February 2015
| Business World
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Franchise Concepts, Inc. is an industry-leading family of companies that provides cus-
tomers with the highest quality custom framing services on the market. For more than 35
years, their various brands have helped clients select, purchase, and frame memories and
art.
The Great Frame Up is the largest and longest standing of the group’s three companies,
having begun in the suburbs of Chicago in 1971. Four years later the business began fran-
chising – making it one of the oldest and most experienced franchise brands in its field.
Today, the very firstThe Great Frame Up store is still operating and its franchise system has
grown to more than 100 locations nationwide, with several opening as recently as 2015.
In the years since establishing The Great Frame Up, Franchise Concepts has also grown to
include Deck The Walls and Canadian-based Framing & Art Center – two more brands
that have forged lasting reputations for providing high quality framing services coupled
with great customer service. Altogether, Vice President of Franchise Developments for
Franchise Concepts Dave Dahl estimates the group has roughly 150 stores across North
America.
