CRESTCOM (AREA REPRESENTATIVE)
Crestcom International, LLC offers Area Representative franchises that grant rights to promote and recruit CRESTCOM franchise businesses—providing management, sales, and personnel development training programs and materials—within a defined territory. Area Representatives earn commissions, typically 50% of initial franchise fees for recruited franchisees and 10% of ongoing royalty fees from gross revenues generated in the territory, while also required to operate their own CRESTCOM business. The target market includes prospective franchisees interested in training services for businesses ranging from small companies to Fortune 500 organizations seeking to enhance management, sales, and personnel skills.
Franchise Costs
No royalty + no ad fund + no fixed monthly fees (various one-time and as-incurred fees apply)
Financial Performance
Item 19 Financial Performance
Data Based On: 61 Franchisees that were active on a full time basis operating 83 CRESTCOM Business outlets during the fiscal year January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
* The document provides segmented gross revenue data for different types of franchisees in Chart 3 (Yearly Gross Revenues of Franchisees that are Area Representatives, Yearly Gross Revenues of Non-Area Representative Franchisees Not in the Territory of an Area Representative, and Yearly Gross Revenues of Non-Area Representative Franchisees in the Territory of an Area Representative). While Footnote (5) indicates that 61 franchisees were included in the third chart, the specific counts for each of these three franchisee categories are not provided. Without these individual category counts, an overall weighted average gross revenue and median gross revenue for all franchisees cannot be accurately calculated. No data on net income, net profit, EBITDA, or expenses was found to estimate profit ranges.
Extracted Item 19 Section
How CRESTCOM (AREA REPRESENTATIVE) Compares
Key Insights
- Higher investment than 91% of Business Services franchises
- Lower than average SBA loan default rate in Business Services
| Franchise | Investment | Fee | Royalty | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CRESTCOM (AREA REPRESENTATIVE) Current | $232K – $513K | $225K | N/A | 27 |
| Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution, LLC | $14K – $607K | N/A | N/A | 6,454 |
| THE UPS STORE (TRADITIONAL) | $216K – $609K | $30K | 5.0% | 4,500 |
| JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE | $71K – $105K | $25K | 15.0% | 2,744 |
| CRUISE PLANNERS | $2K – $21K | $11K | 3.0% | 2,655 |
| SERVPRO (UNIT) | $259K – $380K | $100K | 10.0% | 2,286 |
Business Services Average 188 franchises | $118K – $284K | $46K | 10.4% | – |
* Comparison based on latest FDD filings. Investment ranges from Item 7, fees from Item 5. Showing top 5 of 188 Business Services franchises by location count.
Locations & Growth
Outlet Growth Over Time
Total outlets at end of each year
Geographic Distribution (2024)
Outlets by state across the United States
+3 more states
SBA Loan History
Historical SBA 7(a) loan data for CRESTCOM (AREA REPRESENTATIVE) franchisees (2015 – 2025)
Loans by Year
SBA 7(a) loan activity over time
* Data sourced from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records. Default rate calculated from charged-off loans.
Franchisee Contacts
25 franchisee contacts on file from official FDD filings.
| Name | SBA Loan |
|---|---|
John Smith ABC Franchise LLC | $350,000 2023 · Active |
John Smith ABC Franchise LLC | $350,000 2023 · Active |
John Smith ABC Franchise LLC | $350,000 2023 · Active |
John Smith ABC Franchise LLC | $350,000 2023 · Active |
John Smith ABC Franchise LLC | $350,000 2023 · Active |
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Due Diligence
Litigation (Item 3)
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
System Health (Item 20)
Franchise system changes reported in the most recent fiscal year
Frequently Asked Questions
The total initial investment to open a CRESTCOM (AREA REPRESENTATIVE) franchise ranges from $231,575 to $512,575. This includes a franchise fee of $225,000.
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