From the filings

HQ-led decisions

DAZSER-BAL

Home services

Software purchasing decisions at DAZSER-BAL appear to flow through a small HQ team led by President Stephen E. Roesch and COO Cliff D’Amico. The most recent FDD does not disclose any mandated or recommended technology systems, suggesting a potentially open tech landscape across its 55 franchised locations. With an average unit volume of $126,589 and a concentrated operator base in Maryland and Virginia, the addressable market is compact but may represent a greenfield opportunity for vendors.

For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.

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Total units
55
55 franchised
Franchised outlet growth
-1.786%
Item 20, last two year-ends
AUV
$127K
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
10% component; full terms unconfirmed
percentage component
Ad fund
1%
percentage component
Initial fee
$14K
per unit
Investment range
$16K–$57K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Standards based
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing

Ordinary royalty terms

10% component; full terms unconfirmed

Complete royalty terms are not confirmed for the selected filing.

Recorded percentage components

These are recorded percentage components. Each has its own base and conditions; the chart does not state the total payment or confirm ad-fund completeness.

1recorded components (FY2026)

Recorded percentage components (FY2026)Ad fund 1%. Components use their own filing bases and conditions. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Ad fund 1%

Mandated & recommended tech

The systems vendors compete with

Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.

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MarketingItem 8

Jani-King® Franchise Disclosure Document (04/2026) Page 20 Except as described above, you have no obligations to purchase or lease from us or our designees any goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware or software, or real estate, relating to establishing or operating your JANI-KING® Business. However, we may offer certain products, services and equipment for sale to our franchisees. You may purchase them from us at your option. Approved Suppliers. Other than Supply and Equipment Package “A” listed on Exhibit F, which we provide you when you sign the Franchise Agreement, you have no obligations to purchase or lease any goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware or software, or real estate, relating to establishing or operating your JANI-KING® Business, from suppliers we approve or designate. However, we may offer certain products, services and equipment for sale to our franchisees. You may purchase them from us at your option. However, we reserve the right, upon 30 days’ notice to you, to require you to purchase all cleaning equipment and supplies for the operation of your JANI-KING® Business from one of our affiliates or from an approved vendor. Although we currently do not do so, we may designate one or more suppliers of certain services you must utilize, including personnel and payroll service providers. There are no suppliers in which any of our officers own an interest. Specifications and Standards. You must purchase certain professional products and equipment under specifications and standards we periodically establish either in the Franchise Agreement, Operating Manuals or other notices we send from time to time. These specifications are established to provide standards for performance, durability, design and appearance. We will notify you whenever we establish or revise any of our standards or specifications or if we designate approved suppliers for products, equipment or services. Even if we designate and approve a supplier, you will not be obligated to purchase any items from them. We may negotiate purchase arrangements, including price terms and a limited, guaranteed credit line, with designated and approved suppliers on behalf of our franchisees. We may also provide an automated payment service for your supply and equipment purchases from suppliers you designate. Our criteria for supplier approval is based on quality controls, the ability to supply your needs promptly and reliably, price management, and product knowledge and support. If a supplier fails to maintain the criteria required for designated status, we will notify you prior to the reporting period in which the designation will be revoked. You may purchase supplies from any supplier on such terms as you negotiate. For certain designated suppliers, you may buy supplies and charge them to our account. If you do so, we will charge you 10% to 50% and deduct the amounts from payments we would otherwise provide you. We may deduct the amount in approximately equal amounts over 1 to 12 months with interest. Insurance Coverage. Before you provide any services as a JANI-KING® Business, you must obtain certain minimum insurance coverage, naming us, our directors, and JKI as Additional Insureds. We may increase these limits or have new types of coverage added at any time on notice to you. You must maintain this insurance coverage during the entire term of the Franchise Agreement from a responsible carrier or through the Business Protection Plan. Our current insurance requirements and information about the Business Protection Plan are contained in Exhibit B and Item 6. Advertising. You must obtain our approval before you use any advertising and promotional materials, signs, forms, and stationery by submitting such proposed advertising to us at least 30 days prior to publication. We have the right to require you to include certain statements in, make changes to, and/or sign such documentation as we deem necessary with respect to your proposed advertising prior to approval. You may not develop, create, distribute, contribute to, disseminate or use any digital or Internet communication including websites, blogs, instant message services, social media Jani-King® Franchise Disclosure Document (04/2026) Page 21 sites (e.g., Facebook, X, and Instagram), and all other digital communication methods or any multimedia, telecommunication, mass electronic mail, or audio/visual advertising, promotional or marketing materials (“Digital Advertising”), directly or indirectly related to the franchised business, us, the System, or Marks, without our prior written consent, which consent may be withheld in our sole determination. If we grant our approval of your Digital Advertising, it will be subject to the same requirements as set forth above. All business cards must display your independent business name, address and telephone number, and identify your business as independently owned and operated. National Vehicle Program. This is a voluntary program through which you can purchase a select number of vehicles from a national vehicle manufacturer. We receive a rebate up to $1,000 for each vehicle purchased through the JANI-KING® National Vehicle Program. Offices. If you operate from a separate business office, your office location, layout and decor must be preapproved by us. You must maintain your office and all fixtures, furnishings, signs and equipment in good order and condition, and in conformity with the JANI-KING® System image, as established from time to time. Miscellaneous. Except as described above, neither we nor our affiliates currently derive revenue or other material consideration as a result of required purchases or leases. There currently are no purchasing or distribution cooperatives. We currently do not negotiate purchase arrangements with suppliers for the benefit of franchisees. However, we have the right to negotiate purchase arrangements with suppliers for the benefit of franchisees, and to derive revenue or other material consideration as a result of required purchases or leases, but intend to do so only if there will be a net cost saving to franchisees from the particular arrangement. We do not provide material benefits to you (e.g. renewal or granting additional franchises) for purchasing particular products or services or using a particular supplier. Exhibit A contains information about revenues we derived from the sale or lease of equipment and supplies, from the administration of the Business Protection Plan, administration of the Cash Flow & Accounting Plan, and the sale of promotional and advertising materials to franchise owners.

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MarketingItem 8

Jani-King® Franchise Disclosure Document (04/2026) Page 20 Except as described above, you have no obligations to purchase or lease from us or our designees any goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware or software, or real estate, relating to establishing or operating your JANI-KING® Business. However, we may offer certain products, services and equipment for sale to our franchisees. You may purchase them from us at your option. Approved Suppliers. Other than Supply and Equipment Package “A” listed on Exhibit F, which we provide you when you sign the Franchise Agreement, you have no obligations to purchase or lease any goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware or software, or real estate, relating to establishing or operating your JANI-KING® Business, from suppliers we approve or designate. However, we may offer certain products, services and equipment for sale to our franchisees. You may purchase them from us at your option. However, we reserve the right, upon 30 days’ notice to you, to require you to purchase all cleaning equipment and supplies for the operation of your JANI-KING® Business from one of our affiliates or from an approved vendor. Although we currently do not do so, we may designate one or more suppliers of certain services you must utilize, including personnel and payroll service providers. There are no suppliers in which any of our officers own an interest. Specifications and Standards. You must purchase certain professional products and equipment under specifications and standards we periodically establish either in the Franchise Agreement, Operating Manuals or other notices we send from time to time. These specifications are established to provide standards for performance, durability, design and appearance. We will notify you whenever we establish or revise any of our standards or specifications or if we designate approved suppliers for products, equipment or services. Even if we designate and approve a supplier, you will not be obligated to purchase any items from them. We may negotiate purchase arrangements, including price terms and a limited, guaranteed credit line, with designated and approved suppliers on behalf of our franchisees. We may also provide an automated payment service for your supply and equipment purchases from suppliers you designate. Our criteria for supplier approval is based on quality controls, the ability to supply your needs promptly and reliably, price management, and product knowledge and support. If a supplier fails to maintain the criteria required for designated status, we will notify you prior to the reporting period in which the designation will be revoked. You may purchase supplies from any supplier on such terms as you negotiate. For certain designated suppliers, you may buy supplies and charge them to our account. If you do so, we will charge you 10% to 50% and deduct the amounts from payments we would otherwise provide you. We may deduct the amount in approximately equal amounts over 1 to 12 months with interest. Insurance Coverage. Before you provide any services as a JANI-KING® Business, you must obtain certain minimum insurance coverage, naming us, our directors, and JKI as Additional Insureds. We may increase these limits or have new types of coverage added at any time on notice to you. You must maintain this insurance coverage during the entire term of the Franchise Agreement from a responsible carrier or through the Business Protection Plan. Our current insurance requirements and information about the Business Protection Plan are contained in Exhibit B and Item 6. Advertising. You must obtain our approval before you use any advertising and promotional materials, signs, forms, and stationery by submitting such proposed advertising to us at least 30 days prior to publication. We have the right to require you to include certain statements in, make changes to, and/or sign such documentation as we deem necessary with respect to your proposed advertising prior to approval. You may not develop, create, distribute, contribute to, disseminate or use any digital or Internet communication including websites, blogs, instant message services, social media Jani-King® Franchise Disclosure Document (04/2026) Page 21 sites (e.g., Facebook, X, and Instagram), and all other digital communication methods or any multimedia, telecommunication, mass electronic mail, or audio/visual advertising, promotional or marketing materials (“Digital Advertising”), directly or indirectly related to the franchised business, us, the System, or Marks, without our prior written consent, which consent may be withheld in our sole determination. If we grant our approval of your Digital Advertising, it will be subject to the same requirements as set forth above. All business cards must display your independent business name, address and telephone number, and identify your business as independently owned and operated. National Vehicle Program. This is a voluntary program through which you can purchase a select number of vehicles from a national vehicle manufacturer. We receive a rebate up to $1,000 for each vehicle purchased through the JANI-KING® National Vehicle Program. Offices. If you operate from a separate business office, your office location, layout and decor must be preapproved by us. You must maintain your office and all fixtures, furnishings, signs and equipment in good order and condition, and in conformity with the JANI-KING® System image, as established from time to time. Miscellaneous. Except as described above, neither we nor our affiliates currently derive revenue or other material consideration as a result of required purchases or leases. There currently are no purchasing or distribution cooperatives. We currently do not negotiate purchase arrangements with suppliers for the benefit of franchisees. However, we have the right to negotiate purchase arrangements with suppliers for the benefit of franchisees, and to derive revenue or other material consideration as a result of required purchases or leases, but intend to do so only if there will be a net cost saving to franchisees from the particular arrangement. We do not provide material benefits to you (e.g. renewal or granting additional franchises) for purchasing particular products or services or using a particular supplier. Exhibit A contains information about revenues we derived from the sale or lease of equipment and supplies, from the administration of the Business Protection Plan, administration of the Cash Flow & Accounting Plan, and the sale of promotional and advertising materials to franchise owners.

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

12 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 6 explicit no's; 16 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.

How the franchisor buys

Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?

Yes

Item 8

However, we may offer certain products, services and equipment for sale to our franchisees.

Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?

Yes

Item 8

However, we reserve the right, upon 30 days’ notice to you, to require you to purchase all cleaning equipment and supplies for the operation of your JANI-KING® Business from one of our affiliates or from an approved vendor.

Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

We receive a rebate up to $1,000 for each vehicle purchased through the JANI-KING® National Vehicle Program.

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?

0

Item 8

Approved Suppliers. Other than Supply and Equipment Package “A” listed on Exhibit F, which we provide you when you sign the Franchise Agreement, you have no obligations to purchase or lease any goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, computer hardware or software, or real estate, relating to…

Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?

Yes

Franchise agreement

If you wish to use any type, model, or brand of equipment and materials, or any supplier, which is not currently approved by us, you agree to notify us of your desire to do so and submit to us sufficient specifications, photographs, samples

Communications

Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?

Yes

Item 13

You acknowledge that as between you and us, we have the sole rights to any interest in all telephone numbers and directory listings associated with any Mark.

Franchise management

Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?

Yes

Item 11

We may perform periodic quality control visits to each location under your care.

Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?

Yes

Item 13

The Manuals may be modified from time to time to reflect changes in the standards, operating procedures and other aspects of operating your JANI-KING® Business.

Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?

Yes

Item 11

Approve or disapprove the location, design and appearance of your business premises, if you choose to operate from an office outside your home.

Marketing

Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?

Yes

Item 13

You may not maintain a website, unless such presence is a page on Jani-King’s own website domain.

People

Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 13

When performing services, soliciting providers or otherwise conducting business as a JANI-KING® Business, you and any of your employees agree to wear such uniform or standard items of dress and/or insignia as we may periodically prescribe.

Training

Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?

Yes

Item 11

Additional training and refresher courses will be made available to you on an optional or mandatory basis, as we determine.

The filing answers no to 6 questions
  • Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Item 7
  • Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
  • Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?Item 8
  • Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?Item 8
  • Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?Item 11
  • Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Item 6

The vendor opportunity at DAZSER-BAL

DAZSER-BAL operates a network of 55 franchised home-service locations, all of which represent potential seats for software. The system reported an average unit volume (AUV) of $126,589 in its 2026 FDD. While unit growth contracted slightly year-over-year by roughly 1.8%, the franchisee base is stable, with operators concentrated in Maryland and Virginia. For a software vendor, the compact geographic footprint could simplify deployment and support logistics. The absence of any disclosed mandated technology stack means the entire system is potentially addressable, but it also means you will need to sell the value proposition unit by unit or win over a small HQ team.

Who controls software purchasing

Power at the top appears concentrated. The FDD identifies Stephen E. Roesch as President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a director—a consolidation of titles that signals centralized control. Cliff D’Amico serves as Chief Operating Officer, and Kevin Taylor is listed as a Regional Director. No dedicated technology or procurement executive is named. For a vendor, the initial path likely runs through Roesch or D’Amico. The operator base consists entirely of single-unit franchisees, with zero multi-unit operators on file. This structure means no large franchisee groups hold independent purchasing power, reinforcing the likelihood that HQ influences or directly controls software decisions.

Mandated and current tech stack

The 2026 FDD does not capture any mandated or recommended technology systems. This is a critical data point for vendors. It suggests that franchisees may currently use a patchwork of off-the-shelf tools or that the franchisor has not yet standardized a tech stack. The absence of a mandate is a double-edged sword: there is no incumbent to displace, but there is also no top-down enforcement mechanism to drive adoption. Your sales motion should be prepared to demonstrate clear ROI to both the franchisor and individual operators.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Procurement rules are not detailed in the available FDD extract. Item 8, which typically outlines designated or approved supplier requirements, was not captured, so the formal procurement model remains unknown. On the renewal side, the franchise agreement runs for an initial 10-year term. Franchisees in good standing can renew for four additional 10-year periods, but they must sign the then-current form of franchise agreement, which may be materially different from the original. This creates a natural trigger point: as franchisees approach renewal, they may be required to adopt new systems mandated in the updated agreement. Franchisees must notify the franchisor 90 days before expiration, giving vendors a narrow, predictable window to engage.

How to read the DAZSER-BAL FDD

The full Franchise Disclosure Document provides the legal and operational blueprint for this system. It details the obligations of both franchisor and franchisee, including any restrictions on purchasing and technology use. For software vendors, the most relevant sections are Item 8 (procurement restrictions), Item 11 (franchisor assistance and mandated systems), and Item 17 (renewal and termination). Because the captured data shows no current tech mandates, reading the full Item 11 text is essential to confirm whether any software obligations exist that were not summarized in the extract. The embedded viewer below contains the complete filing. When you are ready to build a ranked target list of franchise systems based on tech-stack gaps and decision-maker access, FranCloud can help.

Ordinary royalty terms

Complete royalty terms are not confirmed.

Questions vendors ask

DAZSER-BAL, answered from the filing

The FDD lists Stephen E. Roesch (President) and Cliff D’Amico (COO) as key officers. With no CIO or CTO named, purchasing decisions likely involve this small executive group.
The 2026 FDD does not list any mandated or recommended POS, operational, or software systems for franchisees.
There are 55 total units, all franchised. The footprint is concentrated in Maryland (12), Virginia (10), and Florida (1), with 23 mapped operators.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the FDD. Item 8 signals regarding designated or approved suppliers were not captured in the available extract.
With a 10-year initial term and renewal options for four additional 10-year periods, contract cycles are long. Renewals require 90 days' notice, creating a predictable, if infrequent, window.
The DAZSER-BAL FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. You can review the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

23 operators run 23 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit23

Top states by locations

MD12
VA10
FL1

Ownership

The portfolio behind DAZSER-BAL

Ownership: Jani-King.

Sibling brands

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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Read the original filing for definitions, conditions, and qualifications.