History

Delivering Financial Peace of Mind to Growing Businesses Since 2004

Amazing people, outstanding service, and unrivaled quality are at the heart of our story.

With the vision of becoming the go-to resource for outsourced bookkeeping and operational support services in her Greater Boston, MA community, Leslie Jorgensen founded Supporting Strategies in 2004. Business was thriving and team expansion was needed to serve the company’s growing client roster. By offering seasoned bookkeeping and accounting professionals the chance to work on a part-time basis from home, she was able to build a highly skilled, experienced, expert team — one that could meet the same exceptionally high standards for client delight that are her hallmark.

With the Boston-based office flourishing, Leslie decided to pursue a franchising model for community-based bookkeeping, accounting, and operational support services. Our first franchise launched in 2013 and since then, we’ve grown to 80 independently owned and operated franchises throughout the U.S. who share our entrepreneurial spirit and passion for helping small and midsized businesses grow and succeed.

Our guiding principleGive clients the quality support they need, when they need it, and at a price they can afford.

One of our greatest advantages is our accomplished dedicated team of skilled accounting, bookkeeping, controller and business operations professionals. We take the time to learn each client’s unique needs and goals to provide consistent, reliable service that scales as their business grows.

History Timeline

2004

Company founded by Leslie Jorgensen

2005

Hired first Financial Operations Associate

2007

Established first Financial Operations Team

2008

Launched Workplace™, our proprietary workflow management system

2010

Held first Business Fundamentals Bootcamp

2011

Supporting Strategies featured in Boston Globe article “The Mom Model” about remote workforces

2013

  • Founded Supporting Strategies Partners
  • Sold first franchise

2016

Supporting Strategies named Top 50 Franchise Based on Franchisee Satisfaction by Franchise Business Review

2017

  • Supporting Strategies named Top 50 Franchise Based on Franchisee Satisfaction by Franchise Business Review for the second year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to the FlexJobs 25 Top Part-Time Jobs List
  • 50th franchisee joins Supporting Strategies
  • Supporting Strategies named to Best Franchises for Women list by Franchise Business Review

2018

  • Supporting Strategies named Top 50 Franchise Based on Franchisee Satisfaction by Franchise Business Review for the third year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to the FlexJobs 25 Top Part-Time Jobs List
  • Supporting Strategies named to Best Franchises for Women list by Franchise Business Review, second year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Low-Cost Franchise List by Franchise Business Review
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Franchises for Veterans List by Franchise Business Review
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Innovative Franchises List by Franchise Business Review

2019

  • Supporting Strategies named Top 50 Franchise Based on Franchisee Satisfaction by Franchise Business Review for the fourth year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to Best Franchises for Women list by Franchise Business Review, third year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Service Franchises list by Franchise Business Review
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Franchises for Veterans List by Franchise Business Review, for the second year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Innovative Franchises List by Franchise Business Review, for the second year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies recognized as one of Top 20 Companies Hiring the Most Remote Workers

2020

  • Supporting Strategies named Top Franchise Based on Franchisee Satisfaction by Franchise Business Review for the fifth year in a row.
  • Supporting Strategies named to Best Franchises for Women list by Franchise Business Review, fourth year in a row.
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Franchises for Veterans List by Franchise Business Review, for the third year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named to the Franchise Culture100 Awards list by Franchise Business Review
  • Supporting Strategies named to Top Home-Based Franchises List by Franchise Business Review

2021

  • Supporting Strategies was recognized by FlexJobs as one of the top 100 companies to watch for remote work opportunities in 2021.
  • Supporting Strategies named Top Franchise in Entrepreneur’s Annual Franchise 500®
  • Supporting Strategies named Top Franchise Based on Franchisee Satisfaction by Franchise Business Review for the sixth year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named Top Franchise for Women by Franchise Business Review, fifth year in a row
  • Supporting Strategies named Top Recession-Proof Franchise by Franchise Business Review
  • Supporting Strategies named to the FRAN-TASTIC 500 List of Top Franchises by FranServe
  • Supporting Strategies named to the Franchise Culture100 Awards list by Franchise Business Review
  • Supporting Strategies named Top Business Services Provider by Clutch
  • Supporting Strategies named to the Top Franchises for Veterans list by Franchise Business Review for the fourth year in a row