How to Buy a Franchise from SMARTBOX Portable Storage, LLC

By purchasing a franchise, you are entitled to an exclusive territory. Minimum territories consist of 200,000 people and are defined by contiguous zip code.

Initial Franchise Fees
Franchise fees are $40,000 for the first 200,000 population territory and $10,000 for each additional 100,000 people in your territory. For example, the Charlotte territory contains 1,500,000 people and would cost $170,000 ($40,000+$130,000.) This is a one time fee and gives you exclusive rights to the territory.

Pre-Qualification
SMARTBOX has minimum liquid asset and net worth requirements based on the size of the territory that is being requested and overall financial strength of the individual or group making the request. See Getting Started.

Start-up Costs
For a 200,000 person territory, start-up costs range from $350,000-$750,000 depending on storage center location, leasing vs. owning of equipment and storage space, advertising budget and a number of other factors. These are all spelled out in the UFOC.

Ongoing Costs
Franchisees are required to pay ongoing fees as follows:

• Royalty fees—7% of net sales
• Customer Order Center fees—$1000 or 2% of net sales, whichever is greater
• Marketing and Advertising Program—2% of net sales