There’s something about approaching the end of summer that gets people thinking. The holidays are winding down, the evenings start drawing in a little earlier, and suddenly there’s a bit more headspace to think about what comes next.

If that’s where you are right now, you’re not the only one. Around this time of year, we tend to have more conversations with people who’ve been turning the idea of a big change over for a while, but haven’t yet done much about it.

So, rather than give you another list of reasons to consider the Optic-Kleer franchise, I thought I’d show you some of the evidence.

The difference Auto Windscreens has made

Back in early 2025, Optic-Kleer secured a national partnership with Auto Windscreens, one of the UK’s biggest names in windscreen repair.

The partnership itself isn’t the interesting part. What happened afterwards is.

Across the network, franchisees saw a significant increase in booked jobs through 2025, alongside a rise in average job value, with some franchisees reporting increases of up to 30%. That’s the kind of shift that changes what the business actually looks like on the ground, not just on paper.

“I was most worried about income…”

That’s how Kev Brown described the biggest concern he had before joining Optic-Kleer.

Kev took on the Optic-Kleer franchise covering Lincoln, Gainsborough, Retford and Worksop after being made redundant. The work itself didn’t worry him nearly as much as the question of whether he could make a decent living from it.

“I just couldn’t get my head round how I was going to make a decent living doing this,” he told us in February.

“That first day sitting in a car park wondering if anyone would turn up was daunting, but then I had 47 customers in my first week!”

Kev isn’t an outlier. He’s a fairly typical example of how things tend to go. You can read his full story here.

Nearly 9,500 five-star reviews can’t be wrong

Optic-Kleer currently holds close to 9,500 Google reviews, with an average rating of 4.97 out of 5. For context, anything above 4.5 is considered excellent for a service business, so a sustained average above 4.9 across that many reviews is genuinely rare. It’s not down to luck, it comes from franchisees delivering a service people are glad to shout about.

So, where does that leave you?

If you’ve been thinking about making a change, you don’t have to decide whether franchising is right for you today. You can start with something much simpler: seeing what’s available in your area.

On their franchise website the Optic-Kleer territory map will show you which areas are currently available, how many potential customers are in each territory, and even suitable supermarket locations where you could be trading. It’s a useful way to get a feel for the opportunity before deciding whether you want to take things any further.