Keep your shop. Join the Polar Tint system. Add five service lines.

Yes, if you own an auto tint shop and Polar Tint grants you the right to convert it (Franchise Agreement §5.1). You keep your location, team, and customer relationships and convert the business to the Polar Tint system, gaining the Polar Tint brand, an SBA Franchise Directory listing, the operations playbook, and a Designated Territory that is protected but not exclusive (FDD Item 12). A granted conversion carries a reduced initial franchise fee disclosed in FDD Item 5.

Total initial investment for a single-unit Polar Tint franchise is $136,588–$259,950 (FDD Item 7), covering the franchise fee, build-out, equipment, opening inventory, training travel, professional fees, and about three months of additional funds; your own costs depend on the facilities and existing build-out of your approved location (FDD Item 7, Note 12).

If Polar Tint grants you the right to convert your auto tint shop, you pay a reduced initial franchise fee disclosed in FDD Item 5, a substantial reduction off the standard new-unit franchise fee (Franchise Agreement §5.1). Request the FDD for the full Item 5 and Item 7 detail.

You keep your customer relationships, not your shop's brand.

If Polar Tint grants the conversion, you keep your location, your team, and your customer relationships, so you build on what you already have instead of starting from zero; the converted shop operates under the Polar Tint name and Marks (FDD Item 13), and customer data it generates is owned by Polar Tint and licensed back to you for the term of your franchise agreement (FDD Item 14).

You are adding a system and a supply chain to the business you built, not starting over.

Some of it, yes. You still own and run your shop day to day, but you operate under the Franchise Agreement and Polar Tint's Operations Manual, buy from approved suppliers (FDD Item 8), offer and sell only the approved services (FDD Item 16), and follow any maximum or minimum prices Polar Tint sets (Franchise Agreement §7.3). It is a hands-on business, not a passive investment.

In return you gain the Polar Tint brand, an SBA Franchise Directory listing, the operations playbook, and a Designated Territory that is protected but not exclusive (FDD Item 12).

Franchisees buy window film, application tools and other designated shop items from affiliated manufacturer Glacier Manufacturing, currently the exclusive supplier of those items under FDD Item 8. Item 8 also discloses Glacier's revenue from franchisee purchases and any supplier rebates to Polar Tint or its affiliates.

The Polar Tint operator training program is 65 hours — 40 classroom hours plus 25 on-the-job hours, per FDD Item 11 — delivered at our Henderson, NV HQ, virtually, or another location we designate, and completed before you open.

It comes from the affiliate-owned Las Vegas shops operating since 2015 (as Pro Tint USA), rebranded to Polar Tint in 2024, so you get installs-first playbooks built by operators, not a generic corporate module. Polar Tint has been franchising since 2025, and its pre-opening, opening, and ongoing support obligations are described in FDD Item 11.

Yes, through third-party lenders. Polar Tint does not offer direct or indirect financing (FDD Item 10); it is listed on the SBA Franchise Directory, so qualified buyers can pursue SBA 7(a) financing. HELOC, ROBS, and conventional financing are also options. The financing page walks through every funding path.

Honorably discharged veterans and first responders receive 25% off the initial franchise fee for a first Designated Territory (FDD Item 5; Franchise Agreement §5.1). The FDD lists that discount and the reduced conversion fee as separate reductions and does not say whether the two can be combined, so confirm how they apply to your conversion when you review the FDD. See the veteran & first-responder franchise program for documentation requirements and details.