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Best Brains is a franchised education brand with 202 total units, 200 of which are franchised. The FDD names no specific operational software systems, but Item 11 requires franchisees to maintain high-speed internet access to the BEST BRAINS Educational Assistant portal and to purchase hardware and software specified by the franchisor. Software purchasing authority sits at the franchisor level, with Ajay Sunkara (Director and President) and Hana Adas (VP of Operations) named in Item 2.
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Franchisor behaviours
18 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 15 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
You agree that we have independent access to the information and data you maintain, which is customer and operational data; and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information and data.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Whether We or Our Affiliates Are Approved Suppliers We are an approved supplier of advertising material, instructional materials, certain inventory, equipment, and center décor, and training services, and the only approved supplier of instructional materials, certain inventory, equipment, center décor, and training…
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may revoke our approval of a supplier at any time for any reason and will notify you through the Operations Manual or other written bulletin.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
2905841Item 8
In the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, our revenues from selling Training Services, Abacuses and Student Worksheets and Instructional Materials to franchisees was $2,905,841 or 17.14% of our total revenue of $16,958,286.
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?
25Item 8
We estimate your required purchases and leases will represent 25-50% of your overall purchases and leases in establishing and operating the Franchised Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 6
Evaluation of Suppliers $500 per day, plus As incurred Applies if you want us reasonable expenses to evaluate unapproved items or suppliers for the Franchised Business.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
Approval of Alternate Suppliers To have an alternate supplier approved, you must first notify us in writing, submit sufficient specifications, samples and information, along with $500 per day for each person we provide for this determination plus reasonable expenses.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesItem 11
You must acknowledge that we have the sole rights to and interest in all these telephone number(s).
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
The lease shall give us, our agents or designees the right to enter the premises to conduct inspections at any time during regular business hours, the right to receive notices of default directly from the lessor and the right, but not the duty, to assume the lease for all or any part of the term, if you default under…
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must obtain our approval of the site location and the lease.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Websites. You are not allowed to create or manage their own websites or domains associated with their Best Brains business.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
Before opening your Franchised Business, you must spend a minimum of $14,000 on local advertising and promotion of the opening of the Franchised Business in accordance with an opening marketing plan approved by us.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
You must spend quarterly for local advertising and promotion of the Franchised Business and the Marks at least $250 per month.
Operations
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You may contract only with suppliers whom we have approved.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
Note 2- All fees are uniformly imposed by, collected by and payable to us via EFT and are non-refundable.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
You agree that we have independent access to the information and data you maintain, which is customer and operational data; and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access the information and data.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 6
FA Sec. 5(L)(3). Ongoing Training $500 per day.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 6
Annual Conference Fee $500 per year $125 per month in You shall attend annual January – May of each training conferences year and seminars as we specify.
Best Brains operates 202 total units, of which 200 are franchised and 2 are company-owned. Franchised outlets grew 23.457% year over year. The initial franchise term is 5 years. The FDD makes no financial performance representation under Item 19.
For software vendors, the addressable market is the 200 franchised locations. Each franchisee must maintain high-speed internet access to the BEST BRAINS Educational Assistant portal (BEA Portal) and purchase computer hardware and software specified by the franchisor. That central specification power means a single HQ decision can open the entire network.
Item 2 names Ajay Sunkara (Director and President), Anil Sunkara (Director), and Hana Adas (Vice President of Operations). The franchisor's right to specify hardware and software sits in Item 11, and Item 8 requires franchisees to purchase computer hardware and software pursuant to franchisor specifications or prior written approval. The buying center is therefore at HQ, not the franchisee level.
The FDD names one operational system: the BEST BRAINS Educational Assistant internet portal (BEA Portal). Item 11 requires franchisees to have high-speed internet access to the BEA Portal, on which business information such as student enrollment and performance reports is maintained. The filing also states that franchisees may be required to upgrade or update any computer hardware or software during the term, and that franchisees must purchase the computer hardware and software that the franchisor specifies. No other software systems are named.
Item 8 establishes an approved-supplier model. Franchisees must purchase abacuses, student worksheets, merchandise, instructional materials, and training services solely from the franchisor. Other items — furniture, fixtures, equipment, inventory, center décor, signs, advertising, computer hardware and software, and insurance — must meet franchisor specifications or prior written approval. Franchisees may propose a supplier for approval.
Renewal under Item 17 is for an additional five years, conditioned on substantial compliance, written notice, signing a new franchise agreement and release, paying a renewal fee, refurbishing or remodeling the premises, and replacing equipment to meet then-current standards. The new agreement may contain materially different terms, including fee requirements and territorial rights. Those renewal moments are natural windows for software evaluation.
The embedded PDF below is the brand's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 2 lists officers, Item 8 sets supplier restrictions, Item 11 covers technology and training requirements, Item 17 governs renewal, and Item 19 addresses financial performance representations. Read those items before building a pitch. For a ranked target list across franchise systems, talk to FranCloud.
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