Garage Force

The vendor opportunity at Garage Force

Garage Force is a home services franchise with 228 total units, 227 of which are franchised. The system posted a 22.7% year-over-year unit growth rate, signaling an expanding footprint for software vendors targeting the franchise mid-market. Average unit volume sits at $507,317, and the royalty rate is 5.0% on a 10-year initial term. For a vendor, the addressable base is essentially the entire system: 227 franchised locations where the franchisor mandates at least one software category.

The operator footprint is small and fragmented. Only three operators are mapped across roughly three located units, and none are multi-unit operators. The unit-band split shows all mapped operators in the 1-unit band, with zero in the 2–9, 10–24, or 25+ bands. Top states by operator count are Ohio, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts, each with one mapped operator. This structure means a top-down, HQ-led sales motion is the only viable path—there is no multi-unit owner to champion a purchase from below.

Who controls software purchasing

All purchasing authority rests with the two directors listed in Item 1 of the 2025 FDD. Michael J. Peterson holds the roles of President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director. Patrick J. Ilfrey is the only other Director. There is no parent company on file; the brand appears independently owned. For a software vendor, the buying center is exceptionally narrow. Your pitch lands on the desk of Michael J. Peterson, who controls both strategic and financial decisions. There is no disclosed CIO, CTO, or VP of Operations, so the CEO is the de facto technology buyer.

Mandated and current tech stack

The 2025 FDD mandates invoicing software for franchisees. No specific vendor is named, and no other technology systems—POS, CRM, scheduling, payroll, or otherwise—are disclosed as mandated or recommended. This creates a greenfield opportunity for vendors in adjacent categories, but it also means you must build the business case from scratch. The absence of a named tech stack suggests the franchisor may be open to vendor education, provided you can demonstrate ROI against that $507K AUV.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD contains no extract, so the procurement model is not disclosed. It is unknown whether Garage Force uses a designated supplier program, an approved supplier list, or an open procurement model. Vendors should clarify this directly during discovery.

Item 17 provides a unique renewal structure. Franchisees do not have a right to renew the Franchise Agreement. Instead, they have the right to reacquire the franchise for their territory by entering into the franchisor’s then-current standard Franchise Agreement. They must give notice at least 180 days before expiration, comply with all material terms and monetary obligations, agree to capital expenditures for modernization, complete any required training, and execute the new agreement. Because the initial term is 10 years, reacquisition events create natural windows when the franchisor can introduce new technology requirements. Tracking these cycles across 227 units is how you time your outreach.

How to read the Garage Force FDD

The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is the authoritative source for every claim in this profile. Use the embedded viewer below to examine Item 1 for executive details, Item 11 for the franchisor’s technology obligations, and Item 17 for the reacquisition terms that govern when franchisees must sign new agreements. The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2025. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, talk to FranCloud.