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About Express

Fact Sheet

Company Overview

  • Industry: Staffing
  • Company Type: Private
  • Business Model: Franchising
  • Locations: Nearly 600
  • Headquarters: Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • Founder, Chairman & CEO: Robert A. Funk
  • Founder & Vice Chairman: William H. Stoller
  • Founded: 1983, franchised in 1985
  • Company sales: $1.8 billion in 2008
  • Jobs: Express Employment Professionals put 350,000 people to work in 2008
  • Certifications: ISO 9001:2000
  • Ratings: D&B Rating of 5A1

Express Affiliates

Memberships

  • American Staffing Association
  • International Franchise Association
  • Canadian Staffing Association
  • Association of Canadian Search, Employment & Staffing Service
  • Association of Personnel Service Organisations of South Africa
  • Recruitment & Consulting Services Association

Services

  • Temporary and Flexible Staffing
  • Evaluation and Direct Hire
  • Professional and Contract Staffing
  • Human Resource Services

Franchise Information

  • Territories: Prime territories are available in the United States, Canada, South Africa and Australia.
  • Ownership: 50-50 Male-Female Partnership: 21%, Male Majority Owner: 44%, Female Majority Owner: 35%
  • Franchise Fees: Initial fee: $35,000; Start-up capital needed: $130,000-$170,000 (dependent on market size)

Industry Outlook

  • Industry Growth: The staffing industry employs 2.66 million people per day according to the American Staffing Association (ASA).
  • Industry Size: The ASA reports industry-wide revenues of over $87 billion.
  • Job Growth: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the employment services industry—which is primarily staffing—is expected to be the second largest job-growth industry in the U.S.

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