how can we find out the owner of a local franchise?
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Ask the people working there "who is the owner".  Works every time.
307701
Well why not try calling DirectTV and ask them about the person you are looking for, given that you at least know there first/last name.
793055
i use this site for info and it has links on it for franchises, where to get info on them and whats for sale.\n\nhttp://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073861225&r.s=tl&topicId=1073866247\n.
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If you want to research the history of that company, you should start with contacting the Texas Secretary of State, whose office would be responsible for tracking state corporations.  It probably will be archival material, but it should be possible to track the company down to find out whether it was ever acquired by a company still in business.
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Get the adress of the business. Take it to the court house. They will look it up in their records and can tell you who owns it and who owns the property its sitting on. The court house will have all the info you need since they have to keep it on record for tax purposes and etc.
26839
Contact the Franchise Tax Board for your state.  Most have websites where you can access your info.  Use your state name and FTB as search terms.
1007905
You can do a title search.  More than likely, that will only get you a business name.  If you are looking for the name of the actual owners, hire a private investigator.
1150600
Go to the local Registrar of Deeds (or whatever your local public records office is called) and tell the person there that you would like to look up the information on such-and-such property.  He/she will show you how to use the card file or the computer to do the search.  You need to know either the owner's name or the Legal Description of the property.  If you don't know, the local Tax Collecting Department can give you that information.
1044350
Call the tax office in the town hall where the property is located and give them the address and ask them to check who the owner is. All records like that are open to the public.
946284
You would have to start with the State Department of Motor Vehicles.  Ask them what is public record and what they can tell you.  Do you know the plate # and you are looking for the owner?  Then you will need the DMV's help.  If you know the person and want to find the plate # that would be easier-just ask what vehicles are owned by that person.
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ask someone that knows them for the info!
567049
Check here:\nhttp://www.unclaimed.org/mainframe.asp?VisitorType=owner
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don't live there sry but you could try the phone book to get their number an d ask them where they are located.
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Two ways that I know of and have used are 1) searching them out on the BBB (Better Business Bureu) and 2) look on their site for what city they are based out of and go to that city's official website and look them up in the registered business listings.\n\nIf the business can't be found in either of those two places that doesn't immediately mean they are not valid, but if they are in atleast one fo those places you can rest assured that they are. :)\n\nHope that helps. :)
299295
You could try searching there name on Yahoo and going on there official website
730801
Call each of these business personally!!! Good luck. They are not in the phone book.
902902
You could try your local library, because they would have microfiche copies of old telephone directories.  From that you could try companies house as they would have registered businesses.\nAsk the local newspaper if they have any adverts from said company or idea of who might have owned it.