Applying to the Franchise Registry requires to simple steps:

• Complete the online worksheet located at www.franchiseregistry.com/worksheet, and
• Submit your franchise agreement to FRANdata in electronic form - Word or Text files. Agreements may be submitted either by mail on a CD/diskette, or by e-mail to sbaregistry@frandata.com.

FRANdata conducts the initial review of the franchise agreement, and submits a recommendation to the SBA. The SBA makes all final eligibility determinations.

The process will be completed within 3 weeks from the time FRANdata receives the following: 1-Completed Worksheet, 2-Franchise Agreement in electronic format, 3-Application Fee.

When a franchisee applies for SBA financing, you will need to provide the franchisee with a certification form. If the version of the agreement that the franchisee will sign is the same as or non-materially different from the version approved by the Franchise Registry, you will provide a "Certificate of No Change or Non-Material Change," accessible at: www.franchiseregistry.com/Forms/CertificationofNoChange.htm.

The lender may then rely upon that certificate and your listing on the Franchise Registry as the SBA's determination that your franchise system is eligible. Approved lenders also have access to your franchise agreement through the Franchise Registry Web site.

A non-material change is one that does not concern the SBA eligibility guidelines. (The guidelines may be accessed by visiting www.franchiseregistry.com/worksheet, and clicking on the link where indicated.) Conversely, a material change is one that concerns any of the identified in the eligibility guidelines - control, leasing, renewal, transfer, default & termination.

No. The franchise system must submit a separate registration for each program. For example, a franchisor must register a cart/kiosk program, a co-branding program, and its standard program separately.