Averan Express Employment Professionals Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new Express Employment Professionals location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Express Employment Professionals opening package
Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $131,000 to $287,700, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps Express Employment Professionals franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated staffing specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for Express Employment Professionals’ reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against Express Employment Professionals’ Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
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Already open with another bookkeeper? See the Express Employment Professionals conversion package.
What the Express Employment Professionals opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your Express Employment Professionals location and connect every bank account and card to it.
Reporting format
We set up the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report Express Employment Professionals asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn Express Employment Professionals’ Item 7 estimate into your opening budget and record every opening cost against its line.
Loan draw packages
We prepare a file for each loan draw your lender asks for, including SBA loan draws.
Systems connected
We connect the point-of-sale system Express Employment Professionals requires, its timekeeping and client billing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your Express Employment Professionals location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your Express Employment Professionals royalty, brand fund and report due dates go on one calendar for the monthly close.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and send the list of documents we need.
- 2Setup10 business days
We build the QuickBooks file and connect your accounts.
- 3Build-outEach month
We tag every payment to a line of Express Employment Professionals’ Item 7 and prepare each loan draw.
- 4Systems45 days before opening
We test the point of sale, the other systems and payroll.
- 5Opening dayYour opening date
We match each day of sales to the deposits that follow it.
Express Employment Professionals figures from the FDD
Express Employment Professionals franchisees averaged $5,342,686 of sales in the fiscal year to 28 December 2025, with a median of $4,043,021, according to Item 19 of Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD, issued 27 March 2026. The 526 in that group are 69%* of Express Employment Professionals’ 758 locations. Fees paid to Express Employment Professionals come to about 8.4%* of sales.
Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Express Employment Professionals location costs $131,000 to $287,700, including the $40,000 initial franchise fee.
At the Express Employment Professionals average of $5,342,686 of sales a year, the 40% royalty comes to about $178,090* a month and the 0.6% brand fund to about $2,671* a month.
Send us to start
- Your signed Express Employment Professionals franchise agreement.
- Express Employment Professionals’ current FDD.
- The Express Employment Professionals monthly report format and the software it uses.
- Your entity documents and EIN letter.
- Your lease, contractor bid and loan agreements.
Access we need
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system Express Employment Professionals requires.
- The timekeeping and client billing system.
- The Express Employment Professionals reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
Questions from Express Employment Professionals owners
Does Averan Advisors work with Express Employment Professionals owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for Express Employment Professionals owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the Express Employment Professionals royalty show up in the books?
The Express Employment Professionals royalty is 40% of sales, according to Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At the Express Employment Professionals average of $5,342,686 a year, it comes to about $178,090 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open an Express Employment Professionals franchise?
Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Express Employment Professionals location costs $131,000 to $287,700. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my Express Employment Professionals location opens?
Your Express Employment Professionals books move to the Monthly Close, which closes each month and sends a profit and loss, a balance sheet and the royalty reconciliation. The QuickBooks file stays yours.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in Express Employment Professionals’ 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your Express Employment Professionals opening
Send the short form for the Express Employment Professionals opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your Express Employment Professionals location and your opening date.
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