Territory open · Bendigo, VIC
Own a flooring franchise in Bendigo.
Greater Bendigo is home to 126,568 people1, and 852 new homes were approved there in 2025–262. Own the first National Floors flooring showroom for Bendigo and north-central Victoria, with the nearest one about two hours away6.
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The Bendigo territory
North-central Victoria's biggest city, and still building.
Greater Bendigo has 126,568 residents and grew by 1,275 in 2024–251. About 103,000 people live in the Bendigo urban area itself7, the biggest city in north-central Victoria.
852 new homes were approved across Greater Bendigo in 2025–26, 764 of them houses2. Huntly, Strathfieldsaye and Marong are where the council is planning for growth, and Marong's township growth plan has been approved5. Victoria's housing target for the city is 37,000 new homes by 20513.
Health care is the biggest employer, with 13,005 local jobs, followed by retail, education, construction and manufacturing4. An hour's drive from central Bendigo reaches Castlemaine and Harcourt, Maldon, Heathcote and Inglewood6.
A showroom, not a van
Everything you need to open a flooring showroom in Bendigo.
Carpet, hybrid, timber, laminate and vinyl under one roof, with a brand people know. We find the site, fit out the store, train you for three months and send customers through the door. You run the floor.
We send the customers
$500K a year in national marketing, plus Google Ads, SEO and local ads aimed at Bendigo and north-central Victoria.
Your area stays yours
An exclusive territory of roughly a 60-minute drive around your showroom, protected in your franchise agreement.
Learn it all before you open
Three months of training on the floor of our trading showrooms. 70% of our successful managers came from other industries.
See the numbers Watch our latest grand opening
Your investment
From $395K + GST
The same in every territory. Covers your showroom fit-out, opening stock, training and launch marketing.
What's included
- Exclusive territory, about a 60-minute drive
- Tested showroom fit-out
- Opening stock
- 3 months of in-store training
- Grand-opening campaign
- SEO, Google Ads and local ads
- $500K a year of network marketing
- POS, CRM, field app and dashboards
Ongoing fees
- Royalty
- 5% of gross sales
- National marketing levy
- 2% of gross sales
- Local marketing spend
- $1,500 or 2% of sales, whichever is greater
Questions
About the Bendigo territory.
Anything else, ask us on your discovery call.
Apply for BendigoIs the Bendigo territory still available?
Yes. As of October 2026, Bendigo is one of 11 open territories in Victoria. Once a franchise owner is approved for it, it comes off the map.
Why open a flooring business in Bendigo?
Bendigo is the biggest city in north-central Victoria, with 126,568 people in Greater Bendigo1. 852 new homes were approved in 2025–262, Victoria's housing target for the city is 37,000 new homes by 20513, and the nearest National Floors showroom is about two hours away6.
What area would the Bendigo territory cover?
Roughly a 60-minute drive around your showroom. From central Bendigo that includes Strathfieldsaye, Huntly and Marong, Castlemaine and Harcourt to the south, and Maldon, Heathcote, Inglewood and Bridgewater on Loddon6. Your franchise agreement sets the exact boundary.
Where is the nearest National Floors showroom?
Our nearest trading showroom is Thomastown, about two hours away. Your three months of training happen on the floor of our trading showrooms before you open. After that, you run on the same systems and dashboards as our own showrooms, with coaching and quarterly reviews.
How much does a flooring franchise in Bendigo cost?
From $395,000 + GST, the same as every National Floors territory. That covers the showroom fit-out, opening stock, three months of training and your launch marketing. Ongoing fees are a 5% royalty and a 2% national marketing levy on gross sales. Finance is available to approved applicants.
Who finds the showroom site?
We do, with you. We look for the right site in the Bendigo territory, then fit it out to our tested showroom design.
Do I need to live in Bendigo?
You'll be on the floor six days a week, so you'll want to live within easy reach of the showroom. If you'd be moving to the area, tell us when you apply.
Do I need flooring experience?
No. 70% of our successful managers came from other industries. You'll train for three months in our stores, and you keep the full video and SOP library after that.
Guides for franchise buyers
Read these before you apply for Bendigo.
How much does a flooring franchise cost in Australia?
What a National Floors flooring franchise costs to open, what the investment covers, the ongoing fees, and the other costs to plan for before you sign.
Read the guideWhere regional Victoria is growing: new homes and population by area
The latest ABS figures for 11 regional Victorian areas: population, growth, new homes approved in 2025–26 and housing targets to 2051.
Read the guideHow long does it take to open a flooring showroom?
The 5 steps to opening a flooring franchise showroom, the Franchising Code's two 14-day rules, and what makes the road to opening day longer or shorter.
Read the guideOther open territories
Not Bendigo? 10 more towns are open.
Each territory covers roughly a 60-minute drive around its showroom.
Bendigo is still open.
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