We are agents of change. We're building an equitable and inclusive restaurant industry, where all faces and flavors have a seat a the table. We do this through education, development, and early-stage investment in people and brands who represent the cultural fabric of this country. Powered by our purpose, we believe people are the heart of our industry.

Zorzees co-founders created, owned and grew a single brand to more than a hundred franchise agreements. We successfully sold that concept to a larger brand management company. Along the way, we built cloud franchising software to address business challenges, from selling more franchises to recruiting workers for stores, and collecting royalties from franchisees. Now, we help entrepreneurs and brand leaders expand a business concept into a larger franchise. Our model for growth centers around our software platform, a SaaS product built from the ground up to specifically serve the franchise industry. It is a cloud franchise software system that simplifies the end-to-end franchising process.

Franchising has evolved from rudimentary licensing agreements between individuals to intricate relationships between multi-national corporations and entrepreneurial business owners. As a full-service law firm, Best Best & Krieger attorneys provide comprehensive advice to franchisors and franchisees on every aspect of their businesses. From inception to succession, our attorneys leverage decades of experience to help our clients grow and protect their business.

iBranch offers innovative bookkeeping, payroll, hr, and industry solutions that are scalable, streamlined and cost effective. We combine our professional in-house team and cloud platform to keep you focused on why you're in business while eliminating the pain points of a back office.

iBranch keeps you focused on why you are in business while eliminating the pain points of a back office. The company is a national firm that is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

The PEO Link, Inc. is a Professional Employment Organization Services broker. Our professionals carefully analyze and match your business needs to the proper Professional Employment Organization or “PEO”. Our “one stop shop solution” will save your company countless hours of work and interviewing salesman that all say the same things. Our firm diligently researches the market and negotiates incredibly low rates and carefully helps you select the proper PEO.

By positioning itself as your broker, The PEO Link, Inc. is able to negotiate some of the lowest rates possible in our industry. Due to our size and volume, we provide a unique approach that not only allows you to obtain multiple quotes, it allows you to shop the correct PEO for your business model. Best of all, when The PEO Link, Inc. represents your firm, several local PEO companies in addition to firms across the nation aggressively compete for your business.

The UniFi Franchise Team is Well Versed with the Needs of the Franchise Industry. Our franchise experts will engage with your team to review your needs, share best practices learned and help recommend the right products and services. We help your owners succeed through our integrated Bookkeeping Services and the Franchisee Onboarding Solutions. In addition, our UniFi Franchise Consulting team helps Franchisors design and deploy system-wide changes and can assist in the creation of reports designed to improve the financial health of your organization. Our approach to partnership is simple – with UniFi, we’ll turn your challenges into opportunities, and we’ll help your brand grow and prosper.

Founded in 2004, Fish is a full-service, national communications firm specializing in franchise and multi-location public relations and marketing. Our clients span a variety of industries, including the restaurant, retail, hospitality, home services, fitness, beauty, and health/wellness segments. We’re proud to work with nationally recognized brands such as: Inspire Brands; Best Western Hotels & Resorts; Self Esteem Brands; Caribou Coffee; Blaze Pizza; Authority Brands; Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa; Smoothie King, and more

From brand building, national media relations, and influencer marketing to local grand openings, crisis management and corporate communications, Fish’s expertise in communications runs deep and our creative, strategic approach to PR drives impactful results.

Our media relations campaigns consistently land our partners coverage in the most widely read and watched consumer and business outlets nationwide. We love developing creative ways to get media talking about the brands we work with — and getting customers and potential franchisees talking about them, too.

Fish has received numerous awards for our work, including being named to Forbes’ first annual list of America’s Best PR Agencies in 2021. And we’re honored to consistently be recognized as a best place to work in the industry from Inc. magazine, PRWeek, PRovoke, and PRNEWS.

Fish is based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with operations in Atlanta, Chicago, Southern CA, Tampa, NJ, RI, Washington, D.C., and London.

Nelson Mullins is a full-service law firm with more than 900 lawyers in 31 offices across the U.S. We provide a wide range of legal services for clients in the franchise industry at a value unmatched among big firms, including: litigating and resolving franchise and business disputes and vicarious liability claims; developing/modifying a franchise system; drafting/modifying agreements and disclosure documents; and advising on regulatory compliance, IP, employment, real estate, and corporate matters.

Marsh & McLennan Agency’s full service insurance and risk management platform is designed for the specific needs of the franchise model. We have franchise knowledge and expertise to help reduce vicarious liability to the franchisor while implementing an insurance program designed to the needs of the franchisees. We can manage the entire insurance process to maintain system-wide compliance. We specialize in unique franchise risks such as franchisor's E&O, cyber liability and employment practice.

We assist U.S. franchisors to expand their franchise systems into Canada and represent a formidable, efficient and cost-effective solution to your franchising legal needs and problems. Our firm has experience with over 490 franchise systems.

In an increasingly regulated world, we have an exceptional ability to help clients navigate their most complex business problems, deals, and disputes.
Our distinctively collaborative culture allows us to be truly one team globally, drawing on the diverse experience of lawyers and advisors across the firm by seamlessly sharing insight and expertise.

What sets us apart is our ability to combine the tremendous strength in our litigation, investigations, and corporate practices with deep knowledge of policy and policymakers, and one of the world’s leading regulatory practices.

Plave Koch PLC is a boutique law firm focused on franchising, licensing, and branded distribution, representing over 200 brands in a wide range of industries. Services include franchise compliance, litigation/dispute resolution, international, trademarks, domain names/technology, supply chain, and business and finance transactions. A firm of former “big firm” partners who have taken a different approach to practicing law and serving client needs in the U.S. and internationally.