Snap up a booming business and take the next step towards achieving your goals. Delivering a service in the chidren’s services space means you’ll need to please two clients – the kids and the parents. So tapping into the resources, branding and expertise of established brands makes sense.
Check out five franchises focused on helping kids improve their skills and knowledge. That could be brushing up on educational basics, testing science techniques, or pitching into an exercise activity.
Tutor Doctor
Tune into the demand for tutoring as parents look to give their kids the best start in life. This global business started life in the US, and has more than 400 franchises worldwide.
It focuses on private one-on-one tutoring, and right now is building a profile in the Australian marketplace.
e2 Young Engineers
The Young Engineers enrichment program develops an interest in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) and operates through schools, libraries and other community venues.
Its curriculum uses building tools such as Lego and K’nex to teach scientific principles in an entertaining way. The business has its own research and development team.
Dymocks Tutoring
This home-grown business is an offshoot of the iconic heritage Dymocks brand so although it’s a young franchise, less than five years old, it has the backing of a firm that’s been around 140+ years.
It’s focused on small-group learning and supports students from years 3 to 12.
Kumon
One of the best known brands in kids tutoring, this global business model has been operating for 38 years and now spreads across 57 countries and regions. Franchisees operate from their own centres.
This very structured teaching program concentrates on the basics: English and mathematics.
Little Kickers
It started in the UK, the home of football, and is now the biggest soccer training provider for pre-schoolers. Little Kickers has a global reach, with each franchisee operating from an exclusive territory.
The franchise operates a fun learning and development program for young kids and provides franchisees with plenty of support and business tools.