Top Photo and Video Franchises Over 50 Units

TSS Photography, abbreviated for The Sports Section, is a youth sports, school and event photography company that was founded in 1983. The brand provides a large number of organizations with a comprehensive solution for their various photography needs, taking photos of over 2 million people in 40 states every year. With the largest product line in the industry, TSS functions as an all-inclusive service provider that prioritizes quality and quick order turnaround at a reasonable price.

TSS provides its franchisees with ample support services including business advice, marketing materials, training, call-center sales and appointment-booking software.

Complete Weddings + Events is a wedding and event photography, DJ service, videography and photo booth rental service that conveniently offers customers a one-stop shop for their event entertainment needs. Complete has helped plan and execute more than 300,000 events, including more than 13,000 weddings per year on average since its founding in 1973. The brand has maintained national relevance over its tenured history by staying ahead of the technological curve, maintaining professionalism and working at an affordable price point.

Complete’s simple and focused business model gives franchisees a great opportunity to take advantage of the $50 billion wedding industry with a complete service offering focused on quality.

Lil’ Angels Photography is a home-based child and family portrait business that serves preschools, daycares, and other child care centers on site. A state-of-the-art setup is brought to a location to provide professional studio-quality portraits at the same price point as standard school picture companies. Lil’ Angels Photography gives customers a variety of options to choose from, including portrait packages, large prints, framed portraits, portrait CDs and gift items.

The brand also offers themed shoots, its most popular being "Fashion for Kids," where children are photographed in fun outfits that fit right over their clothes. The franchise utilizes modern digital photography equipment and partners with several professional labs for an expedited printing process.

Images 4 Kids is a more than 30-year-old franchise brand specializing in providing children’s daycares, preschools, private schools and other kids organizations with professional photography services. Based in Dallas, Texas and founded in 1983, the brand takes studio-quality portraits of children typically in the age range of infancy to five years old. Images 4 Kids franchisees are trained in the brand’s proprietary methods and standards and procedures for interacting with children, cropping photos and lighting techniques for the photos and connected with Images 4 Kids’ preferred photo development vendors.

TapSnap Photography is a two-pronged franchise offering that functions as a social media photo booth and corporate photo marketing kiosk. Customers can rent one of TapSnap’s unenclosed, digitally integrated photo booths for events like weddings and holiday parties, while companies make use of the booth’s customizable features for events such as brand activations, trade shows and professional sports games. By keeping abreast of technological advancements and incorporating them into their service offering since its inception, the company has developed from a simple photo booth rental brand into an all-around event entertainment solution that focuses on creating an engaging experience for its customers.

Boft is a network of photo-printing kiosks that allow for easy printing of Instagram photos. Customers can also transfer files from mobile devices to correct and edit photos in real time. Boft prides itself on a constantly evolving product; new photo processing functions and ordering options are frequently added.

All kiosks can withstand the elements with their waterproof touch screens and the professional, high-brightness monitors usable under direct sunlight, while its printer produces photos that won’t lose their color for decades. Boft has established a presence in more than 350 malls across the world thanks to its lean business model that makes operations cost-effective, streamlined and profitable for its franchisees.

Home Video Studio was started in 1991 when founder Robert Hanley’s film company wasn’t profitable enough for him and he recognized a need for a video company that provided services that were missing or lacking from the industry. Home Video Studio is a video production and post-production business that focuses on editing, film and video transfer to DVD or computer, videography, video keepsake montages and duplication services. Franchisees are put through a year-long training course in video production and provided with the resources and background information needed to successfully run the business out of their homes.

Minuteman Press is a printing service franchise that helps businesses with printing, marketing and design needs. The New York-based company founded in 1973 offers large-scale commercial and digital printing services in addition to creative design services in the form of logo and website design and promotional products like canvas prints and banners; the brand says it can produce “anything you can put a logo on.” Minuteman Press’ client base is made up of local organizations, government groups, non-profits, professional sports teams, local businesses, entrepreneurs and more.

The franchise is looking to expand its already extensive global presence by pursuing opportunities in the U.K., South Africa, Canada and Australia.

SpeedPro Imaging is a business-to-business visual communications franchise that offers digital imaging services in myriad forms, handling product design, printing and installation. From digital and marketing signage, event graphics and point of purchase displays at trade shows to indoor and outdoor signage, vehicle wraps and wall murals, SpeedPro provides its customers with customized large-format graphics. The brand works as an extension of its clients marketing team to build attention-grabbing products for specific environments to promote events, enhance brand awareness and drive ROI or to promote events.