The Geeks on Call Home Based Franchise

Geeks on Call was started by Richard Cole in the year 1999 and is based out of Norfolk, Virginia. The company provides on site computer services of various types. Computer services for home users include: on site repair, upgrades, networks, virus and spyware removal, firewalls, data back up and data recovery, preventive maintenance, and software training. Geeks on Call also builds custom computers. These services are also offered to the company's business clients plus Geeks on Call handles many IT issues and promotes itself to the business world as "your part time IT department." The company began offering it's business concept as a franchise opportunity in 2001 and currently has over three hundred thirty franchises.

Franchise buyers of a Geeks on Call franchise are offered a week of training at company headquarters in the "Geek University" and about a week of training at the franchisee's location. Continuing support of franchises is accomplished through the use of newsletters, conferences, toll free phone line, internet resources, and evaluations. Marketing support is provided to franchise owners through extensive marketing training and the guidance of regional managers.

At the time this page was put together the initial franchise fee for a Geeks on Call franchise was approximately twenty-five thousand dollars. The company estimates the total investment required to own a franchise to be in the approximate range of fifty-five thousand to about three hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars depending on territory size, if the franchise will be operated from home or from a storefront location, and other various factors.  

For more information about this franchise opportunity you can visit the company website here.   

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