Averan Garage Living Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new Garage Living location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows Garage Living’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Garage Living opening package
Garage Living’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $246,450 to $323,900, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps Garage Living franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated home improvement specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for Garage Living’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against Garage Living’s Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
Do you have 30 minutes this week? Book a 30-minute call.
Already open with another bookkeeper? See the Garage Living conversion package.
What the Garage Living opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your Garage Living 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 Garage Living asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in Garage Living’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn Garage Living’s 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 Garage Living requires, its job scheduling and invoicing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your Garage Living location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your Garage Living 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 Garage Living’s 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.
Garage Living figures from the FDD
Garage Living franchisees averaged $1,631,626 of sales in fiscal 2025, with a median of $1,470,778, according to Item 19 of Garage Living’s 2026 FDD, issued 16 April 2026. The 30 in that group are 64%* of Garage Living’s 47 locations. Fees paid to Garage Living come to about 8.5%* of sales.
Garage Living’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Garage Living location costs $246,450 to $323,900, including the $60,000 initial franchise fee.
At the Garage Living average of $1,631,626 of sales a year, the 6.5% royalty comes to about $8,838* a month and the 2% brand fund to about $2,719* a month.
Send us to start
- Your signed Garage Living franchise agreement.
- Garage Living’s current FDD.
- The Garage Living 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 Garage Living requires.
- The job scheduling and invoicing system.
- The Garage Living 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 Garage Living owners
Does Averan Advisors work with Garage Living owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for Garage Living owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of Garage Living’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the Garage Living royalty show up in the books?
The Garage Living royalty is 6.5% of sales, according to Garage Living’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At the Garage Living average of $1,631,626 a year, it comes to about $8,838 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a Garage Living franchise?
Garage Living’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Garage Living location costs $246,450 to $323,900. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my Garage Living location opens?
Your Garage Living 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 Garage Living’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your Garage Living opening
Send the short form for the Garage Living opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your Garage Living location and your opening date.
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