Franchise Services

Silberstein Ungar, PLLC, a supplier member of the International Franchise Association (“IFA”), has unique real-world franchising experience that helps us provide our franchise clients with a smoother, more efficient, and often less costly audit than other CPA firms. Our success, rapid growth, and client satisfaction is largely due to the outstanding service we provide to our clients, the fair fees that we charge, and the high quality experience of our partners and staff, some of whom have gained their expertise at large international accounting firms. The partner in charge of our Franchise audit practice, Ronald N. Silberstein, was CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of a large, international franchisor and its affiliated companies (including a dot com e-commerce company) for 4 ½ years – and is a Certified Franchise Executive. Our real-world experience plus the commitment of the SU staff to be the best helps us provide our franchise clients with a high quality, client-specific, non-adversarial audit process.  

Franchisors and master franchisees and their professional advisors and staff love working with us. Companies that have previously had issues with their auditors (especially fee issues or lack of good service issues) love working with us. Companies that have seen their CPA firm merge into a larger CPA firm love working with us. Companies that can’t afford the fees of the large CPA firms love working with us. Law firms and franchise consultants love working with us. The efficiency and promptness with which we can get an audit completed, the reasonable fee structure we are known for, and our ability to help add value to the process keeps our referral sources (including franchise lawyers and franchise consultants) sending us more and more new work. In short – we do what we say we’ll do when we say we’ll do it for the fees that we said we would charge.

We have numerous franchise businesses as clients including experienced franchisors, start-up franchisors, and master franchisees. Our franchise clients are located through-out the U.S. and Canada. Our franchising experience and expertise has resulted in our being asked to speak at franchise seminars, assist with franchising articles, and co-host roundtable discussions at IFA conventions and other franchising conferences. Our clients receive proactive attention from our principals and staff and our experience often enables us to consult regarding FDD provisions, franchise agreements, and other business issues that a franchisor may face now or in the future. We’ve been through the battles and the wars and there isn’t much in franchising that we do not have real-world, hands on experience with. When needed, our membership in the MSI Global Alliance of Independent Legal and Accounting Firms gives us access to experienced CPA’s, auditors, and law firms located all over the world – so no matter where our clients are now or may be expanding to, we can usually help them. We’re available – and put a special emphasis on providing our clients with extraordinary services at fair and often reasonable fees.

We have had clients with revenues ranging from $-0- (development stage companies) to $200 million. We have worked with clients that franchise a broad range of concepts, including retail, sports, fitness, education, home improvement, commercial cleaning, pet services, business coaching, and, of course, food and beverage. We have attended and participated in numerous IFA conventions and franchising conferences.

Our fees are normally lower than our competitors because we are efficient and we manage our own business well – so we are able to keep our overhead minimal and that results in lower fees for our clients – but not lesser service.

Intrigued? Hopefully – yes, you are. Please call us to discuss your audit and accounting needs, the specifics of your franchise business and your future plans, and/or any issues you may be having with your present auditor. If you deserve more than you are getting – or, just want to get a competitive quote for your audit – you and your company may benefit by talking with us.

Silberstein Ungar, PLLC

Ronald N. Silberstein – Principal and CPA – Leader, Franchise Audit Practice
rons@sucpas.com
Direct Dial (248)341-1264