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Wheelhouse Partners
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You run the business. We run the back office.

A complete back office for single-unit and multi-unit businesses: HR, finance, accounting, IT and operations support, so owners and operators can focus on running the business.

75+

Client business units

Multiple

States served

25+

Years of franchise operations experience

Who we work with

You’re ready. We’ll run the back office.

The second location, the first big lease, the payroll that outgrew a spreadsheet: Wheelhouse Partners works with businesses at the point where growing gets hard.

Which one are you?

  • Starting out

    Young entrepreneurs

    Girish Capital develops and funds the business. We set up the back office as you open.

    Girish Capital →
  • Location two

    Single-unit owners

    A complete back office that scales from one location to dozens.

  • Adding units

    Franchisees adding units

    Built by operators of one of the largest Sport Clips portfolios in the system.

  • Up and running

    Operators buried in admin

    HR, finance, accounting, IT and operations support from one team.

One Wheelhouse

Part of One Wheelhouse: Girish Capital develops, American Allied Construction builds and Wheelhouse Partners operates. Use one, two or all three.

How One Wheelhouse works →

Who we are

A complete back office for your business.

Wheelhouse Partners serves as a complete back office for single-unit and multi-unit businesses. We take care of HR, finance, accounting, IT and parts of operations, so operators can focus on running the actual business.

Based in Houston, Texas, and run by Founding Partners Cheston Syma and Setul Patel, we support more than 75 client business units across multiple states.

Wheelhouse Partners is part of One Wheelhouse, three companies led by the same Founding Partners. When a business needs more than a back office, the others can help: Girish Capital provides project development and debt and equity sourcing, and American Allied Construction handles all construction, along with landlord and municipality relations. Use one, two or all three: together, we take a business from development to build-out to day-to-day operations.

How it works

Your business at the hub.

You keep your hands on what matters most. We keep everything around it turning, with one team for the whole back office.

Yourbusiness

We handle

  • HR
  • Payroll
  • Benefits
  • Bookkeeping & CPA
  • Payables & receivables
  • IT
  • Compliance
  • Facilities
  • Vendors & landlords
  • Training
  • Marketing
  • Inventory

You focus on

  • CustomersMore time for the people you serve.
  • TeamRoom to lead, train and develop your people.
  • GrowthFocus on the next location, not the paperwork.

Leadership

Our Team

Meet the team behind every location.

Meet the Team →
The Wheelhouse Partners family: Girish Capital, American Allied Construction and Wheelhouse Partners
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Cheston C. Syma

Cheston C. Syma

Founding Partner &
Chief Executive Officer

Setul G. Patel

Setul G. Patel, MD, MBA

Founding Partner &
Executive Chairman

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