For owners who don’t want a franchise

Franchise systems.No franchise.

Exclusive use of the EntrepX ops suite for your industry, in your territory: admin portal, CRM, ERP, reporting and the CSuite owner dashboard. No royalties, no franchisor, no say in your brand.

  • One license per industry, per service area
  • License it from $325 a month, flat
  • Or take the equity path: put in less, share the risk
License or equity?
Your Brand Co. · Owner dashboardYour numbers
Royalty a franchise takes, yr 1$58,500Gone, every year
EntrepX license, yr 1$9,000Flat
You keep over 5 years$0
Running on EntrepX

Why would you ever franchise?

Owner‑run businesses use the same franchise‑grade systems, with no franchisor taking a cut. What a royalty would have taken stayed in their businesses.

See the full comparison
Businesses on EntrepX · Last full yearTracking
Businesses on EntrepX45
Owner revenue$18M
Kept vs. royalties & fees$900K+
Kept so far this year at last year’s pace$0

Combined figures reported by businesses using EntrepX, last full year. “Kept” compares their EntrepX fees with a typical franchise royalty and fees on the same revenue. Results vary by owner, industry, market and effort. Not a projection of any one owner’s results.

Exclusive by design

One industry. One territory. One owner.

An opportunity is an industry plus a territory. One owner per industry in each service area, so the system never competes against itself in your market. Scarcity protects every owner on EntrepX.

Find what’s open near you
Window cleaning · Sample territory mapOpenIn processLicensed
0 of 0 territories still openSee the real map →
Two ways to own it

License it, or partner on it. Your call.

Same opportunity, same territory, same ops suite. You choose how much you put in and how much risk you carry.

License path

Own 100%. License the system.

You own the whole business. EntrepX licenses you the ops suite for your industry, exclusive in your territory, and takes no equity and no royalty.

You put in
A startup fee per opportunity, plus your own equipment
Ongoing
A flat monthly, as low as $325. Never a percentage
Ownership
100% yours
Risk
Yours, with the systems and data to manage it

Best if you have the capital and want full control.

Equity path

Put in less. Share the risk.

You build the business with an equity partner who co-owns it with you and only wins when you do. A lower buy‑in, no license fees, and real equity in a business built to grow and sell.

You put in
A lower buy‑in, so less of your savings is at risk
Ongoing
No license fees. Nothing comes off the top in a slow month
Ownership
Real equity, typically around 40%, alongside a partner
Upside
Exit paths most owners never see: buyers, investors and roll‑ups

Best if you’d rather protect your savings and grow with a partner.

We protect the downside. You explode the upside.

Equity‑path terms, including your ownership share, buyout and sale rights, are set in a written operating agreement you review with your own attorney before you sign. Nothing here is an offer of securities or a promise of results.

The royalty calculator

A royalty grows with you. A license doesn’t.

Drag to your numbers and add growth. Every year your business gets bigger, a percentage takes more. A flat license stays flat.

  • Royalty in year 1$0
  • EntrepX license in year 1$0
  • Break‑even revenue$0

Illustrative, fees only: royalty plus $500/mo in typical franchise fees vs. a flat EntrepX license monthly. Excludes startup fees on both sides and EntrepX add‑ons. The equity path has no license fees. Not an earnings projection. Hover the chart for any year.

$75K$3M
0%40%
Typical: 6–9% plus fees
As low as $325. Quoted case by case
Typical franchise, cumulativeEntrepX license, cumulative
Franchise · 10 yrs$0
EntrepX · 10 yrs$0
You keep$0
Build your stack

Start with the suite. Add what you need.

The ops suite runs the business. The service menu adds people and specialists when they’re worth it to you. Tap anything to add it.

Suite as low as $325/mo
Your stack
Inside the ops suite →The full service menu →
How it works

From opportunity to open in five steps

Pick an industry and a territory, see the suite live, choose your path, set up with our team, and add services only when they pay for themselves.

The full process
    Who it’s for

    Built for three kinds of owners

    Not sure you’re ready? Take the free readiness survey: fifteen questions and your score on the spot.

    The terms, line by line

    The systems of a franchise, minus the franchisor

    TermEntrepXTypical franchise
    An owner standing at the open side door of his service van at dusk

    Your name on the van. Ours stays in the software.

    EntrepX runs behind your business. Your brand, your company and the decisions in it stay yours.

    Questions

    The ones we hear first

    Franchise‑grade systems. No franchise.

    We build owners, who build empires.

    Your revenue$750,000
    Kept over 10 years$0

    One owner per industry, per territory. Your numbers carry over. Free, about a minute.

    Am I ready?