B2B franchise opportunities

Owning and operating your own business to business (B2B) company in the UK makes a lot of sense, as this sector offers immense opportunity for growth and profitability. One of the most popular ways to launch any business is by way of a franchise, as this offers a proven business model and provides all essential training and support for your new company. Examples of potential B2B franchises to consider include commercial cleaning businesses, virtual PA services or snacks and drinks provision.

Benefits of B2B franchises

B2B companies offer services or products to existing companies and traders, which allow for cost and time savings. For example, providing a mini snack box or vending machine to small, local businesses saves workers from the chore of walking or driving to local shops when they need a quick sugar boost from a bar of chocolate. The Snack-in-the-Box franchise from Mars is a nationwide business vending opportunity for the distribution of drinks, crisps, chocolates and snacks. It provides franchisees with guaranteed business customers at the very start of operations and offers all the benefits associated with partnering with a major brand. This offers immense opportunity to work the hours that suit you and is an ideal franchise business for individuals with caring responsibilities. The average UK consumer eats around 11kg of chocolate, 132 bags of crisps and 5kg of confectionery each year, and employees are limited to buying snacks in free time. Providing a reliable, franchised snacks and drinks service to the workplace offers you a reliable source of income and benefits employers immensely into the bargain.

Just some of the benefits of starting a B2B franchise business in the UK include:

• partnering with a recognised brand or service provider
• opportunities for continual training and support
• no requirement for your own business premises
• reputation of your business is already established, and you are buying into a proven business model
• setting the hours and days you want to work, as you will be your own boss

Opportunities for B2B franchisees in the UK

One of the most important activities to carry out prior to buying into any franchise is to check out the views and experiences of existing franchisees. So, once you've shortlisted a few potential B2B opportunities, take as much time as needed to investigate the business in depth and find out just how successful operations are from some of the other business owners already working with the brand.

Some of the popular B2B franchise opportunities currently on the market include:

- Motor Republic vehicle leasing which offers you the ability to set up your own commercial vehicle leasing business, backed up by the considerable expertise of National Fleet Services Ltd

- Thomas Cleaning, providing you with all the initial customers needed to make a resounding success of your new B2B and B2C cleaning venture

- Dor-2-Dor, which is a letterbox marketing business opportunity aimed at local businesses looking to extend their reach with flyer marketing campaigns. Franchisees also offer local businesses a complete print and design service via the D-2-D print platform

Setting up your own B2B franchise is one of the easiest ways to launch a successful small business, from day one of operations.