The vendor opportunity at Carre d'artistes
Carre d'artistes reports 1 total US unit in its 2026 FDD: 0 franchised and 1 company-owned. The Item 19 financial performance representation covers a cohort of 1 Carré d'artistes Art Gallery operating in the U.S. that was open for all of the 2025 calendar year — the Sedona, AZ location operated by one of the franchisees. The Item 19 figure for that cohort is $739,835.
For a software vendor, the immediate addressable market is a single gallery. The franchise agreement, however, sets the procurement rules that any future franchisee will follow, and those rules concentrate software purchasing authority at the franchisor level.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 2 of the FDD names Stéphanie Tosi (Director), Solenne Coquelet (Treasurer), and Yorik Garcia (Franchise Business Manager). With no franchised units and a single company-owned location, software purchasing decisions are likely made or approved by these officers. Vendors should treat this as an HQ-controlled buying center rather than a distributed, franchisee-led market.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Item 11 names Facebook by Meta. The filing's technology requirements state: "Neither we, nor any of our Affiliates or any third party is required to provide ongoing maintenance, repairs, upgrades, or updates to your computer hardware." Separately, Item 8 states that "Except for the Artwork by Carré d’artistes Selected Artists and the software and related installation services, we and our affiliates are not the approved suppliers or only approved suppliers for any product or service you must purchase or lease." That sentence designates software and related installation services as items franchisees must purchase from the franchisor or its approved suppliers. No other technology systems are named in the FDD.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 establishes an approved-supplier list model. Franchisees must buy all Artwork by Carré d’artistes Selected Artists from the franchisor. Software and related installation services are also designated as must-buy items from the franchisor or approved suppliers. For other products and services, franchisees may propose a supplier for written approval. Some interior design materials, such as laminate panels, must be purchased pursuant to specifications and from approved suppliers only. The filing states that no designated suppliers currently make payments to the franchisor based on franchisee purchases.
Item 17 outlines renewal terms: franchisees must give at least 6 months' notice, be in compliance, meet turnover goals for the two prior calendar years, sign the then-current franchise agreement, renovate the gallery, sign a general release, and pay a $15,000 renewal fee. The renewal term is one 5-year term. With a 10-year initial term, software contract windows are likely tied to any future franchise development or the renewal cycle of existing agreements.
How to read the Carre d'artistes FDD
The embedded PDF below is the brand's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. For software vendors, the key sections are Item 8 (supplier restrictions and approved suppliers), Item 11 (technology and training obligations), Item 17 (renewal and transfer terms), and Item 19 (financial performance representation). Item 2 lists the officers who sit in the buying center. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked target list built from this filing and others like it.
Ordinary royalty terms
Complete royalty terms are not confirmed.