GET A GRIP Franchising, LLC Named a Top Homebased Franchise: New Mexico Company Debuts On Entrepreneur®'s Ranking

Online, April 11, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Get A Grip, Inc., a family-owned, national franchise company with headquarters in Albuquerque, is pleased to announce that it has debuted on Entrepreneur®'s Franchise 500® Top Homebased Franchises list this year. The company ranks #97 in homebased franchise businesses. This year, Get A Grip moved to #316 (from #393) on the general Franchise 500® list, to #18 (from #33 last year) on the Top New Franchise ranking, and to #65 (up from #87) among low-cost franchise companies in the United States and Canada. In addition, the company ranks #2 in its industry category of resurfacing.

"We're excited to debut on the Homebased Franchise list, since we started the company in a home garage!" says Sharon Dillard, CEO of Get A Grip, Inc. "With our patented resurfacing products and techniques, low start up costs and franchise fee, Get A Grip is an ideal homebased business."

Get A Grip franchises offer a home-based opportunity with low start up costs and franchise fee. The company's network of 30 franchises and dealers in 17 states around the country, many of them operating from home offices, resurfaces laminate or cultured marble countertops with our Eurostone® design, repairs cracked fiberglass bathtubs, scratched or stained porcelain bathtubs, tile showers and enclosures. Get A Grip's Get A Metallic™ creates spectacular results for countertops. The company's newest offering, Porcelain Glaze™, is an innovative, high-performance coating system that returns porcelain tubs, sinks and showers to like new condition, requiring no acid to prepare surfaces, and delivering better environmental friendliness.

About GET A GRIP, Inc.

GET A GRIP, Inc. is a family-owned and operated national franchise company with headquarters in Albuquerque. The company debuted on Entrepreneur®'s Franchise 500® list of franchise companies in the United States and Canada in 2007. Being conscious of their environmental impact, GET A GRIP's been keeping a minimum of 156 truckloads of countertops and tubs per year out of landfills by resurfacing instead of replacing. Nationwide the company keeps over 3,000 tons out of landfills per year. GET A GRIP, Inc. refinishes porcelain bathtubs, tile showers and enclosures, laminate or cultured marble countertops, as well as fiberglass bathtubs that are cracked or worn.

For more facts and information on Get A Grip, Inc. or its patented, trademarked products and techniques, call Cub Dillard at 505-268-0929, or go to www.getagripinc.com.