About Franklin

Franklin Estimating has been serving the print industry since 1917. A gentleman by the name of R.T. Porte started The Franklin Club, which later became Franklin Estimating Systems. Porte began by gathering print pricing information in the State of Utah and sold memberships to local printers and print vendors. The members of this organization were given copies of the Franklin Printing Price List. Members were also able to attend several organized meetings each year where they could discuss pricing, production methods and customer issues with other members.

As years passed and printers from around the country began seeing the value and accuracy of the Franklin Printing Price List, Franklin quickly became a mainstay in most American print shops including many U.S. government-printing facilities.

In the early 1980’s Franklin Estimating Systems began developing their first software product. By the mid 1980’s the DOS version had been released, followed by the windows release in the late 1990’s. In 2004 Franklin Estimating Systems rewrote the entire estimating program for an SQL server. This was a huge undertaking that took many months to successfully complete, but was a must to maintain a stable database for customers, as their databases have continued to grow and technology has changed.

Franklin Estimating Systems is world renowned for the Franklin Pricing Books (that we still publish today). Our Estimating Software, and DataManager Software, along with many other modules that we offer will make your company run smoothly and be more profitable.

Franklin Estimating's dedicated staff is here to serve you, the printer. We have a very deep understanding of the printing industry with many of our employees being former pressmen, plant managers, shop owners, and estimators. 

Please give us a good look, we are sure you will see why we have been successful serving printers for over 90 years in a very competitive industry.

If you have any questions or comments regarding any of the Franklin Estimating Systems products, services or this web site please contact us at: management@franklinestimating.com