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PIRTEK USA
PIRTEK USA offers franchise investment opportunities to individuals in the United States. PIRTEK franchisees provide sales, service and repair of hydraulic hoses and related products for industrial, construction and municipal clients. Tier One Pirtek franchisees operate a retail storefront location and a fleet of mobile service vans. The total investment necessary to begin operation of a Tier 1 PIRTEK franchised business is $386,300 to
$869,300.
Tier Two Pirtek franchisees operate mobile service vans with no storefront location. Tier 2 PIRTEK® franchised businesses require an investment of $201,400 to $518,000.
Unhappy Franchisee has analyzed the pros and cons of the PIRTEK franchise, its FDD Franchise Disclosure Document and Franchise Agreement. We are conducting discussions on the PIRTEK franchise success rate, costs & fees, franchisee profitability, honesty and ethics of the PIRTEK USA franchisor, marketing program effectiveness, franchisor product mark-up and restrictions.
As per the PIRTEK USA Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) PIRTEK USA charges a Franchise fee of $50,000, a royalty of 4% of gross sales, and a Marketing fee of 1½% – 3%. Additionally, expect supplemental fees, like the Computer System Fee/Data Transfer fee of $650- $2,675 per month and GPS Tracking Fee of $100 per van, per month and more.
PIRTEK USA sponsors the Team Penske #2 Ford driven by Brad Keselowski in the NASCAR Cup Series.
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