UNITED FRANCHISE GROUP

30 Years of Franchise Excellence

1986

Roy and Ray Titus at the opening of the first company store at Farmingdale, New York.

1987

Production computer is an Intel based 286 with 640KB RAM and a 20MB Hard Disk

1989

Signarama relocates Corporate Office from New York to 5000 square foot office building in North Palm Beach, Florida.

1993

Signarama office moves to prime location in West Palm Beach, Florida.

1996

Signarama opens 300th store.

1997

Signarama grants master licenses to New Zealand and Panama.

1999

First Signarama to hit $1,000,000.

1999

First Signarama to open in Asia – Beijing, China.

2000

EmbroidMe is Born!…
Opens first company store in West Palm Beach, Florida.

2001

Signarama purchases 18,000 sq ft. freestanding facility

2003

EmbroidMe reaches 100 stores

2005

Signarama reaches 750 stores.

2005

EmbroidMe reaches 250 locations

2005

United Franchise Group is formed to incorporate all brands

2005

Signarama grants master License to Romania.
The first sign franchise in Eastern Europe.

2006

Signarama celebrates 20 years of franchising excellence.

2006

New Zealand’s first EmbroidMe flagship location opens.

2006

United Franchise Group reaches 100 franchises in Australia.

2006

Signarama and EmbroidMe purchase their second building, 42,000 sq. ft. of training and office facilities.

2007

Tanzania, Africa opens its first Master License flagship location.

2007

Signarama South Korea Flagship is launched.

2007

Both Signarama and EmbroidMe receive consecutive #1 ranking in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500

2007

First EmbroidMe to hit $1,000,000.

2008

Signarama India is launched in Chennai.

2009

EmbroidMe opens its flagship store in Quatar, Arab Emirates.

2010

Joint venture launched between Ray Titus and Andy Cagnetta, creating Transworld Business Advisors.

2011

SuperGreen Solutions opens flagship store in Florida.

2011

Signarama celebrates 25 years of sign industry innovation.

2012

Transworld Business Advisors expands to Canada.

2012

SuperGreen Solutions begins franchising. UFG’s 6th brand is born!

2013

Super Green Solutions hits 25 locations and begins international growth.

2013

Signarama modernizes its look and tagline.

2014

Experimax becomes the latest retail brand for the United Franchise Group.

2014

Signarama Australia grows to 100 locations.

2014

Transworld Business Advisors franchisee celebrate record setting commisions; including $285,000, $224,000 and $178,000.

2015

Launched Experimax Franchise with 60 new orders in 2015.

2016

Launched 1st Food Franchise – Jon Smith Subs

2016

Launched its first shared office space franchise – Venture X

2017

EMbroidMe changes name to – Fully Promoted

2018

Launched 2nd food franchise – The Great Greek Grill

2018

Network Lead Exchange added to UFG family of brands

2018

Jon Smith Subs Goes International (Portugal, UK, Australia)

2018

UFG Receives Prestigious E Award

2019

UFG ranked on the Inc. 5000 list, recognizing America’s fastest-growing companies

2019

Venture X sells 100th location

2019

Signarama’s Canadian Master License Partner acquired Signarama UK

2020

Launched ROI which became Preveer. A new service franchise

2021

Graze Craze added to UFG family of brands

2022

Office Evolution added to UFG family of brands

2023

Starpoint Brands launches combining UFG Franchise Brands

2023

Starpoint Brands adds Cannoli Kitchen to the Big Flavor Brands Food Division

2023

Starpoint Brands adds Exit Factor helping owners get more when they sell their business