global leader in franchise development and grow global brands better than any other franchise firm. Learn how to become one of our brands.

Capital Investments

We love investing in early stage brands! We are smart, strategic investors and are always looking for emerging, early stage brands to invest in.

Franchisee Resources

Want To Learn More About Franchising? Learn From The Experts At Fransmart. There’s no better collection of franchise resources and experts.

Apply to Franchise Your Business

We help our brands develop practical franchise development expansion plans with measurable results.

See All Franchise Opportunities

Our portfolio of brands with leading concepts ripe for expansion. Our brands have best-in-class unit economics and a large runway for growth.

About Us

We are proud to work with authentic brands who make people happy. We accelerate the growth of the brands that put smiles on people’s faces.

Services

With decades of franchising experience, our team of franchising experts excels at giving emerging brands the tools to become a profitable franchise.

Contact

Whether you’re playing the field or already have one of our brands in mind, we are ready to put you on the right path to building franchise wealth.

Our Blog

Want To Learn More About Franchising? Learn From The Experts At Fransmart. There’s no better collection of franchise resources and experts.

Videos

Smart Franchising with Fransmart Video series, where you can get the latest in our thought leadership on all franchise-related topics.

Podcast

Dan Rowe, the founder and CEO of Fransmart, has grown brands to more than 100 locations. No one knows more about franchise growth than him.

See All Franchise Opportunities

Our portfolio of brands with leading concepts ripe for expansion. Our brands have best-in-class unit economics and a large runway for growth.

With Glo30, Fransmart Makes First Franchise Investment Since Five Guys

May 31, 2024

Faizan and Adila Kahn photo on a grey background and white text and purple button that says GLO30

Fransmart’s most recent investment in GLO30 will accelerate franchise development as the brand continues to expand across the United States.

 

WASHINGTON (May 9, 2024)- With its first franchise investment in several years, Fransmart is not only putting money into skincare concept GLO30, but the firm’s founder and CEO also plans to open his own franchise studios.

dan rowe headshot image wearing blue jacket and blue striped tie

Dan Rowe.

“We try to find brands that could be the next big thing as early as we can,” said Fransmart’s Dan Rowe. “With Five Guys, we came in when there were only four. Now there are 2,000.”

Fransmart is a franchise development company that’s worked with several restaurant and retail brands, including Qdoba, Five Guys and The Halal Guys. It often gets calls from brokers, and when a broker called Rowe about GLO30, he said he was interested, but there was one problem, he told the broker: “I don’t know anything about facials,” said Rowe. “I’ve never had a facial.”

Getting in touch with GLO30 founder Dr. Arleen Lamba, Rowe got a better feel for the brand and what Lamba was looking for in an investor. Hoping to become “the Orangetheory of skincare clinics,” Lamba laid everything out for him from sales to business operations to costs. The initial investment ranges from $376,500 to $734,500 with unit volumes ranging from $646,222 to $1.6 million across three studios.

Another factor that stood out to Rowe was staffing. As someone who’s worked with many restaurant concepts, Rowe knows a big challenge can be finding and keeping staff. When Lamba told him the brand hadn’t lost employees in three years, he had to ask how. The answer was simple: GLO30 overpays its employees and provides them in-demand benefits, said Rowe.

“Usually when I go in, I have to help with something. Like with Five Guys, they didn’t even have a POS system,” said Rowe. “With her, I didn’t have to do anything.”

woman receiving facial at glo30- dan's franchise investment article

GLO30 provides monthly facials on a budget for its clients, catering to each customers’ unique skin needs.

Still, he wanted the chance to see GLO30 first hand, and came up with an idea: Reach out to Abigail Freeland, a contact at Orangetheory, another brand he didn’t have experience with, and pay her to experience GLO30 and report back. The contact agreed. After her facial, Freeland reached out to Rowe not only to gush about the experience, but to join him in developing the brand.

Fransmart’s investment will go toward finding ideal franchisees for GLO30 through Fransmart’s network as well as the facial brand’s broker network. Rowe and some of the team are also investing personally in the brand as franchisees, with Alexandria, Virginia, being one of the first locations. The group already sold Arizona and Rowe is focusing on the Washington, D.C., market, where GLO30 is already established.

Rowe is also looking at current multi-unit franchisees to add more units.

“I’m constantly looking for great concepts, and there’s a lot of great concepts out there but not a lot of them I’d be franchising on because I’m running enough,” said Rowe. “These were just too good to pass up.”

 

APPLY TO OWN A GLO30 FRANCHISE

Your Franchise Journey Starts Here

Whether you’re just starting out or already know the right brand for you – you’ve come to the right place. Fransmart helps franchisees use the power of compounded returns to own and operate multiple franchise locations throughout your desired market to grow franchise wealth.