Own the countertop fabrication business in your city.
Countertop Canada Co. is awarding protected territories to owner-operators across Canada. You get four weeks of certification, a complete templating and fabrication equipment package, the booking platform, and homeowners arriving through national marketing from day one.
Canada renovates millions of kitchens. Almost all of them need a countertop.
A new countertop is the single most transformative change in a kitchen, and it is on the shopping list of nearly every renovation, resale prep and new build. Demand is steady, high-value and recession-resilient, because even a cosmetic refresh usually starts with the counters.
The trade itself is fragmented. Most of your competition is a small fabricator or a big-box subcontractor with no brand, no guarantee, no booking system and no way for a homeowner to verify them. That gap is the opportunity, and it is what a franchise model is actually good at closing.
| What you get | Included |
|---|---|
| Protected territory | Defined by postal code and exclusive to you. No other franchisee quotes inside it. |
| Fabrication equipment package | Digital templating kit, bridge saw and CNC access or lease, install tooling, seam kit, lifting gear and consumables through to first revenue. |
| Four-week certification | Two weeks technical templating, fabrication and installation training, two weeks pricing, quoting and sales systems. |
| Booking platform | Homeowner applications, quoting, scheduling, secured payments and reviews in one dashboard. |
| Marketing engine | Google Ads, the brand site, city landing pages and review generation run centrally and pointed at your postal codes. |
| Ongoing support | A dedicated business coach, quarterly performance reviews and national supplier pricing on slabs, blades and consumables. |
What head office actually does for you.
Head office exists to make your territory easier to run. Here is exactly what that support covers.
Certification that assumes nothing
Half our franchisees have never cut a slab. The programme starts at digital templating and material identification, not at advanced fabrication.
Homeowners routed to you
Applications submitted through the site are routed by postal code to the territory that covers them. You are not buying resold leads from an aggregator.
A quoting system, not a guess
Square footage, material, edge profile, cutouts and travel feed a pricing model built from thousands of completed Canadian kitchens. Underquoting is the most common way trade businesses fail.
National purchasing power
Slabs, diamond blades, adhesives, sealers and consumables at network pricing rather than retail counter pricing.
Credibility on day one
You arrive at a quote with a warranty, verified reviews, secured payment terms and a company behind you. Your solo competitor arrives with a phone number.
Someone whose job is your numbers
A dedicated business coach reviews your close rate, average job value and utilisation every quarter and tells you which one to fix first.
What is included in a Countertop Canada Co. franchise.
A franchise is not a logo and a handshake. This is the complete package that comes with a territory, and the full commercial terms are set out in the Franchise Disclosure Document you receive before anything is signed.
| Included | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Protected territory | Defined by postal codes and household count. No other Countertop Canada Co. franchise operates inside it, and every enquiry from those postal codes routes to you. |
| Four-week certification | Hands-on training at head office in Mississauga covering digital templating, slab layout, CNC and bridge saw fabrication, edge polishing, seaming, installation, estimating and customer handling. |
| Complete fabrication kit | Digital templating equipment, install tooling, seam-setting kit, suction lifters, dollies and A-frames, polishing tools and the consumables list to start work. |
| Booking and CRM platform | Enquiry routing, estimating, scheduling, invoicing and follow-up in one system, so you are running a business rather than a notebook. |
| National and local marketing | A national brand presence, plus a launch campaign built for your city — search, maps, paid ads, vehicle livery and print assets. |
| Supplier accounts | Access to negotiated national pricing on slabs, diamond tooling, adhesives, sealers and sinks. |
| Ongoing operational support | A named business manager, technical helpline, refresher training, quarterly reviews and an owner network you can call when a job gets complicated. |
How a Countertop Canada Co. territory actually runs.
A countertop franchise is a fabrication-and-scheduling business wrapped around a trade skill. Understanding the rhythm of it matters more than any single number.
Enquiries arrive, you estimate
Homeowners in your postal codes find the national brand and enquire. You visit, measure, help them choose a material, and leave a fixed written price. Most owners run estimates in blocks two or three evenings a week.
Jobs are booked into a run
Each kitchen runs about a week from template to install, with the install itself a single day. A single crew handles several jobs in parallel across that window; a second crew lets you template and install more kitchens each week, which is where most territories find their step change.
The work is delivered to one standard
Templating, fabrication tolerances and seaming standards are identical in every territory. That consistency is what lets a homeowner in one city trust a review written in another, and it is the part we protect most carefully.
Referrals compound
Kitchens are visible and neighbours ask. Established territories see a growing share of work arrive by referral, which lowers acquisition cost over time and is the main reason this business gets easier in year two and three.
| Is this you? | |
|---|---|
| Good fit | Comfortable in front of homeowners in their own home. Willing to run a crew. Wants a business that produces something visible at the end of the week. |
| Also a good fit | Coming from outside the trades entirely. Roughly half our franchisees did. Sales, logistics and corporate operations backgrounds all transfer well. |
| Poor fit | Looking for passive income, or planning to keep a full-time job through year one. This is an owner-operator model and it will not run without you in it daily. |
| Capital | The funding in place to open a territory, whether from savings, financing or a combination. We talk this through openly at the first call. |
We would rather tell you no early than sell you in.
A franchise that awards territories to people who are wrong for the model ends up with underperforming units, unhappy franchisees and a damaged brand. That is bad for everyone, so the screening runs both ways.
During discovery day you will speak to existing franchisees without anyone from head office in the room. Ask them what the first six months actually looked like.
From first call to first kitchen.
Most candidates move from initial enquiry to opening in ten to fourteen weeks.
Introductory call
Thirty minutes on your background, what you are looking for and the territory you have in mind. No cost and no pressure.
Franchise kit and disclosure
You receive the full information package and the Franchise Disclosure Document, including fee structure, unit economics and territory maps. Canadian franchise law requires this at least fourteen days before you sign or pay anything, in the provinces that regulate franchising.
Territory review
We model household counts, housing age profile and competitor density in your target area, then confirm whether it supports a single unit or a multi-unit build.
Discovery day
A day at head office. Meet the leadership team, watch a live template and fabrication, and speak with existing franchisees privately.
Award and certification
Agreement signed, territory locked, and the four-week certification programme begins. Your equipment ships during week three.
Launch
Your city landing pages go live, ad spend points at your postal codes, and the first homeowner applications land in your dashboard.
Where we are opening next across Canada.
Availability changes weekly. Tap your province for local availability.
What candidates ask first
Do I need fabrication experience?
No. Roughly half our franchisees came from outside the trades. The four-week certification covers the technical work from digital templating upward. What we cannot teach is the willingness to be accountable for a stranger's kitchen.
Can I run this while keeping my job?
Not in year one. This is an owner-operator model that needs you on site or managing the crew daily. Franchisees who treat it as a side business consistently underperform, and we would rather say that now than after you have signed.
How large is a territory?
Territories are drawn by postal code and typically cover 60,000 to 120,000 households depending on density and housing age. A mix of older stock due for updates and new builds needing counters keeps demand steady across the year.
Is financing available?
We work with Canadian lenders familiar with franchise lending, and the Canada Small Business Financing Program is available to qualifying applicants. We are not a lender and cannot guarantee approval or terms.
Who generates the leads?
Central marketing runs Google Ads, the brand site and city landing pages, routing homeowner applications to your dashboard by postal code. You are still expected to build local presence through referrals and community visibility. The strongest territories do both.
Can I own more than one territory?
Yes, after twelve months of operating results in your first. Several franchisees now run multi-territory operations with dedicated crews, and adjacent territories are usually offered to the existing operator first.
What does a typical week look like?
In year one, roughly two days quoting in homeowners' kitchens, two to three days templating and installing with the crew, shop time on fabrication, and evenings on scheduling and follow-up. As you add staff, the balance shifts toward quoting and managing.
Is the business seasonal in Canada?
Less than most trades. Because the work is interior, winter does not stop it the way it stops roofing or landscaping. Demand does concentrate ahead of the holidays and in spring, and the territories that plan for that keep their crews busy through the quieter weeks.
Start with a conversation.
Tell us where you want to operate and we will send the full information package, the disclosure document and current availability for your city, usually within one business day.
Enquiries are confidential. We do not share your details with third parties.
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