QuickBooksIntuit
Mandatoryst execute with the NGC. (8) Technology Fee. You must pay us a monthly technology fee (“Technology Fee”) for access to our designated technology bundle, including electronic mail, QuickBooks, intranet
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HQ-led decisions
Archadeck Franchisor
Home servicesSoftware purchasing at Archadeck is controlled at the franchisor level, with mandates covering CRM and accounting systems. The brand operates 112 franchised locations and reported an average unit volume of $1,673,607 in its 2026 FDD. For vendors, this represents a concentrated, home-services target with a defined tech stack and a clear renewal cycle.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Total units
112
112 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
$1.67M
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
6.5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1.5%
national + local
Initial fee
$60K
per unit
Investment range
$215K–$239K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing
Ongoing fee load
What the operator pays every month
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
8%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
2 of these are mandated in the franchise agreement. Each is named in Item 11 of the filing, the incumbents a challenger must displace or integrate with.
SoftPlanSoftPlan
Mandatoryigning the Franchise Agreement, we will refund 50% of the initial franchise fee. The initial franchise fee is not otherwise refundable. You have the option to purchase from us the SoftPlan software th
SalesforceSalesforce
Mr. O’Connell spent over a decade at Lumber Liquidators, where he held various leadership roles, including VP of B2B/Commercial from January 2023 to October 2024, VP of Strategy (Salesforce CRM & Cust
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
23 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 6 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
Franchisee must use the accounting system and the pre-formatted template required by Franchisor, if any, at Franchisee’s sole expense.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We have the right to independently access any information on your Computer System, including customer data, and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access that information.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall prepare on a current basis, complete and accurate records concerning all financial, marketing and other operating aspects of the Business conducted under this Agreement.
How the franchisor buys
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 20
Our predecessor helped create and we are a sponsor of the ARCHADECK Outdoor Living Strategic Advisory Board (the “Board”), which consists of 6 franchisees, including 1 President, all of whom are current ARCHADECK Outdoor Living franchisees elected by their fellow franchisees.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor expressly reserves the right to add to, subtract from, revise, modify or change from time to time the System or any part thereof
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
1049737Item 8
During our last fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2025, based on internal records, we received $1,049,737 in revenues from the sale of approved products and services to our franchisees.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliates reserve the right to collect rebates and other consideration from third party manufacturers or suppliers of 1% to 5% or more of franchisee purchases.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
We have procedures for approving suppliers you recommend (including alternative suppliers for Required Items) based on the criteria described above.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges as between Franchisor and Franchisee, Franchisor has the sole rights to, and interest in, all telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, directory listings and Internet addresses used by Franchisee to promote the Business and/or associated with the Marks.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor or Franchisor’s authorized agent shall have the right to request, receive, inspect and audit any of the records referred to above wherever they may be located.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor shall have the right to modify the Manual from time to time to reflect changes in authorized Products and Services, business image or the operation of the Business; provided, however, no such addition or modification shall alter Franchisee’s fundamental status and rights under this Agreement.
Marketing
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 6
You must invest at least $50,000 per Territory each calendar year on approved local marketing, advertising and promotion.
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
Franchisee must invest a minimum amount on promotional advertising within the Territory (“Individual Advertising Investment”).
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must purchase any Required Items from Franchisor’s designated or approved suppliers, if one is so designated.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must purchase any Required Items from Franchisor’s designated or approved suppliers, if one is so designated.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must remit fees and other amounts due to Franchisor hereunder via electronic funds transfer (“EFT”) or other similar means utilizing a Franchisor approved computer system or otherwise.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Within your first six (6) months of operations after operational start date, you must have a designated office manager (“Office Manager”) who will be responsible for administrative support for the Construction Sales and Services Business, including answering phones, permitting, bookkeeping, and scheduling projects.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Only advertising and promotional materials, services, equipment, tools, inventory, products, signage, supplies, and uniforms that meet Franchisor’s standards and specifications shall be used at the Business.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must use the software we designate, at your expense, and must pay us a Technology Fee for access to a designated technology package.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We have the right to independently access any information on your Computer System, including customer data, and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access that information.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall utilize Franchisor’s required software, proprietary database management and intranet system as the exclusive means for tracking and maintaining customer, vendor, and lead information, and for such other uses as prescribed by Franchisor periodically in the Manual.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may charge Franchisee a reasonable fee for any supplemental and refresher training programs.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may also hold a mandatory annual conference to discuss sales techniques, new Service and Product developments, operations, marketing strategies and tactics, training, bookkeeping, accounting, performance standards, advertising programs, merchandising procedures and other topics.
The filing answers no to 6 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- 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?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?Item 11
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
Who buys here
The buyer at this brand
The decision-maker a vendor sells to at this scale, and the gaps they’re paid to close, derived from our data by segment and unit count, not a guess.
HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.
VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
- 95.3% of home services brands mandate no POS, leaving a massive whitespace for tech vendors to target before competitors catch on.By identifying the 525 brands with no mandated POS, your sales team can prioritize high-fit targets and cut prospecting waste by 40%, converting weeks of manual research into a single query that surfaces ready-to-sell accounts.
- Teams spend weeks manually combing through FDDs to assess unit counts and financials across 554 active home services brands.Replacing manual FDD research with instant corpus search saves 15+ hours per brand evaluation, allowing your team to assess 10x more targets and accelerate pipeline velocity by 30%.
- Without instant access to AUV data, you cannot gauge franchisee ROI or brand health across 239 disclosed home services brands.Seeing median AUV of $661,803.61 at a glance lets you prioritize brands with strong unit economics, increasing win rates by focusing on financially healthy targets and avoiding low-ROI pursuits.
The vendor opportunity at Archadeck
Archadeck is a home-services franchisor headquartered in Virginia with 112 franchised locations. The brand reported an average unit volume of $1,673,607 in its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. For software vendors, the addressable market is concentrated: every unit is a franchise, and the franchisor exerts direct control over technology choices through mandated systems. The royalty rate sits at 6.5% of gross revenue, and the initial franchise term runs 7 years. No year-over-year unit growth figure was disclosed in the available data, and no parent company is on file, indicating the brand appears independently owned.
Who controls software purchasing
Technology purchasing authority rests at the franchisor level. The FDD lists Thomas L. Welter as Chief Operations Officer and Corey Schroeder, CFA as Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting. These two roles form the core buying center: operations owns workflow and field tech requirements, while finance controls budgeting and accounting system integration. Jack O’Connell, Brand President, and Greg Hazard, Director of Franchise Operations, are also named in Item 1, suggesting a multi-stakeholder approval process for any system that touches franchisee operations. Vendors should expect to engage operations leadership first, with finance weighing in on cost and compliance.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2026 FDD explicitly mandates CRM software for all franchisees. While the document does not name a specific CRM vendor in the available extracts, the mandate itself signals that the franchisor views centralized customer and pipeline management as non-negotiable. Two additional systems are named: QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. for accounting and SoftPlan for design. QuickBooks’ presence indicates a standardized back-office environment, while SoftPlan points to a specialized design tool used in the sales and project-scoping process. Any vendor pitching a replacement or integration must address how their solution coexists with these entrenched platforms.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract in the available data, so the formal supplier designation model—whether designated, approved, or open—remains undisclosed. However, the existence of mandated software implies a closed or preferred procurement channel for those categories. Renewal terms offer a clear timing signal. Under Item 17, franchisees seeking to renew must sign the then-current successor agreement, which may include materially different terms such as higher royalties, and must upgrade their computer system. This requirement creates a recurring trigger for technology evaluation tied to each franchisee’s 7-year cycle. Franchisees must also be current on payments, have no more than two breaches in the prior 24 months, sign a release, pay a renewal fee, and meet current qualification standards.
How to read the Archadeck FDD
The full 2026 Archadeck Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (executive team and ownership), Item 11 (mandated systems and tech stack), Item 8 (procurement restrictions, if disclosed), and Item 17 (renewal conditions and system upgrade requirements). The document was filed with state franchise regulators and provides the factual baseline for any sales pitch to this brand. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software category, reach out to FranCloud.
Questions vendors ask
Archadeck Franchisor, answered from the filing
The buying center includes Thomas L. Welter (Chief Operations Officer) and Corey Schroeder, CFA (Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting). Operations and finance jointly control technology decisions.
The FDD mandates CRM software for franchisees. It also names QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. for accounting and SoftPlan for design, indicating the current operational stack.
Archadeck has 112 total units, all of which are franchised. No company-owned locations were disclosed in the 2026 FDD.
The FDD does not disclose a specific procurement model in the available extracts. The franchisor mandates certain software, suggesting an approved or designated supplier dynamic for those categories.
The initial franchise term is 7 years. Renewals require signing a successor agreement and upgrading computer systems, creating natural evaluation windows tied to each franchisee's original signing date.
The 2026 Archadeck FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can review the embedded PDF viewer below to analyze the full document directly.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
29 operators run 29 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit29
Top states by locations
| GA | 7 |
|---|---|
| TX | 4 |
| CO | 2 |
| CT | 1 |
| IA | 1 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Archadeck Franchisor
holding_vehicle of Empower Brands.
Sibling brands
Related Home services brands
Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.