All franchisees are required to utilize the Internet portal that is provided by Poologics. The portal contains accounting, business operations and customer relationship management functions. Poologics is the only approved supplier of these services. *** We have negotiated purchase arrangements including price terms with certain material and equipment suppliers for the benefit of our franchisees. These arrangements may change from time to time including the removal and addition of certain suppliers. We derive revenue in the form of a rebate, equal to a percentage of the purchases made by our franchisees, from suppliers with whom we have established purchase arrangements. Some arrangements include the sharing of rebates with franchisees. Purchase arrangements are described in further detail in our Operations Guide.
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California Pools
Home servicesSoftware purchasing at California Pools is controlled at the franchisor level, with the FDD mandating Poologics for operational services and designating bookkeeping and marketing providers. The system has 26 franchised units, all franchisee-owned, and the 2026 FDD names several social platforms in Item 11. For vendors, the addressable market is 26 locations, with a 10-year initial term and renewal windows every 5 years.
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Beginning with the first full calendar year after the calendar year in which the Franchise Agreement is signed, the minimum annual local marketing spend shall be determined by your then-current Annual Sales Quota baseline, as set forth in the following table: Annual Sales Quota Baseline Minimum Annual Local Marketing Spend $ 0 to $1,500,000 $60,000 $1,500,001 to $3,000,000 $90,000 $3,000,001 or higher Greater of $100,000 or 2% of the Annual Sales Quota
We operate a website that uses our name and other trademarks and features our services and showcases some of the swimming pools and spas that our affiliate, and its licensees and agents have constructed in the past. We reserve the right to conduct all commerce over the Internet and other means of electronic communication as may in the future be developed. Unless we otherwise agree, you may not operate a separate website for the CP Business. Finally, you must comply with our policies and requirements (as we periodically modify them) concerning blogs, common social networks like Facebook, professional networks like Linked-In, live-blogging tools like Twitter, virtual worlds, file, audio and video sharing sites like Pinterest and Instagram, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools that in any way reference the Marks or involve the CP Business.
Finally, you must comply with our policies and requirements (as we periodically modify them) concerning blogs, common social networks like Facebook, professional networks like Linked-In, live-blogging tools like Twitter, virtual worlds, file, audio and video sharing sites like Pinterest and Instagram, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools that in any way reference the Marks or involve the CP Business.
Finally, you must comply with our policies and requirements (as we periodically modify them) concerning blogs, common social networks like Facebook, professional networks like Linked-In, live-blogging tools like Twitter, virtual worlds, file, audio and video sharing sites like Pinterest and Instagram, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools that in any way reference the Marks or involve the CP Business.
Finally, you must comply with our policies and requirements (as we periodically modify them) concerning blogs, common social networks like Facebook, professional networks like Linked-In, live-blogging tools like Twitter, virtual worlds, file, audio and video sharing sites like Pinterest and Instagram, and other similar social networking or media sites or tools that in any way reference the Marks or involve the CP Business.
The vendor opportunity at California Pools California Pools operates 26 franchised locations, all franchisee-owned, with no company-owned units. Franchised outlets grew 8.3% year over year, and the operator footprint maps 22 operators—three of them multi-unit—across roughly 25 located units. The Item 19 figure is $2,234,601 for the cohort of 23 franchised CP Businesses that operated continuously from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025; three franchised businesses are excluded from that cohort. Initial franchise terms run 10 years.
Who controls software purchasing Item 8 gives the franchisor an approved-supplier list and the right to designate suppliers for products, services, and software. Franchisees must use the bookkeeping services provider the franchisor periodically designates and the marketing services provider it designates or approves in writing. Officers named in Item 2 include Ryder Steimle, Chief Executive Officer, and Steve Terry, President. For software vendors, the buying center is HQ-driven: franchisees cannot freely adopt unapproved tools for bookkeeping, marketing, or operational services.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required Poologics is the only approved supplier of its services under Item 8—the FDD obliges franchisees to use it. Baseline is in use per Item 11. Facebook by Meta, Instagram by Meta, Pinterest, and Twitter by X are named in the filing. The FDD's own words state that the franchisor may periodically include suppliers in the Operations Guide from which franchisees must purchase computer hardware or software, and franchisees may ask to approve a supplier not yet approved.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 requires franchisees to purchase all Proprietary Products only from designated suppliers, with no substitution. The franchisor reserves the right to designate suppliers or act as sole supplier, though neither the franchisor nor its affiliates are currently approved suppliers of any good or service, and no officer owns an interest in any required, recommended, or approved supplier. Renewal under Item 17 allows two additional 5-year terms if the franchisee signs the then-current agreement, completes training, pays the renewal fee, and meets other conditions. Software contract opportunities may cluster around renewal cycles or when the franchisor updates its Operations Guide supplier list.
How to read the California Pools FDD The 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. Item 2 lists officers, Item 8 sets supplier and software restrictions, Item 11 covers technology and training, Item 17 governs renewal and transfer, and Item 19 provides the financial performance representation. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that fit your software, talk to FranCloud.
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