WHERE YOUR SUCCESS TAKES ROOT

For over 40 years with 400 Units PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES® has offered proven small business services including tax preparation of business taxes, payroll services bookkeeping services, and more. The proof is in the thousands of small businesses that have trusted Padgett on the way to business success.

Why Choose PADGETT?

PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES® offers a fresh yet proven alternative to going it alone. We are considered small business experts and have been for more than 40 years. Our franchise operation began in the US in 1976 and within a few years, offices were established in cities and towns across the country. Since then, we have grown to become the major supplier of financial services to our market segment. As a franchise operation, we have helped hundreds of budding entrepreneurs like yourself to build a profitable business and turn their dreams into reality.

You Bring:

• Your existing business expertise;
• Your entrepreneurial ambitions;
• Your desire to grow your own success story.

We Provide:

• A solid and stable platform on which to build;
• Our extensive knowledge of the market;
• The Padgett brand;
• Instant credibility;
• Our proprietary tools and systems.

A Booming Market from which to Grow Your Business

More than 90% of all businesses in the US are small businesses employing fewer than 20 people. The total number of small businesses in the US is nearly one million and growing. As a PADGETT franchise owner, this translates into a world of opportunity ready for your big ideas, your expertise, and your advice. Small business owners are busy selling and marketing their products or services, leaving them little time to focus on the daily and monthly financial challenges of their business.

As a PADGETT franchise owner, there’s a world of opportunity ready for you to employ your expertise and advise within the framework of our proven systems

Products and Services

PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES® include business and personal tax preparation, government compliance, bookkeeping services, payroll services, financial planning, and more. Our services are performed using our own state of the art business financial software by experienced professionals eager to help you.

Training and Support

Training: Two weeks and three days initial plus field visits covering:

• Marketing,
• Operations,
• Taxes & software,
• Annual tax conference,
• Ongoing training. 

PADGETT BUSINESS SERVICES® offers franchise owners unmatched support from day one, including:

Continuing Education

Padgett provides ongoing professional training several times a year at no charge to you. It is designed to keep you at the leading edge of your field and a step ahead of your competition.

• Improve and refine knowledge and expertise,
• Learn about developments in the industry and network with each other at its annual tax seminar,
• The annual marketing conference.

PADGETT Support System

We offer a completely integrated network for help, advice and information. Consider our staff to be your back office, your research group and your development staff. 

Another way PADGETT supports its franchise owners is by listening to them. Through a franchise owner-staffed Advisory Board, everyone’s ideas and opinions are voiced and presented to the Padgett support team on a quarterly basis.

Online Support

PADGETT provides franchise owners with Internet support through a web site dedicated to helping owners gather information, answer questions and network with each other. You’ll have 24-hour access to the Padgett online resource site—that means any time, any day you can log on to find valuable advice, information and support for your business. Marketing

PADGETT offers progressive marketing tools that will assist you to attract new business. We will assist you in marketing plans and professionally designed and field-tested programs to ready-made sales materials that will create qualified business leads.

Newsletters

Every month, franchise owners receive two newsletters:

• The Bottom Line Online provides news of what is happening at Padgett including new franchise owners and company news.
• The Small Biz Builder is provided to franchise owners to help them stay in constant contact with clients and build the relationship that drives business. The Small Biz Builder features information that impacts every aspect of your client’s business like:
  • Changes in the tax law,
  • Accounting questions,
  • Payroll considerations and other concerns tailored to small business professionals.

Technology Updates/Solutions

PADGETT’s research and development team provides timely computer updates, new methods of client development, and workable solutions to day-to-day problems.

• Customer acquisition: B2B;
• PADGETT has a comprehensive marketing system;
• Driving prospective client appointments to franchisees;
• PADGETT’s proprietary software provides an efficient operational model to maximize profitability.

Franchise Requirements

We’re looking for people who like networking and face-to-face interaction with clients. Our successful franchise owners truly enjoy working with other entrepreneurs to help them reach their full potential. While our ideal candidates have a background in accounting, success does not depend on your accounting skills. Many of our most successful franchise owners came from careers where they used their strong accounting skills, but weren’t the accountant – they had worked in financially-oriented careers and enjoyed working with people.

Financial Requirements