As noted in Item 11, you must use the business management software, applications and communications systems we periodically specify (the “MIS System”). Currently, we require you to use the PrintSmith SaaS software and you must sign the designated PrintSmith Vision License Agreement and Support Agreement with us when you sign the Franchise Agreement. You must pay us an initial license fee, currently $15,000, before we provide you with the license and the software for the MIS System. In some cases, you may pay no initial license fee or use an alternative MIS System temporarily as described in Items 6 and 11. Currently, we require you to use the Print Speak (CRM) software and you must sign the designated Print Speak License Agreement and Support Agreement with us when you sign the Franchise Agreement. You must pay us an initial license fee, currently $257 to $770, before we provide you with the license and the software for the Print Speak System. In some cases, you may pay no initial license fee as described in Items 6 and 11. Additional required software that you must, and optional software that you may, license from or through us is described below in connection with the Managed Services Program. You must purchase (or lease, as applicable) the new Franchised Business Center equipment package directly from us and/or directly from the suppliers we have approved. Each equipment package includes our approved equipment, fixtures, furnishings, signs and other display materials that meet our specifications and standards for quality, design, appearance, function and performance for Franchised Business Center, as applicable. If you are a New
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AlphaGraphics
Retail non foodAlphaGraphics operates 229 franchised print and marketing centers, and the 2026 FDD locks the software stack down at the franchisor level: PrintSmith, QuickBooks Online Essentials and AlphaGraphics' own Print Speak CRM are all named requirements. With zero multi-unit operators in the mapped footprint, the buying decision runs through HQ, not a franchisee buying group.
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You will license and use the management information software, applications, data storage and communications system that we designate or its successor program (the “MIS System”). (Franchise Agreement – Section 4.E.) Currently our designated MIS System is EFI PrintSmith Vision. PrintSmith Vision is used for your day-to-day operations, the tangible media upon which the MIS System is recorded, the system license and the database. Our current MIS System annual support and maintenance fee is $4,091. This support and maintenance fee is in addition to the one-time initial license fee of $15,000 to purchase a license for the MIS System.
You or your accounting advisor must report all financials to us using our designated chart of accounts and accounting format. You also need to use such other bookkeeping services and professionals and/or software services as are approved by us to satisfy the bookkeeping and reporting requirements described in the Franchise Agreement. We currently require you to use QuickBooks Online Essentials. Suppliers AlphaGraphics, Inc. Franchise Disclosure Document | 2026 Page 37 110487255.1 You must use the equipment, fixtures, furnishings, signs and other display materials that we approve for Franchised Business Centers as meeting our specifications and standards for quality, design, appearance, function and performance. We also have developed standards and specifications for products, materials, supplies and services used in operating Franchised Business Centers and specifications and marketing plans for particular brands of products, materials, supplies and services. We have approved and will periodically approve suppliers of equipment, fixtures, furnishings, products, materials, signs, supplies and certain services that meet our supplier standards, including standards for product quality, pricing, consistency, reliability, financial capability, advertising allowances and support, labor relations and customer relations. You must purchase and use only those brands and types of equipment, fixtures, furnishings, products, materials, signs and supplies we approve and must purchase these items only from suppliers we approve. You also must obtain and use certain services, for instance for Managed Services Program fee programs and search engine optimization, only from suppliers we approve (which may be us or our affiliates, if any). In certain instances, we have approved franchisees to be a supplier of some products and services, such as direct mail postcards and search engine marketing.
The Managed Services Program fee also covers certain optional services that are part of our Managed Services Program. As a franchisee in our System, you may take advantage of preferred pricing for various services from a number of outside third-party vendors based on business we provide to them. You pay for the optional services you choose. We aggregate the amounts due to the third-party vendors for various services. You pay us a monthly fee based on the aggregate services that you receive. The higher range of the optional Managed Services Program fee assumes that you have elected all of the optional services offered as part of the Managed Service Program, including payment for the additional MIS integration for agOnline Professional, and the optional managed firewall service from Security Metrics described below, as well as one additional G Suite by Google license for $110.92 per year. (See Item 8.) The top-end Managed Services Program fee may be higher if you choose to purchase additional agOnline Professional services or if you purchase additional Google Apps for Work accounts. These programs are currently optional; however, we may make one or more of the optional programs mandatory as part of the System Standards at any time. Current examples of optional services include: agOnline modules (from $665 up to $11,115 annual fee); managed firewall service from Security Metrics ($1,541 annual fee); certain additional PCI DSS services (additional $96 annual fee); agOnline to MIS Integration ($1,848.60 annual fee); optional ShipLeap shipping software ($1,255 annual fee); optional CareerPlug applicant tracking system software (annual fee of $493); optional PrintSmith Vision AlphaGraphics, Inc. Franchise Disclosure Document | 2026 Page 23 110487255.1 modules (annual fee of up to $4,709); Color Management System to participate in National Programs (annual fee of $308); FTP Server for file hosting (annual fee of $62). (See Item 8).
You cannot use any Mark as part of any domain name, electronic address, digital address, user name, search engine, listing or online marketing, including but not limited to metatags, keywords and Google Ads that you maintain on the Internet, the World Wide Web, social media or other online sites, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery systems, unless and then only to the extent that we authorize you to do so. We currently provide you with a website for your Franchised Business Center, and may permit you to link to our website located at www.alphagraphics.com. Please see Item 12 for a description of our policies regarding Internet sales and Item 13 for a further description of using the Marks in advertising. (Franchise Agreement – Section 7.)
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 5 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must use any accounting and/or recordkeeping software we designate periodically.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We will have the ability to access independently all of the computer files and programs you will use, including artwork files, customer information and National Program information, as well as all electronic and digital communications.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must complete and grant us access to the following financial information, reports and/or information: (i) on or before the fifth (5th) business day of each calendar month following the effective date of this Agreement, a statement of the Franchised Business Center’s Gross Sales for the immediately preceding…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We currently are the only approved website hosting services provider for our corporate website and all franchisee websites that exist under the AlphaGraphics.com domain.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
We currently have one advisory council, called the Network Leadership Council (“NLC”) that provides us with ongoing policy and support program feedback and guidance, periodic updates of network strategy and action plans, input on marketing programs and materials, and reviews certain advertising creative work.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
We may change, modify or add to the MIS System or the software we require, and you must comply with any such changes, modifications or additions at your expense.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
840370Item 8
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, our affiliate Print Speak’s revenues from its sales or leases to AlphaGraphics franchisees was $840,370, and no other affiliate of ours derived revenue, rebates, or other material benefit from required purchases or leases of products and services by franchisees.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We may receive marketing fees, which we use in whole or in part to cover our costs associated with helping vendors increase customer satisfaction and for our general purposes, from certain vendors for supporting their products and services.
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
5Item 8
We estimate that approximately 50% of purchases required to open your Franchised Business Center and 5% of purchases required to operate your Franchised Business Center will be from us or from other approved suppliers and in accordance with our specifications.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you desire to have a non-approved supplier of a product or service designated as an approved supplier, you must first notify us in writing and provide sufficient information, specifications and samples concerning the products, services, equipment, supplies or materials to permit us to determine whether they comply…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You acknowledge that we have the sole right to and interest in all telephone numbers and directory listings associated with the Marks, and you authorize us, and appoint us as your attorney-in-fact, to direct the telephone company and all listing agencies to transfer such numbers and listings to us.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must participate in our designated Payment Card Industry (“PCI”) compliance program and comply with all applicable data security standards.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
To determine whether you are complying with this Agreement, we may, at any time during business hours and without prior Notice to you, inspect the Franchised Business Center.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 16
We can change these particular Systems Standards and the Operations Manual and there are no limits on our right to do so.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
We must consent to the site in writing.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree not to establish a website or permit any other party to establish a website that relates in any manner to your Franchised Business Center or referring to the Marks, except as we may designate or approve in writing.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
Once the digital marketing component of your Opening/Reopening Performance Package is complete (six months after your Franchised Business Center opening), you must spend a minimum of $850 per month on local digital advertising services through a digital marketing agency we designate or approve (“Local Advertising…
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
You must participate in, support and contribute a proportionate share, but no more than an amount equal to 1% of the Gross Sales for the Franchised Business Center, of the cost of regional cooperative advertising programs we either designate or which we approve if initiated by AlphaGraphics franchisees in your region.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase and use only those brands and types of equipment, fixtures, furnishings, products, materials, signs and supplies we approve and must purchase these items only from suppliers we approve.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase and use only those brands and types of equipment, fixtures, furnishings, products, materials, signs and supplies we approve and must purchase these items only from suppliers we approve.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
You must participate in the electronic funds transfer program under which we automatically deduct the amounts you owe us from the account you designate.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
You or your Managing Owner (or your Certified Manager, if applicable) must either (1) at all times actively manage the Franchised Business Center and personally supervise the Franchised Business Center’s day-to- day operations, in which case you will employ a sales person to spend a minimum of forty (40) hours per…
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have the ability to access independently all of the computer files and programs you will use, including artwork files, customer information and National Program information, as well as all electronic and digital communications.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You will license and use the customer management software, applications, data storage and communications system that we designate or its successor program (the “CRM System”).
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may charge you a reasonable fee for the additional and refresher training programs.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Except under certain circumstances, you must attend, at your expense, each network conference we may hold or sponsor.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?Item 11
The vendor opportunity at AlphaGraphics AlphaGraphics runs 229 units, all franchised, per the 2026 FDD. Franchised outlets grew 0.881% year over year. Every one of the 158 mapped operators runs a single center. AlphaGraphics, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Business Holdings, Inc., which also owns PostNet International Franchise Corporation.
Who controls software purchasing With zero multi-unit operators in the mapped footprint, purchasing runs through the franchisor's standard rather than any large buying group. Paolo Fiorelli is CEO; Ryan Farris is President and Chief Operating Officer, the seat closest to the center-operations software named in Items 8 and 11. William “Bill” McPherson runs franchise development and Erica Blair runs marketing.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required The filing designates PrintSmith as required SaaS software, with a PrintSmith Vision License and Support Agreement signed alongside the Franchise Agreement, requires QuickBooks Online Essentials for bookkeeping, and requires the proprietary Print Speak CRM under its own license and support agreement — AlphaGraphics may replace Print Speak with a new system no more than once every five years, and franchisees must adopt the replacement. The “MIS System” a franchisee must license is named: AlphaGraphics' currently designated MIS System is EFI PrintSmith Vision, carrying a $15,000 one-time licence fee and a $4,091 annual support and maintenance fee, and AlphaGraphics may likewise replace it no more than once in each five-year period. The Managed Services Program adds further mandatory services, among them G Suite by Google, agOnline Premium, agOnline-to-MIS integration, a hosted Franchised Business Center website and PCI DSS compliance. CareerPlug is an optional applicant-tracking subscription. Item 11 also bars a franchisee from using the Marks in domain names, metatags, keywords or Google Ads without AlphaGraphics' authorization.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 runs an approved-supplier list, and AlphaGraphics may approve a single supplier for any product or service. Franchisees must buy the Center Development Package, the PrintSmith SaaS license, the Print Speak CRM license, and website hosting under the AlphaGraphics.com domain from the franchisor or an affiliate, plus whatever the Managed Services Program bundles in. The credits, rebates and fees AlphaGraphics receives from approved suppliers may range from 0.5% to 10% of franchisee purchases, and it currently passes material rebate benefits through to franchisees or has mandatory suppliers pay them directly. Franchisees in good standing get one 10-year renewal term on then-current terms — with 0.881% franchised-outlet growth, expirations should arrive in a steady trickle rather than a single wave.
How to read the AlphaGraphics FDD The embedded viewer below carries AlphaGraphics' 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, including the PrintSmith, QuickBooks and Print Speak requirements above. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of franchise systems like this one to pitch next.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
158 operators run 158 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| TX | 33 |
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| GA | 10 |
| UT | 9 |
| IL | 7 |
| NC | 6 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind AlphaGraphics
Ownership: AlphaGraphics, Inc. of Tucson.
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