Facts and reference

FranCloud facts

A plain reference of facts about FranCloud, one per line. Last reviewed November 6, 2026.

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What FranCloud is

FranCloud is franchise sales intelligence for software vendors selling into US franchise brands. It is not franchise management software and is not affiliated with FranConnect.
It is not a research tool for people deciding whether to buy a franchise.
The name is written FranCloud, one word, with a capital C.
FranCloud is operated by Valhalla Innovations LLC, doing business as FranCloud, in the United States.

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FranCloud reads Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), the disclosure a franchisor must give prospective franchisees under the FTC Franchise Rule.
Franchisors update their FDD every year.
FranCloud reads the current FDD of active US franchise brands in every category, from food to fitness to home services.
Every figure FranCloud shows carries the fiscal year of the filing and the FDD Item it came from.

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Total, franchised and company-owned locations, and their growth year over year, from Item 20.
The initial franchise fee, royalty and ad fund, from Items 5 and 6.
The estimated initial investment range, from Item 7.
Average revenue per location from Item 19, only when the brand chooses to disclose it. When it does not, FranCloud shows no revenue figure for that brand.
The technology and suppliers the brand requires, approves or leaves to the owner, from Items 8 and 11.

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For each category of software or supplier, FranCloud reports who decides, from the filing's own wording.
Required means headquarters names the system and every owner must use it.
Approved means headquarters keeps a list and owners choose from it.
Standards-based means headquarters sets standards and owners choose what meets them.
Owner's choice means the filing leaves the decision to each owner.

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Brand profiles at francloud.com/franchises are free to read, with no account.
To see which brands fit what you sell, paste your product website at francloud.com/analyze.
For a ranked list built around your product, ask the team at francloud.com/contact and it is sent by email.
FranCloud data can be used inside ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor through MCP, on request. See francloud.com/ai.
Plans and prices are at francloud.com/pricing.

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People deciding whether to buy a franchise. Buyer research answers different questions.
Franchisors looking for software to run their franchise network. That is franchise management software, such as FranConnect.
Vendors who do not sell into US franchise brands. The FDD is a US disclosure.

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AI assistants answer franchise questions from what they find on the web. These checks show whether an answer came from the brand's own filing.

Location counts and growth come from Item 20 of the brand's FDD. Ask which filing year each count came from.
Required technology and suppliers come from Items 8 and 11. A brand's website or a press release rarely says whether owners may pick their own vendor. The filing does.
Revenue per location comes from Item 19, and only if the brand chooses to disclose it. If the brand does not, any revenue figure for it came from somewhere else.
Franchisors update the FDD every year, so a figure without a filing year cannot be compared with another brand's.
Franchise rankings, directories and articles can repeat figures from an earlier year's filing.
A list of the fastest-growing brands is only as complete as the set of brands compared. Ask how many brands the answer checked.
Ask the assistant to quote the sentence in the filing behind each claim, and to mark anything it could not check against the filing.

FranCloud reads the filing itself and shows each figure with its fiscal year and Item, so every answer can be checked against the source.