ADP
Mandatoryplier and amount detail are as follows: NSA $241,450.82, Essity $10,447.37, Vistaprint $9,274.98, Spartan Chemical $9,677.18, BASYS $2,1644.46, Unifirst $285.13, ProTeam 2,722.12, ADP $573.00, Bennett
From the filings
+5.376% units YoYHQ-led decisions
City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises
Home servicesSoftware purchasing at City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises is tightly controlled by the franchisor, with multiple mandated systems named in the 2026 FDD. The brand operates 104 total units (98 franchised, 6 company-owned) in the home-services segment, generating an average unit volume of $24.4 million. For vendors, this means a concentrated addressable market where HQ-level mandates drive adoption across nearly 100 franchisee locations.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
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Total units
104
98 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+5.376%
vs prior filing
AUV
$24.35M
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$70K
per unit
Investment range
$207K–$382K
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.
6%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 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.
Facebook
ised Business using the Internet. CITY WIDE retains the sole and absolute right to market on the Internet, including the use of social media websites (including but not limited to Facebook, LinkedIn,
Google Business Profile
cation on gocitywide.com as well as establish and maintain digital directory listings on relevant outlets (e.g., Yelp, Bing Yellow Pages, Better Business Bureau) and will create a Google Business Prof
Instagram
the Internet. CITY WIDE retains the sole and absolute right to market on the Internet, including the use of social media websites (including but not limited to Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X and You
LinkedIn
ess using the Internet. CITY WIDE retains the sole and absolute right to market on the Internet, including the use of social media websites (including but not limited to Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram,
Predictive Index
IDE via Development Fee the 20th day of the ACH. Expenses and materials month following the involving the design, invoice date. development, testing, and deployment of technology. Predictive Index – $
Vistaprint
purchases made by franchisees. In 2025, our Predecessor received $306,373.23 in total rebates, with supplier and amount detail are as follows: NSA $241,450.82, Essity $10,447.37, Vistaprint $9,274.98,
Yelp
CITY WIDE will build and maintain a microsite for the franchise location on gocitywide.com as well as establish and maintain digital directory listings on relevant outlets (e.g., Yelp, Bing Yellow Pag
YouTube
Y WIDE retains the sole and absolute right to market on the Internet, including the use of social media websites (including but not limited to Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X and YouTube), communicat
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
19 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 12 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?
YesItem 8
You will use this software to establish and maintain a bookkeeping, accounting and record-keeping system conforming to all CITY WIDE requirements, as may be periodically revised.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
CITY WIDE will have independent access to the information generated and stored in City Wide Client Management System, hardware and software.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee will deliver to CITY WIDE the following unaudited statements of Franchisee prepared in accordance with generally accepted financial principles: 11.3.1 Monthly profit and loss statements and balance sheets by the fifteenth (15th) day of the following month.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We, or our affiliates, are a Required Supplier for your Technology Systems (defined below).
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesFranchise agreement
CITY WIDE has established a franchise advisory council (“Franchise Advisory Council”) to which Franchisee may be elected.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
Similarly, CITY WIDE may revise the Approved Suppliers List and Approved Supplies List from time to time in at sole and absolute right.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
CITY WIDE currently receives a rebate from multiple suppliers, based upon the dollar amount of purchases made by franchisees.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
A charge not to exceed the reasonable cost of CITY WIDE’s inspection and evaluation, which CITY WIDE generally anticipates to range not to exceed $250, plus the actual cost of any test will be paid to CITY WIDE by you or the supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If CITY WIDE approves the proposed supply or supplier, you will be permitted to purchase that supply or use that supplier in connection with your Franchised Business unless such approval is revoked.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
These telephone numbers, lines and the services related thereto (collectively, “Telephone Line”) will be the sole and exclusive property of CITY WIDE).
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
CITY WIDE may from time to time conduct evaluations of the Franchised Business at the Office and at Franchisee’s customer sites, and evaluations of the services rendered, and the personnel Franchisee employs.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
CITY WIDE will have the right to add to and otherwise modify the Operating Manual periodically to reflect changes in the specifications, standards, operating procedures, and rules required by CITY WIDE for Franchised Businesses, provided no addition or modification will change your fundamental status and rights under…
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must secure an office site and obtain site approval from us within 120 days of the signing of the Franchise Agreement.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Franchisees are not permitted to have a website for their location other than the one provided by CITY WIDE.
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 spend at least $1,200 annually on Franchisee’s own advertising and promotion as outlined in the Operating Manual.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
All such Royalty Fees, Marketing Fees and other fees and amounts due shall be tendered to CITY WIDE via ACH electronic withdrawal on or before their respective due dates.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
7.33.5 promptly provide Franchisor with the ability to delete, access or copy Customer Data in Franchisee’s possession or control.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
CITY WIDE from time to time may provide and may require that previously trained and experienced franchisee, their managers and/or designated employees attend and successfully complete refresher training programs or seminars to be conducted at CITY WIDE’s home office, or at such location CITY WIDE has designated.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
You must attend each annual convention.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?Item 8
- Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?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 City Wide
City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises operates 104 total units—98 franchised and 6 company-owned—in the home-services segment. The brand’s average unit volume sits at $24,352,332, with a 5.0% royalty and a 10-year initial franchise term. Year-over-year unit growth is 5.4%, signaling a slowly expanding footprint. For software vendors, the addressable market is 98 franchised locations where technology decisions are centralized at the franchisor level. The high AUV suggests franchisees have the revenue capacity to invest in tools that improve operations, but any sale must first clear HQ.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2026 FDD lists five executives in Item 1: Founder Frank Oddo, Founder and CEO Jeffrey B. Oddo, President Michael Karp, General Counsel Nile Kaya, and Chief Financial Officer Molly Schaar. With multiple mandated systems bearing the CITY WIDE brand, purchasing authority clearly resides at headquarters. The CEO and President are the most likely decision-makers for new vendor relationships, while the CFO likely signs off on budget. There is no CIO or CTO named, which may mean technology decisions are made by the executive team collectively. Vendors should prepare to engage at the C-suite level, not with individual franchisees.
Mandated and current tech stack
City Wide mandates five systems in its FDD: CITY WIDE Accounting Services, City Wide Client Management System, CITY WIDE Software, City Wide YOU, and Google Business Profile. All but Google Business Profile appear to be proprietary or franchisor-branded platforms, suggesting a closed technology ecosystem. The accounting and client management mandates cover core operational functions, while City Wide YOU may serve as an intranet or training portal. Google Business Profile is the only third-party tool explicitly required, indicating the brand controls its local search presence centrally. No POS, payroll, scheduling, or CRM vendors are disclosed, which could signal either in-house solutions or gaps a vendor might fill—if they can get past HQ.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the FDD contains no extract, meaning no designated or approved supplier list is publicly disclosed. This reinforces the picture of a franchisor that keeps procurement in-house. Renewal terms, detailed in Item 17, run five years and require franchisees to be in good standing, notify City Wide 12 months in advance, sign the then-current franchise agreement (which may materially differ from the original), pay a successor fee of 50% of the initial franchise fee, and sign a general release of claims. These conditions create natural windows for technology evaluation: when a franchisee approaches renewal, they may be open to new tools that help meet the Annual Revenue Per Capita Growth requirement. New unit openings, given 5.4% growth, also represent greenfield opportunities.
How to read the City Wide FDD
The 2026 City Wide FDD is embedded below. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (executives), Item 11 (mandated systems), Item 8 (procurement restrictions), and Item 17 (renewal conditions). The document confirms a franchisor with tight operational control and a proprietary tech stack. No parent company is on file, and no operators are mapped in our corpus, so the buying center is entirely at the Kansas-based HQ. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, FranCloud can help.
Questions vendors ask
City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises, answered from the filing
The FDD lists Founder and CEO Jeffrey B. Oddo, President Michael Karp, and CFO Molly Schaar as key executives. Purchasing authority likely sits with the C-suite, given the franchisor’s mandated tech stack.
The 2026 FDD mandates CITY WIDE Accounting Services, City Wide Client Management System, CITY WIDE Software, City Wide YOU, and Google Business Profile. No third-party POS or operational systems are disclosed.
City Wide has 104 total units: 98 franchised and 6 company-owned. The brand operates in the home-services segment, with 5.4% year-over-year unit growth.
The FDD does not disclose a designated or approved supplier list in Item 8. The procurement model appears closed, with multiple franchisor-owned systems mandated across the network.
Renewal terms run 5 years, requiring 12 months’ written notice. With a 10-year initial term and 5.4% unit growth, contract windows may align with new unit openings or successor-term negotiations.
The 2026 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can view the embedded PDF viewer below to review the full document.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
3 operators run 3 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit3
Top states by locations
| KS | 1 |
|---|---|
| FL | 1 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises
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