FranMatch is our professional lead management service which assists you right the way through the franchise owner recruitment process, from lead generation through to the signing of the Franchise Agreement.

With over 25 years' experience of the franchise market FDS knows what franchisors face when identifying and recruiting the right calibre of franchise owners.

Our structured lead management service includes:
• A promotional campaign in FDS publications and websites to generate the highest calibre prospective franchise owner enquiries.
• Analysis of each enquiry to ensure they meet your profile requirements.
• Initiate an email campaign to all qualified applicants.
• Educate the candidates on your business and the role of the franchise owner.
• Initial introduction & fact finding calls with candidates to learn more about them and confirm information received.
• In-depth telephone interview to further qualify the candidates.
• Thorough review of candidates" to assess their suitability for your franchise.
• Facilitate meetings with suitable candidates and yourself.
• Follow up calls and post meeting feedback to you.

Using FDS services for lead management includes the following benefits:
• We have our own leading franchise recruitment publications, websites & editorial team to create the best possible campaigns for you.
• We have made a substantial investment in the world's best software and people dedicated to franchise owner recruitment.
• We have a strong track record in aiding expansion nationally & internationally.
• Our service operates to British Franchise Association (bfa) guidelines.
• We visit you to learn your business to better educate candidates.
• We obtain and provide honest feedback from candidates.
• We limit the number of clients that we work with to ensure the best possible service is provided.
• You will only meet with pre-qualified candidates - saving you time and money.
• We are flexible and react quickly as your franchise owner recruitment needs change.
• Regular management reports are provided ensuring you are kept up to date.

As you will be aware to do this in-house takes considerable expense and (with multiple calls often made outside of office hours) time which impacts on other business duties.

For a franchisor to achieve their recruitment targets a constant supply of high quality leads is imperative. This is one of the areas where we excel. Having our own successful publications, we can provide excellent editorial support and ensure that your promotion gets the correct message across to the right audience.

We create bespoke packages tailored to suit budget, level of lead management services required and recruitment goals. Our remuneration comes mainly from success - a fee for each franchise territory awarded to candidates we present. Since we seek only a small monthly retainer our focus is results-driven rather than routine activity!