Franchise qualification
See whether you qualify for a protected Polar Tint territory.
This is a qualification form, not a brochure request. It asks what you have available to invest and what you have run before, because those two answers decide whether a real conversation makes sense for either of us. Two minutes. A person reads every one.
- Six revenue lines under one roof — automotive window tint, paint protection film, ceramic coating, commercial window film, residential window film, and wraps & print.
- Manufacturer-direct supply through our affiliate, Glacier Manufacturing — film, ceramic, and PPF sourced without a distributor in the middle.
- A protected territory mapped and written into your franchise agreement, so two Polar Tint shops are never placed inside each other's area.
- 40 hours of classroom training plus 25 hours on-site at your own location, with your own equipment, on real vehicles.
- Listed in the SBA Franchise Directory — relevant when you talk to a lender about financing.
- Operator-built since 2015 — Polar Tint ran its own shops for a decade before offering a single franchise.
Check your qualification
Straight answers get a straight response. If your market is already taken or the fit isn't there, we will tell you.
Would rather talk first? Call 813-399-3500.
What you would actually be buying
The parts of this business that are written down.
Six revenue lines, one location
Automotive window tint, paint protection film, ceramic coating, commercial window film, residential window film, and wraps & print. Different customers, different seasons, the same install team and the same square footage.
Manufacturer-direct supply
Film, ceramic coating, and paint protection film come through our affiliate, Glacier Manufacturing, rather than a regional distributor. Vehicle wraps are sourced separately — Glacier does not supply wraps.
A protected territory
Your territory is defined at the time of award, mapped, and written into the franchise agreement. Territory terms are described in Item 12 of the Franchise Disclosure Document, which you receive before anything is signed.
65 hours of training
40 hours of classroom instruction, then 25 hours on-site at your own shop — your equipment, your layout, real vehicles. Training terms are detailed in Item 11 of the FDD.
SBA Franchise Directory listed
Polar Tint appears in the U.S. Small Business Administration's Franchise Directory, which is the first thing many SBA lenders check when they review a franchise loan application.
Operator-built since 2015
Polar Tint has been running its own shops since 2015. The system you would be buying was built inside working locations, not drawn up to be sold as a franchise.
Straight talk
Who this tends to work for — and who it doesn't.
Usually a fit
- You can fund the full initial investment disclosed in the FDD with capital that is genuinely available, not projected.
- You intend to run the location yourself, or to hire and manage a full-time operator you have already thought about.
- You are targeting a specific market and you are willing to hear that it is already awarded.
- You want a trade business with installers, inventory, and a shop — not a laptop business.
Usually not a fit
- You are looking for something passive that runs without you in the first year.
- Your capital is contingent on selling something, raising something, or a partner who has not agreed yet.
- You want us to tell you what you will earn. We don't — financial performance representations, if any, appear only in Item 19 of the FDD.
- You want the whole country. Territories are awarded one market at a time.
Submitting this form starts a conversation. It is not an application, it does not obligate you, and it does not obligate Polar Tint to award a territory. Any franchise offer is made only through a Franchise Disclosure Document delivered in accordance with applicable law.