HQ-led decisions

Bubbly

Home services

Software purchasing decisions at Bubbly are driven by the franchisor, which mandates specific systems including its own scheduling app, QuickBooks, and Qvinci. The brand operates a small footprint of 4 total units (3 franchised, 1 company-owned), concentrated in New York. For vendors, the addressable market is limited, but the mandated tech stack signals a top-down procurement model.

Live signals

Total units
4
3 franchised
Unit growth YoY
vs prior filing
AUV
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$25K
per unit
Investment range
$48K–$186K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
No claims
unaudited

Mandated & recommended tech

The systems vendors compete with

4 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.

Bubbly scheduling app
Mandatory
SchedulingItem 11

The current cost of the required hardware and software for the POS System per register is $2,780, which includes Qvinci, the Bubbly scheduling app and Quickbooks.

QuickBooks
Mandatory
AccountingItem 11

s fees associated with them. The current cost of the required hardware and software for the POS System per register is $2,780, which includes Qvinci, the Bubbly scheduling app and Quickbooks. Software

QuickBooks Online
Mandatory
AccountingItem 11

The current requirement is a functional credit card processor of your choice, QuickBooks Online and Qvinci.

Qvinci
Mandatory
AccountingItem 11

The current requirement is a functional credit card processor of your choice, QuickBooks Online and Qvinci.

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.

Sales LeaderSingle 1 19

The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.

OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
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The vendor opportunity at Bubbly

Bubbly is a home services franchise headquartered in New York. According to its 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the system consists of just 4 total units—3 franchised and 1 company-owned. All mapped operators are located in New York, and the operator footprint shows no multi-unit franchisees; the unit-band split is entirely in the 1-unit category. For software vendors, the immediate addressable market is 3 franchised locations. Average unit volume is not disclosed in the FDD. The royalty rate is 6.0%, and the initial franchise term is 5 years. Year-over-year unit growth is not available.

Who controls software purchasing

The FDD does not name specific executives at Bubbly’s headquarters. However, the franchisor exerts clear control over technology decisions by mandating several systems. This top-down approach means that any software pitch must win over HQ leadership rather than individual franchisees. Without named decision-makers on file, vendors should research the brand’s leadership team independently to identify the relevant buyer—likely an owner or operations lead given the system’s small size.

Mandated and current tech stack

Bubbly’s Item 11 disclosures reveal a concise but specific mandated tech stack. The franchisor requires use of its own Bubbly scheduling app for day-to-day operations. On the financial side, franchisees must use QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online, with consolidated reporting handled through Qvinci. No other operational or point-of-sale systems are named in the FDD. This stack leaves little room for alternative accounting or scheduling tools, but it does not address adjacent categories like CRM, marketing automation, or payroll—potential entry points for vendors offering complementary solutions.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The 2025 FDD does not include an Item 8 extract, so the formal procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not disclosed. The mandated nature of the existing tech suggests a designated-supplier posture for those categories. On renewals and contract timing, Item 17 provides no extract, and with no recent unit growth data available, there are no clear signals for when software evaluation windows might open. The 5-year initial term could imply a natural review cycle, but without renewal or churn data, that remains speculative.

How to read the Bubbly FDD

The full 2025 Bubbly Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. Key sections for software vendors include Item 11 (franchisor’s obligations) for the mandated tech list, and Item 8 (restrictions on sources of products and services) if an extract becomes available in future filings. The document was filed with state franchise regulators in 2025. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software, talk to FranCloud.

Questions vendors ask

Bubbly, answered from the filing

The FDD does not list specific executives. Given that the franchisor mandates core operational and financial systems, purchasing authority likely sits with leadership at the New York headquarters.
Bubbly mandates its proprietary scheduling app for operations. For financial management, it requires QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, and the Qvinci reporting platform.
Bubbly has 4 total units: 3 franchised and 1 company-owned. All mapped operators are in New York, with no multi-unit owners on file.
The most recent FDD does not include an Item 8 extract detailing procurement restrictions. The presence of mandated technology suggests a designated-supplier approach for those systems.
The FDD does not provide Item 17 renewal or contract-timing signals. With a 5-year initial term and no recent unit growth data, windows are difficult to predict.
The 2025 Bubbly FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can review the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

2 operators run 2 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit2

Top states by locations

NY2

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