Can You Start an Epcon Franchise and Grow a Construction Company Without Building Experience?

Experience in the home building industry is valuable, but it’s not a prerequisite to growing your construction company with Epcon Franchising. Epcon has guided numerous Franchise Builders, including those with minimal building or marketing backgrounds, in scaling their home building business.

Take Lisa and Paul Scarmazzi, for example. Their story illustrates how building a company specializing in 55+ communities is simplified by following Epcon’s proven processes.

While experience in construction or marketing can be advantageous, anyone with a passion for developing beautiful communities and sufficient capital can grow with Epcon’s support.

Epcon’s Advantage

Epcon Franchise Builders have exclusive access to award-winning floor plans, thoughtfully designed communities and a market with high demand. With a strategic business plan tailored to meet the needs of a rapidly growing demographic, our Franchise Builders are well-positioned for growth.

“[Growth] is much more attainable when you’re following a proven system,” says Phil Fankhauser, co-founder of Epcon. “Our Franchise Builders benefit from comprehensive processes in sales and marketing, financial modeling, cost control and construction — all part of the intellectual property we share with them.”

Why Epcon

As an Epcon Franchise Builder, you’ll tap into over three decades of experience and a refined business blueprint designed to support Franchise Builders of all backgrounds in building and selling homes.

Epcon provides an in-depth system to develop, build and market communities, with documented processes and step-by-step guidelines. Franchise Builders also benefit from ongoing research and development, ensuring access to cutting-edge construction techniques, operational data and industry insights.

Beyond processes, franchisees receive:

  • Detailed scopes of work and support through every development phase

  • Prototype CAD drawings, specifications, and landscaping plans

  • A dedicated Epcon support team, always just a phone call or email away

For Experienced Builders

If you’re an established builder, Epcon’s systems allow you to expand into a new market segment quickly. Our processes help you build and sell faster, recoup investments sooner and leverage strong marketing assets for increased pre-sales, all while benchmarking costs against industry peers.

For New Builders

With Epcon, new Franchise Builders start with an actionable business plan backed by a strong track record and a network of builders with decades of experience. Unlike other franchise opportunities, once your Epcon Community is sold out, the franchise agreement ends unless you choose to start a new community. However, many Epcon Franchise Builders stay with us for years, reinvesting their capital to create new communities.

Finding the Right Location

Many builders wonder about ideal locations. Epcon’s extensive market research pinpoints the most promising areas for development, and we collaborate with you to identify viable sites that meet those criteria.

Learn more about Epcon

Whether you are an established builder or new to the industry, Epcon’s proven systems, experienced support network and exclusive intellectual property create a powerful foundation for growing your home building business. Reach out to learn more about this unique opportunity in the 55+ housing market.

About Epcon

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Epcon is a leading 55+ home building franchise in the United States. For more than 35 years, Epcon has integrated smart, innovative new home designs with the most desirable modern amenities popular with 55+ home buyers. A growing home building business or real estate development company can leverage Epcon Franchising’s proven home designs, technology, marketing and sales resources. Epcon Franchise Builders are given a competitive advantage to build smarter and scale faster in the 55+ home building market. Epcon is ranked on Builder 100 and Pro Builder Housing Giants as a top U.S. home builder and the Franchise Times Top 400 list, has ranked on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 and has won many awards from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Learn more about what we offer.