Fast-growing property photography franchise Top Snap has launched six new territories across Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Victoria in the past four months and has plans for a further 12 to open in the next year.  

There are now 36 territories in the Top Snap network, a 125 percent increase over the past two years.

And the level of growth has put the franchise into the final 50 for the SmartCompany Smart50 Awards 2011, which recognises the fastest growing companies in Australia.  

Rob Watkin, Top Snap managing director said “Growing fast enough to be eligible for these awards is a great achievement for Top Snap, especially as we had to beat hundreds of entries to make the final list.”  

Watkin puts the system’s growth down to a number of factors. “Our franchise owners spend their days taking photographs for a living - something they might only have dreamed about doing professionally beforehand. On top of this, they are joining a successful and supportive business system, which as well as low entry and start-up costs, has the added benefit of being a mobile service franchise, which helps insulate franchisees from some of the current issues faced by retail systems.”