If you have a passion for working with wood, and want to have your own business, the Woodcraft franchise program may be exactly right for you. In the pages of this booklet, you may discover that Woodcraft is the perfect opportunity you have been looking for.

Carve a niche for yourself in woodworking with a Woodcraft retail store. It is difficult to overstate the importance of a brand name with a reputation for quality. The Woodcraft name is a tremendous asset. If you are a woodworker, you already know what we mean.

Fast food, convenience store, and general merchandise franchises can be very popular businesses, but customers can easily go elsewhere. In the woodworking business, a certain percentage of buyers want the variety, the educational opportunities, and the product quality that they can only find at a Woodcraft retail store. Woodcraft retail stores are already operating in many locations around the country especially since the advent of our franchising program. Now, after more than 75 years, the Woodcraft name is even more recognizable than at any other time in our history. Are you seriously looking for a franchise opportunity? Are you passionate about woodworking? Would you like to consider opening a store in your area?

The Woodcraft Difference

Woodcraft offers the most extensive selection of quality woodworking tools in the world. Customers know they can find any tool or woodworking accessory they need, from carving tools from Switzerland, workbenches from Germany, turning tools from England and sharpening stones from Japan - all at great prices and under one roof.

Add to this, the Woodworkers Club® is the nation's only chain of complete do-it-yourself woodworking shops, providing all the tools, supplies and know-how for Helping You Make Wood Work®. Questions about how to use any tool are expertly answered by any of our retail employees or Woodcraft's Technical Department.

Finely Honed Business System

A Woodcraft retail store is a woodworker's paradise of over 8,000 different woodworking products, including hand and power tools, hardware and books, finishing and project supplies, carving tools, work benches, domestic and imported hardwoods and educational facilities. Woodcraft corporate owned stores, Woodcraft franchise stores, and Woodworkers Clubs® - are conveniently located in major metropolitan areas across the country. Customers also purchase items from our nearly 8,000-item catalog, or shop online. Orders received before 2 p.m. EST are shipped the same day.

Projects, Plans and Advice

Your Woodcraft franchise will be part of a nationwide system offering outstanding educational opportunities. It's part of what's helped us build a loyal customer base that continues to grow.

Woodcraft stores throughout the country offer hundreds of classes, demonstrations and seminars. We even offer woodworking courses through our own Woodcraft University! Projects are published monthly as part of our partnership with Popular Woodworking magazine, we send info-packed newsletters, and have teamed up with DIY Network to offer online interactive projects.

We Support our Franchisees

Woodcraft is known for a commitment to providing woodworkers with superior products sold by knowledgeable sales staff. And we want to help you become part of it! We are looking for energetic, quality-conscious, experienced woodcrafters to take advantage of the excellent franchise opportunities we have available throughout the country. You must be customer service oriented, have an outgoing personality and have previous retail experience.

Training, Marketing and Operations

We help our franchisees every step of the way. You will receive hands-on, intensive training from an experienced Woodcraft retailer at one of our many retail locations. You'll learn day-to-day procedures and, because so much of our focus is on customer education, you will learn how to help them learn!

We will provide you with clear-cut guidelines on site selection, marketing, how to set up your own Woodcraft retail location, ordering procedures, hiring and more. On-site visits will help you get started.

Build an Exciting New Career!

For more information on becoming a Woodcraft franchisee, please complete the "Request form" below.