Lil’ Angels Photography is a children’s portrait photography franchise that focuses on on-site photo sessions at daycares, preschools, and childcare centers. The brand brings a mobile, studio-quality setup directly to schools, making picture day simple for parents and convenient for facilities.
It offers professional portraits at competitive, school-friendly prices.The franchise began in 1996 and started franchising in 1998. Lil’ Angels Photography is headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee.
The business operates as a home-based model, with franchisees traveling to childcare locations instead of maintaining a traditional studio.
Lil’ Angels Photography differentiates itself by specializing exclusively in early-childhood photography. Its system is built for efficiency, with equipment, marketing tools, and training included in the franchise package.
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Lil’ Angels Photography offers a structured and comprehensive training program designed to equip franchisees and their staff with essential operational and business skills. The training includes both classroom instruction and field training, covering key aspects of the Lil’ Angels System such as marketing, sales, operations, and management. Here are the key components of the training:
Lil’ Angels Photography provides its franchisees with an exclusive territory, typically covering a population of 300,000 or around 150 childcare centers. The territory boundaries are defined by geographic markers such as highways and county lines.
Within this area, neither Lil’ Angels nor any other franchisee is allowed to operate or solicit business, and franchisees themselves are restricted from operating outside their own territory without written permission.
The exclusivity is strictly enforced, and violations—such as conducting photo shoots outside the assigned area—can result in penalties up to $5,000 per event. Franchisees also must not use other distribution channels to sell outside their territory, and Lil’ Angels commits not to use or authorize others to use alternative trademarks for competing operations in the area.
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