The Opportunity

As a Countrywide Signs franchisee, you’ll build a local business managing property signage for estate agents, letting agents and commercial property firms across your territory, backed by national contracts, proprietary technology and a brand trusted by the industry for three decades.

You’ll follow a proven business model when you join Countrywide Signs, giving you a clear route to becoming a successful franchise owner and property signage expert in your own territory.

A service which is always in demand

This market doesn’t slow down just because the economy has a wobble, since sales and lettings tend to move in opposite directions – when one quietens down, the other usually picks up, so there’s steady work coming through one way or another.

New homes are being built all the time, too, with around 1 million added across the UK in the last five years (ONS), which works out to roughly 2,000 new homes in your territory every year, every one of them eventually needing a sign. Add commercial property, offices, shops and industrial premises into the mix, and there is a constant flow of properties requiring signage. Every sale or letting requires multiple board installations, removals, and site visits, and once agencies reach a certain size, managing this internally becomes inefficient.

That’s where you come in.

More than sign erectors

You’ll manage estate, letting agent, and commercial signage for a portfolio of local and national agents across your allocated territory, working in partnership with them as a Property Signage Expert rather than a subcontractor, and providing a complete board management system alongside the installation work itself.

Running a Countrywide Signs franchise means much more than erecting boards on posts. You’ll manage stock and lead times, maintain high service standards, and build relationships that keep agents coming back time and again. From day one, you’ll be supported by head office and the wider network as you grow your business.

Many of your clients will use your services repeatedly throughout the year as properties come to market, let, sell and complete, allowing you to build long-term commercial relationships rather than continually chasing one-off jobs.

You won’t be starting from zero

Countrywide Signs has spent decades building relationships throughout the property sector, giving you access to opportunities that would take years to develop independently.

From day one, you’ll be trading under a recognised national brand and benefiting from established industry connections, national account relationships, and introductions that help you gain traction faster than a start-up business could.

Countrywide Signs is currently the only business of its kind listed as an approved supplier with Propertymark, the industry’s leading professional body, putting your name in front of agents before you’ve made a single sales call, and as new national accounts continue to develop, that baseline keeps growing in your favour too.

All systems go

Built up over many years, our technology helps you run your business and gives your clients the best possible service, accessible on any device and designed for working on the move. Our proprietary online board management system, developed specifically for Countrywide Signs, is the only nationwide technology of its kind accredited to ISO 9001:2015 standards, letting agents place orders in a few clicks, receive real-time photos, and track their boards 24/7.

Get in touch when you’re ready to find out more about the franchise package and what it takes to get started.

Lifestyle

This is the ideal business if you prefer being out and about to being stuck behind a desk.

You’ll enjoy:

Control

of your income, your time, and your future

Choice

to run a business built around real work-life balance

Ownership

of a business you can be proud of

This is a van-based business, so your office is wherever the work takes you, with no line manager, no open-plan office, and no commute eating into time you’d rather spend elsewhere. You decide when you start, plan your own routes, and manage your own diary, and because much of the work comes from ongoing relationships with local agencies and national accounts, you’re building a business based on repeat custom rather than constantly hunting for the next job, making it far easier to protect your time and your weekends.

A professionally sign-written van gives you instant credibility with agents from day one, and backed by national standards, a recognised brand, and full support, you have everything you need to become the go-to provider in your community.

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For more information about our franchise opportunities, territories, return-on-investment and the property sector, download our prospectus.

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