From the filings

+60% units YoYHQ-led decisions

DumpStor

Home services

Software purchasing at DumpStor is controlled at the HQ level, with CEO Joe Martino as the key executive on file. The franchisor mandates a Management and Technology System, creating a single point of integration for vendors. With 17 total units and 60% year-over-year unit growth, the addressable market is small but expanding rapidly.

For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.

Live signals

Total units
17
16 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+60%
vs prior filing
AUV
$470K
Item 19, 2024
Royalty
—
of gross sales
Ad fund
—
national + local
Initial fee
$50K
per unit
Investment range
$125K–$508K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
Claims
from the filing

Mandated & recommended tech

The systems vendors compete with

2 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.

Google Ads
Mandatory
MarketingItem 7

opening activities in the three (3) months surrounding the opening of your Business. You will spend the grand DumpStor Franchising, LLC 2025 FDD 12 opening marketing budget on SEO/Google AdWords, and

QuickBooks
Mandatory
AccountingItem 7

r laptop with internet access. We do not currently specify specific hardware or an internet supplier, but we may do so in the future. However, you must have the ability to operate QuickBooks and acces

Facebook
MarketingItem 11

Business or establish or participate in any System related blog or other discussion forum with our advance written consent. We will maintain one or more social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, In

Instagram
MarketingItem 11

ish or participate in any System related blog or other discussion forum with our advance written consent. We will maintain one or more social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or other

Twitter
MarketingItem 11

or establish or participate in any System related blog or other discussion forum with our advance written consent. We will maintain one or more social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

29 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 3 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?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee shall use such customer data management, sales data management, accounting, bookkeeping, administrative, and inventory control procedures and systems as Franchisor may specify in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing.

Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?

Yes

Item 11

to do all things necessary to give us unrestricted access to the Management and Technology System at all times (including users IDs and passwords, if necessary) so that we may independently download and transfer data via a modem or other connection that we specify

Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee shall prepare and deliver to Franchisor on a monthly basis, no later than the tenth (10th) day of each month, an unaudited profit and loss statement in a form satisfactory to Franchisor in its sole and absolute discretion covering Franchisee’s business for the prior month and such additional reports as…

How the franchisor buys

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

Yes

Item 8

We have the right to require that all equipment, technology, inventory, supplies, vehicles, signs, furnishings, fixtures, décor items, retail merchandise, payment systems, and other products and services that you purchase for use or resale in the Business: (a) meet specifications that we establish from time to time…

How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?

524316

Item 8

During the 2024 fiscal year, our total revenue was $1,472,609; our revenue from all required purchases and leases was $524,316; the percentage of our total revenue derived from required purchases and leases was 36%; none of our affiliates earned revenue from required franchisee purchases or leases.

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

Yes

Item 8

During the 2024 fiscal year, we earned rebates from required purchases by franchisees with our required suppliers of equipment, trucks, and containers.

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?

75

Item 8

We estimate that the current proportion of your required purchases and leases from approved suppliers to all purchases and leases in operating the Business is approximately 75% to 85%, but this amount is subject to change.

Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?

Yes

Item 8

We may require you to pay a fee to cover our costs of reviewing a proposed vendor, which you must pay whether or not we approve the vendor.

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

Yes

Item 8

If we require you to use an approved vendor for a particular item, but you wish to purchase the item from a source that we have not approved, you may submit a written request for approval of the vendor, unless it is an item for which we have designated a specific vendor.

Communications

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

Yes

Item 17

take such action as may be required by Franchisor to transfer and assign to Franchisor or its designee or to disconnect and forward all telephone numbers, e-mail, internet and other electronic references and advertisements, and all trade and similar name registrations and business licenses, and to cancel any interest…

Data and IT

Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

You also must comply with all laws and payment card provider standards relating to the security of the Management and Technology System, including, without limitation, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

Franchise management

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisor and its designated agents shall have the right to examine and audit such records, accounts, books, and data at all reasonable times to ensure that Franchisee is complying with the terms of this Agreement.

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

Yes

Item 14

We have the right to modify or supplement the Manuals upon notice or delivery to you.

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee is solely responsible for selecting the Proposed Site. If Franchisor approves the Proposed Site, the Proposed Site will be designated as the Site.

Marketing

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

Yes

Item 11

You will not be allowed to establish or operate any other website for your Business or establish or participate in any System related blog or other discussion forum.

Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?

Yes

Franchise agreement

In the three (3) months surrounding the opening of your Business, you must expend between seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) and ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) (the “Grand Opening Advertising Expense”) that will be used on certain digital and other marketing efforts associated with the System.

Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?

Yes

Item 11

We require you to spend $40 per month per dumpster in your local market and digital marketing targeting your area.

Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?

Yes

Item 16

You are also required to participate in any customer loyalty programs we prescribe.

Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee shall participate in all cooperative brand awareness programs as are from time to time prescribed by Franchisor.

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Item 8

Equipment, Trucks, and Containers. You must purchase or lease your truck and containers from the suppliers and manufacturers that we designate.

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase or lease your truck and containers from the suppliers and manufacturers that we designate.

Payments

Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

if we name a specific vendor for a product or service, you must obtain the product or service from that designated vendor.

Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?

Yes

Item 16

You are also required to participate in any customer loyalty programs we prescribe.

People

Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee shall at all times staff the Business with such number of employees and operate the Business diligently so as to maximize its revenues and profits.

Point of sale

Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 8

You must acquire your license for the designated POS system from us.

Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?

Yes

Item 11

You, at all times, must give us unrestricted and independent electronic access (including users IDs and passwords, if necessary) to the Management and Technology System for the purposes of obtaining the information relating to the Business.

Sales and CRM

Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

You must obtain, maintain, and use the hardware, software, other equipment, and network connections that we specify periodically in the Manuals necessary to operate our customer relationship management system and other technology systems that we designate (collectively, the “Management and Technology System”).

Training

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee shall also bear the cost of any additional training that may be required by Franchisor.

Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?

Yes

Franchise agreement

If we host a national convention, you must pay us a fee, the “National Convention Fee” to help offset the costs of hosting the convention.

The filing answers no to 2 questions
  • Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
  • Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 20

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. With median unit growth of only 2.62% YoY across 323 disclosed brands, you need to find the outliers poised for expansion before they hit the market.Using growth signals to identify high-velocity brands lets you engage them during expansion phases, capturing deals 2x faster than reactive competitors who wait for public announcements.

The vendor opportunity at DumpStor

DumpStor is a home-services franchise with 17 total units—16 franchised and 1 company-owned—and an average unit volume of $469,908. The system grew units by 60% year-over-year, signaling an active expansion phase. For software vendors, the immediate addressable base is the 16 franchised locations, though the company-owned unit may also fall under HQ purchasing control.

This is not a large enterprise deal. But early-stage franchise systems with centralized purchasing and a tech mandate can become sticky, long-term accounts if you land before the vendor landscape solidifies.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document lists one executive: CEO Joe Martino. In a system this small, the CEO typically owns or directly oversees technology decisions. There is no CIO, CTO, or VP of Operations on file. Vendors should prepare to engage Martino or a delegated operations manager. The absence of a named technology buyer means the sales motion is likely direct and relationship-driven.

Mandated and current tech stack

DumpStor mandates a Management and Technology System across its franchise network. The FDD does not name the specific vendor or platform, which means the system may be proprietary, white-labeled, or simply not disclosed. This mandate creates a single integration point: if you can complement or replace that core system, you address the entire network at once.

No other mandated or recommended technology vendors appear in the filing. The tech stack beyond the core management system is effectively a greenfield for ancillary tools—CRM, scheduling, route optimization, billing, or customer communication—provided they integrate with whatever that mandated system is.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so DumpStor’s supplier model—designated, approved, or open—is not publicly known. Franchisees may have some discretion on non-mandated purchases, but the mandated Management and Technology System suggests HQ exerts strong control over core operations software.

Franchise agreements run for an initial term of 10 years. Renewals are available for two additional five-year terms, subject to conditions including execution of the then-current franchise agreement and possible equipment upgrades. The renewal notice window is six to twelve months before expiration. With 60% unit growth, new franchisees are signing initial agreements now, which means new-location onboarding is the most likely near-term software sales window.

How to read the DumpStor FDD

The full 2025 DumpStor Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (the franchisor and executives), Item 11 (franchisor’s obligations, where the tech mandate lives), Item 8 (procurement restrictions, though absent here), and Item 17 (renewal and termination terms). Focus on the mandated system language in Item 11 to understand exactly what the franchisor requires and where your product might fit alongside or inside that requirement.

For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software category, FranCloud can help you prioritize based on tech mandates, growth rate, and decision-maker access.

Questions vendors ask

DumpStor, answered from the filing

CEO Joe Martino is the only executive listed in the 2025 FDD. As a small, HQ-controlled system, purchasing decisions likely route through him or a delegated operations lead.
The 2025 FDD mandates a Management and Technology System. The specific vendor or platform is not disclosed in the filing.
17 total units: 16 franchised and 1 company-owned. This is a very small, early-stage home-services franchise.
The 2025 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so designated-supplier versus approved-supplier status is not publicly disclosed.
Initial terms run 10 years, with two 5-year renewal options. With 60% unit growth, new locations may create near-term onboarding opportunities.
The 2025 DumpStor FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can review it using the embedded PDF viewer below.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

7 operators run 7 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

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Top states by locations

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