Averan Grease Monkey Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new Grease Monkey location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Grease Monkey opening package
Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $708,057 to $2,284,321, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps Grease Monkey franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated auto service specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for Grease Monkey’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against Grease Monkey’s 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 Grease Monkey conversion package.
What the Grease Monkey opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your Grease Monkey 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 Grease Monkey asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn Grease Monkey’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 Grease Monkey requires, its job scheduling and invoicing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your Grease Monkey location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your Grease Monkey 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 Grease Monkey’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.
Grease Monkey figures from the FDD
Grease Monkey franchisees averaged $1,068,198 of sales in 2025, according to Item 19 of Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD, issued 7 April 2026. The 174 in that group are 75%* of Grease Monkey’s 233 locations. Fees paid to Grease Monkey come to about 6.5%* of sales. A Grease Monkey franchise costs $708,057 to $2,284,321 to open.
The Grease Monkey initial franchise fee is $39,900, which is part of the Grease Monkey Item 7 estimate, according to Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD.
At the Grease Monkey average of $1,068,198 of sales a year, the 6% royalty comes to about $5,341* a month and the 0.5% brand fund to about $445* a month.
29 Grease Monkey locations opened in the last year that Item 20 of Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD reports.
Send us to start
- Your signed Grease Monkey franchise agreement.
- Grease Monkey’s current FDD.
- The Grease Monkey 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 Grease Monkey requires.
- The job scheduling and invoicing system.
- The Grease Monkey 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 Grease Monkey owners
Does Averan Advisors work with Grease Monkey owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for Grease Monkey owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the Grease Monkey royalty show up in the books?
The Grease Monkey royalty is 6% of sales, according to Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At the Grease Monkey average of $1,068,198 a year, it comes to about $5,341 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a Grease Monkey franchise?
Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Grease Monkey location costs $708,057 to $2,284,321. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my Grease Monkey location opens?
Your Grease Monkey 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 Grease Monkey’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your Grease Monkey opening
Send the short form for the Grease Monkey opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your Grease Monkey location and your opening date.
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