Team Up Athletics

Turn a Passion for Sports into a Local Business

Team Up Athletics gives franchise owners the opportunity to build a community-focused sports business serving the teams and organizations that bring people together. Team Up Athletics provides custom uniforms, apparel, fan gear, promotional products, and equipment to schools, clubs, leagues, municipalities, and corporate organizations.

With a home-based model, protected territory, established business systems, and extensive corporate resources, franchisees can focus on developing relationships and serving customers without the demands of operating a traditional retail storefront.

Why Choose Team Up Athletics?

Team Up Athletics combines the independence of local business ownership with the resources of an established franchise network. Owners can work from home or on the go while building relationships throughout their territory, supported by products, technology, production capabilities, and a team that helps keep the business moving.

• Home-Based Flexibility: The model does not require a traditional storefront, giving owners flexibility in where and how they operate.
• Diverse Customer Base: Franchisees can develop business across schools, clubs, municipal programs, leagues, and corporate organizations.
• Protected Territory: Owners receive a defined market in which to develop relationships and grow their local presence.
• Extensive Vendor Network: Franchisees have access to more than 150 vendor relationships, including recognized names in sporting goods and apparel.
• In-House Resources: Corporate capabilities include screen printing, embroidery, heat transfer, and dedicated uniform and logo design.
• Exclusive Products: Team Up Threads gives franchisees access to the company's exclusive line of performance jerseys and sportswear.

Four Ways to Build Relationships in the Community

Each Team Up Athletics territory offers multiple customer segments with different needs and buying cycles, giving franchisees opportunities to develop relationships across their local market.

• Schools: Universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools
• Clubs: Multi-team organizations, private clubs, travel clubs, and competitive teams
• Cities and Municipalities: Youth and adult recreation leagues, camps, municipal programs, fields, and gyms
• Corporate Organizations: Branded apparel, promotional products, gifts, uniforms, and corporate sports programs

Products for Teams On and Off the Field

Team Up Athletics helps customers create a coordinated look with custom uniforms, jerseys, team apparel, fan gear, warmups, travel gear, sideline apparel, and sports equipment. Franchisees can also offer Team Up Threads, the brand's exclusive performance athletic apparel line, providing another way to meet the uniform and sportswear needs of local customers.

Training That Gets Owners in the Game

New franchisees begin with a five-day training program designed to combine instruction with practical experience. The initial program includes three days of in-office training followed by two days in the field, helping owners learn the systems while gaining firsthand experience with the business model.

Training continues after the initial program through Team Up Training Camp, which provides ongoing live and recorded sessions. This continuing education gives franchisees resources to reinforce what they have learned and further develop their skills as they operate their territories.

Support Behind Every Franchise Owner

Team Up Athletics provides infrastructure designed to help franchisees spend more time building customer relationships and less time creating a business from scratch. Owners receive access to a business management platform supporting proposals, mockups, invoicing, production management, and customer relationship management, along with Microsoft Teams for collaboration across the franchise network.

Additional franchise support includes:

• Corporate in-house screen printing, embroidery, and heat transfer capabilities
• Dedicated uniform and logo design resources
• Access to more than 150 vendor accounts
• Team Up Threads exclusive athletic apparel
• A startup sample kit for presenting products to prospective customers
• Business cards and brand guidelines
• Corporate national and regional digital marketing efforts
• Ongoing collaboration with the Team Up Athletics franchise network

Who Makes a Great Team Up Athletics Franchisee?

The Team Up Athletics opportunity is designed for people who enjoy building relationships, taking initiative, and becoming involved in their communities. A background in sports is not required. Team Up Athletics instead emphasizes attitude, sales orientation, business motivation, and a genuine connection to sports and community.

Strong candidates are:

• Positive, self-motivated, and ready to build a business
• Sales-oriented and business-minded
• Passionate about sports and their local community
• Comfortable developing relationships with schools, teams, clubs, and organizations
• Team players who enjoy supporting others within the franchise network
• Motivated to make a positive impact through sports

Everyone Needs a Team

Team Up Athletics brings the spirit of teamwork into business ownership. Franchisees have the opportunity to become a trusted local resource for the organizations they serve while drawing on the systems, training, production resources, vendor relationships, and ongoing support of the larger Team Up Athletics network. For an entrepreneur who values sports, relationships, and community involvement, it is a business built around helping teams look their best and stay ready to play.