The Opportunity

Why Choose Us?

The Zip Yard is the UK’s only professional tailoring and garment alteration franchise.

There is a huge demand for our services, and for the way in which we deliver them. We provide a proven business model designed to help you take full advantage of this lucrative market, but that’s not all.

There are a great number of advantages to being part of The Zip Yard franchise, including:

Running a business your way

While The Zip Yard has a unique way of doing business which you will need to follow to succeed, your new business is very much your own. You’re in charge, and you will enjoy all the rewards of your hard work.

While it’s true that the harder you work at your new business, the more successful you will become, we want to empower you to run your business in a way that suits you. We’ve streamlined all our processes to make sure starting your own profitable The Zip Yard store is as straightforward as possible. It can easily be fit in around your other commitments, allowing you to enjoy a better work-life balance.

Being part of a better, greener future

The Zip Yard is not just a way to make money from running your own business, but also to offer a sustainable and ethical service to your customers. By helping them to enjoy their clothes for longer, and make the most of pre-loved and upcycled garments, you’re working together with them to reduce the amount of clothing waste that goes to landfill each year.

Being part of something bigger

The Zip Yard franchise offers you a way to work for yourself, but still enjoy all the benefits being part of a larger company can offer. You can benefit from all the long-standing relationships with suppliers and advertisers that the brand already has, have access to a huge range of additional products, and take advantage of economies of scale to maximise your profits.

You’ll also be part of a much bigger network who all share the same goal – making The Zip Yard a success! You will be able to share information and best practice with them, as well as work together to grow the brand far into the future.

We understand what it’s like to be a franchisee

Our UK head office team know exactly how it feels to start your own business with The Zip Yard, and watch it grow from strength to strength, because they are franchisees themselves! Managing Director, Neluka, also runs her own store in Leeds, and has been exactly where you are now. Having been through the whole process herself, she brings to the network a unique understanding of what new franchisees need to succeed.