We’re thinking of buying a franchise. Do franchisors usually demand lots of paperwork to be completed?

We’re thinking of buying a franchise but we are put off a bit by the paperwork. I don’t really like filling out forms and reports every five minutes. Do franchisors usually demand lots of paperwork to be completed?

Operating a small business, whether it be a franchise or an independent business, requires the owner to constantly attend to paperwork.

The saying I have here is “there’s no such thing as a small business if you own one!”

The type of business will often determine how high the mountain of paper is on a day-to-day and week-to-week basis.