From the filings

+20.952% units YoYHQ + multi-unit

Good Feet Worldwide

Health services

Good Feet Worldwide's franchise agreement requires every store to run a baseline computer, POS and CRM stack — used to place product orders, report to headquarters, and manage customers — and requires franchisees to acquire, install and maintain its designated Information System. The system spans 271 stores, 254 of them franchised, with franchised outlets up 21.0% year over year.

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Total units
271
254 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+20.952%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
1.75%
of gross sales
Ad fund
3%
national + local
Initial fee
$25K
per unit
Investment range
$256K–$618K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Franchisor controlled
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
No 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.

4.75%of gross sales (FY2025)

Ongoing fees: 4.75% of gross sales (FY2025)Royalty 1.75%, Ad fund 3%. Total 4.75% of gross sales. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Royalty 1.75%Ad fund 3%

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.

ErplyErply
POSItem 11

ion of Microsoft office management and point-of-sale Windows o iPad/IOS tablets used for customer intake/CRM, consumer financing, o Tablets and mobile POS ď‚· Application Software o Erply Point of Sale

SalesforceSalesforce
CrmItem 11

support, enhance customer engagement, and create repeat business. Minimum Hardware Requirements Minimum Software Requirements o Windows PC meeting the requirements for Erply and o Salesforce, Verkada,

ZebraZebra
Industry softwareItem 11

2 may be recommended) o Receipt printer (Star or other) (1 minimum, 2 may be recommended) o Barcode scanner (Honeywell or other) (1 minimum, 2 may be recommended) o Label Printer (Zebra or other) (1 m

Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 5 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 will establish and maintain at Franchisee’s expense a bookkeeping, accounting, and recordkeeping system conforming to Good Feet’s requirements, will utilize the accounting functions of the Information System, and will install and maintain functionalities to allow electronic communication between…

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

Yes

Item 11

We may, as often as we deem appropriate (including on a continuous unlimited basis), independently access the Information System and retrieve all information relating to the Store’s operation.

How the franchisor buys

Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?

Yes

Item 8

We will consult with the Good Feet Franchise Advisory Council regarding the terms and structure of these Partnership Programs.

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Good Feet may modify, change, enhance, and further develop the Good Feet System as it deems appropriate.

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

Yes

Item 8

We and/or DOL received $342,988 from other suppliers during 2024 on account of the purchases our franchisees made from them.

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?

65

Item 8

We estimate that your required purchases of Products and other goods and services from us or our affiliates, our designees, or approved suppliers, or according to our specifications, will be over 65% to 70% of your total purchases and leases to establish and then operate your Store.

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

Yes

Item 8

For goods and services other than Products obtainable only from DOL and our other affiliates, we will entertain your proposals to approve additional suppliers.

Communications

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Change the telephone number of the Store (or direct the telephone company to transfer all of the Store’s telephone numbers and fax numbers to Good Feet or its designee)

Data and IT

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

Yes

Item 11

You must comply with our reasonable instructions regarding the organizational, physical, administrative, and technical measures and security procedures to safeguard the confidentiality and security of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, employers, gender, photographs, e-mail addresses, dates of birth…

Franchise management

Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee agrees to present to its customers all evaluation forms periodically prescribed by Good Feet and to participate and/or request Franchisee’s customers to participate in any surveys performed by Good Feet or its designee.

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Good Feet has the right during normal business hours to inspect and observe the Store and its operation, interview managerial employees and customers of the Store, inspect and copy all

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Good Feet has the right to modify the Manual when it deems best, provided, however, that Good Feet agrees to consult in good faith with the FAC before implementing and mandating through a modification of the Manual any material changes 6 GOOD FEET® 2025 FA 1616560647.2 proposed for the operation of a Good Feet Store.

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

Yes

Item 11

You may not proceed with a site that we have not accepted.

Marketing

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

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee may not, without Good Feet’s prior written consent, develop, maintain, or authorize any other Website that mentions or describes Franchisee or the Store or displays any of the Marks.

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

you must spend each month at least $10,000 or 20% of the Store’s monthly Gross Sales, whichever is greater, to advertise in your DMA.

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

Yes

Item 8

You must participate in, and comply with the requirements of, our gift card and other customer loyalty, affinity, and similar programs (including our issuing and honoring/redemption procedures and other standards and specifications for gift certificates, coupons, and gift, loyalty, and affinity cards).

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

Yes

Item 11

However, if the DMA in which your Store is located encompasses Good Feet Stores operated by at least 2 franchisees (including you and your Stores(s)), you must participate in a cooperative advertising association organized and approved by us (an “Area Cooperative”) with the other franchisees to advertise and promote…

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Item 8

During the franchise term, you must buy from DOL and its affiliates all of the types of Products that DOL and its affiliates manufacture and/or sell.

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

If we designate a product or service to be purchased or obtained from one or more suppliers, you must source the product or service only from those suppliers;

Payments

Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?

Yes

Franchise agreement

Franchisee agrees to authorize Good Feet and its affiliates to debit its business checking, credit card, or other account automatically for Franchisee’s purchases of Products and other items from Good Feet and/or its affiliates and for other amounts due under this Agreement (the “Electronic Account”).

Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?

Yes

Item 11

You must participate in our gift card program.

People

Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?

Yes

Item 15

Each Store must be under the direct, “on premises” supervision of a trained individual acting as full-time general manager (who need not be your Managing Owner) who has completed our Initial Brand Standard Training Program.

Point of sale

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

Yes

Item 8

You must at a minimum acquire, install, and maintain Good Feet’s designated Information System.

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

Yes

Item 11

We may, as often as we deem appropriate (including on a continuous unlimited basis), independently access the Information System and retrieve all information relating to the Store’s operation.

Sales and CRM

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

Yes

Item 11

We currently require a standard business-class internet service and associated hardware, phone service and associated hardware, a basic computer system, POS cash register and inventory-management system, and CRM system

Training

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

Yes

Item 11

We may require that previously trained and experienced franchisees (or, if entities, their Managing Owners) and/or their managers attend and successfully complete (to our satisfaction) additional brand standard training programs or seminars conducted at our principal offices or other locations we choose.

The filing answers no to 3 questions
  • Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
  • Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Item 7
  • Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Item 11

The vendor opportunity at Good Feet Worldwide

Good Feet Worldwide operates 271 stores, 254 of them franchised, with franchised outlets up 21.0% year over year. Item 19 makes no financial performance representation, so a vendor's read on unit economics has to come from the growth and store-count figures alone.

Who controls software purchasing

Good Feet Worldwide's Manual sets the baseline technology every store must run: a business-class internet connection, a basic computer system, a point-of-sale and inventory-management system, and a CRM system, used to place product orders through DOL's website, communicate with headquarters, and manage customer relations. Item 8 requires franchisees to acquire, install and maintain Good Feet's designated Information System, and the Manual states whether items must come from a specific supplier or brand.

Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required

The FDD names Erply, Salesforce and Zebra in Item 11, alongside the CRM, POS and inventory-management functions described above; its list of required hardware and software names the Erply Point of Sale system, a Microsoft Windows PC and iPad/iOS tablets for customer intake, CRM, consumer financing and mobile POS, with Microsoft Office 2019 or Office 365 among the minimum software requirements. Renewal carries its own requirement: a franchisee renewing their agreement must buy and install the Information System Good Feet Worldwide specifies before the renewal term begins, or by another deadline Good Feet Worldwide sets.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 runs on designated suppliers for the core Products line: franchisees must buy any Product type that DOL and its affiliates manufacture or sell exclusively from DOL, with no other source permitted for those items. For other goods and services, Good Feet Worldwide may designate a specific supplier, brand or specification, and franchisees can propose an alternative supplier for approval. The initial term runs 5 or 10 years, at the franchisee's option, and Item 17 covers the renewal, transfer and termination terms of the franchise agreement.

How to read the Good Feet Worldwide FDD

The embedded viewer below carries Good Feet Worldwide's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document in full, including the Item 11 technology and Item 8 supplier-restriction language summarized above.

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Questions vendors ask

Good Feet Worldwide, answered from the filing

Good Feet Worldwide specifies the Information System every store must acquire, install and maintain — internet service, a computer system, POS and inventory management, and a CRM system — and Item 11 lists the Erply Point of Sale system among the required software. Approach Good Feet's corporate procurement and technology function directly.
The FDD names Erply, Salesforce and Zebra in Item 11. Good Feet Worldwide requires every store to run a standard business-class internet connection, a basic computer system, a POS and inventory-management system, and a CRM system, primarily to place product orders through DOL's website and manage customer relations.
271 total stores — 254 franchised and 17 company-owned — in the arch-support store segment, with franchised outlets up 21.0% year over year.
Item 8 runs on designated suppliers: franchisees must buy any Product type that DOL and its affiliates manufacture or sell exclusively from DOL. For other goods and services, Good Feet Worldwide may designate a supplier, brand or specification; franchisees may propose an alternative supplier for approval.
The initial term runs 5 or 10 years, at the franchisee's option, and franchisees renewing must buy and install Good Feet Worldwide's specified Information System before the renewal term begins. With franchised outlets up 21.0% year over year, new-store technology setup is also a steady source of near-term openings.
The embedded PDF viewer below carries Good Feet Worldwide's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

273 operators run 273 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit273

Top states by locations

CA31
TX24
FL18
GA12
PA12

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