1957
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$76,380
$54,500
$174,160
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Invest in a Timeless Industry – Consulting Engineering 🏗️
Are you a highly qualified professional looking to leverage your technical expertise, entrepreneurial drive, and passion for the built environment into a high-potential business? A Criterium Engineers franchise offers an unparalleled opportunity to own and operate a specialized consulting engineering firm backed by a respected national brand with a history spanning over six decades.
Criterium Engineers is one of North America's premier providers of comprehensive building evaluation and consultation services. We don't just inspect buildings; our licensed Professional Engineers (PEs) and Registered Architects provide objective, analytical, and detailed deliverables that help owners, investors, associations, and developers make informed decisions. In the multi-trillion-dollar U.S. construction and real estate market, the need for unbiased, expert engineering analysis is constant and critical—a service that remains in high demand regardless of economic shifts.
Our Concept: We blend the personalized, local service of an independent engineering firm with the vast resources, established processes, national reputation, and technical support of a large, experienced network. Our mission is clear: to enhance lives through an improved understanding of buildings. By joining Criterium Engineers, you become a trusted authority, helping clients navigate complex issues across residential, commercial, and construction sectors, making this a rewarding, recession-resistant B2B franchise opportunity.
Why Invest in this Franchise?
Investing in Criterium Engineers is investing in professional credibility and a proven business model within the essential construction and real estate industry.
High-Demand, Essential Service: Engineering consulting is non-cyclical. The need for expert guidance on due diligence, structural integrity, forensic engineering, and reserve studies persists in both buoyant and challenging real estate markets.
Reputation and Credibility: The brand carries the weight of a national network, with over 850,000 buildings evaluated since 1957. This long-standing reputation for professional excellence and technical competence immediately gives your local office a significant competitive advantage.
Scalable and Professional: This is a professional services firm, not a retail operation. The business is home-based or office-based, offering a scalable model focused on hiring and managing licensed PEs and architects.
Protected Territory: Criterium Engineers offers territory protection, granting you exclusive rights to operate within a specific, defined geographic area, allowing you to focus on building deep local client relationships without internal competition.
Master Liability Coverage: Franchisees often benefit from inclusion under the corporate professional liability master policies, a substantial benefit in the engineering sector that can reduce individual operating risk and insurance costs.
Criterium Engineers provides an extensive, multi-faceted support system designed to transition a skilled professional into a successful business owner.
New franchisees ("Affiliates") begin with a structured, intensive training program:
Classroom Training: An initial 5-day intensive course is held at the corporate headquarters in Maine, covering the Criterium business model, proprietary systems, operational procedures, engineering service delivery, and ethical practices.
On-the-Job/Field Training: The corporate team provides an additional 5 days of in-office assistance to ensure the new affiliate is correctly implementing the business systems and is pointed in the right direction immediately upon launch.
Systems Setup: Assistance with setting up proprietary engineering reporting systems, templates, standard agreements, and accounting software.
The commitment to professional excellence continues well beyond the launch.
Technical Support Network: Affiliates gain access to a network of 100+ Professional Engineers and Registered Architects across the country. This peer-to-peer technical consultation ensures that no single franchisee must solve a complex engineering or design problem alone.
Ongoing Education: Regular conferences (biennial) featuring speakers on a wide range of engineering and business development topics, along with periodic webinars and seminars, keep the entire network updated on industry trends and technical advancements.
Business Consultation: Corporate staff conduct annual on-site visits to affiliate offices for observation, consultation, discussion of new ideas, and addressing any operational concerns. Toll-free and online consultation with management staff is available year-round.
Franchisees benefit from powerful brand recognition and corporate resources.
Corporate Branding and Name Recognition: Exclusive license to use the Criterium Engineers name and registered "orange triangle" trademark, instantly conveying credibility.
Marketing Tools: Professionally developed brochures, newsletters, and other marketing materials are provided, along with strategic relationships with valuable industry trade groups.
Digital Presence: Franchisees receive a modern, responsive website with email and hosting, along with IT helpdesk support and consultation.
Referral Network: Access to business referrals generated from the corporate office and the national affiliate network.
The most successful Criterium Engineers franchisees share a unique blend of technical mastery, business acumen, and a client-first mindset.
