QuickBooksIntuit
Mandatoryreate estimates and operate the HOODZ Business. This HOODZ Software is included in your weekly Technology Fee, which is currently $60 per week. We currently require you to utilize QuickBooks Online Ac
From the filings
+3.053% units YoYHQ-led decisions
HOODZ
Home servicesSoftware purchasing at HOODZ is controlled at the corporate level, led by President Nathan Willard under the BELFOR Franchise Group umbrella. The franchise mandates a proprietary HOODZ Business Operating and Support System alongside QuickBooks Online by Intuit. With 135 franchised locations and a $1.26M average unit volume, the addressable market is a concentrated, high-revenue home services operation.
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Live signals
Total units
142
135 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+3.053%
vs prior filing
AUV
$1.26M
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
10%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$60K
per unit
Investment range
$201K–$247K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
1 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.
11%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.
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of an additional Initial Franchise Fee. We will determine the number of RFSCs in our sole discretion based on data compiled by the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (“ESRI”) and InfoUSA.
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or otherwise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the HOODZ Business, including any profile on Facebook, X formerly known as Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pi
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tise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the HOODZ Business, including any profile on Facebook, X formerly known as Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram
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ise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the HOODZ Business, including any profile on Facebook, X formerly known as Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest,
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
22 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 5 explicit no's; 7 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 11
You may not utilize any other accounting or reporting software that is not approved by us.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
we will have independent, automatic password access to your financial reports on this system, which we may access from time to time in our sole business judgment and without notice to you.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You shall furnish to us, in the manner and format that we require: 1. an income statement, profit and loss statement, and cash flow statement within 48 hours of request; 2. on the 5th day of each month, a report of Gross Sales obtained in the prior month; 3. within 10 days of our request, un-audited income statement…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Currently, our affiliate BHI is the only approved supplier of the following items included in the Initial Package: branded apparel, tools and equipment package items including cleaning supplies, and safety equipment.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
ZEP, or the then-current vendor is the required chemical supplier, which we reserve the right to change at any time.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to mark up and earn a profit, or to otherwise derive revenue, from the products purchased from us or our approved or designated suppliers.
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?
20Item 8
We estimate that the cost of items purchased according to our specifications will be approximately 65% of your overall purchases in establishing the HOODZ Business and 20-25% of your total purchases during the operation of the HOODZ Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may also charge a fee, currently a minimum of $500, for Franchisor’s services in making a determination on the proposed supplier, including the costs of inspection of the supplier’s facilities, evaluation of the test results, and a background check of the supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee may request approval of a supplier under Franchisor’s published procedures, which include inspection of the proposed supplier’s facilities and testing of product samples.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
all of FRANCHISEE’S right, title, and interest in and to those certain telephone numbers and regular, classified, or other telephone directory listings, domain names, internet directory listings or rights and/or URLs (collectively, the “Telephone Numbers and Listings”) associated with FRANCHISOR’S trade and service…
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must also comply with payment card industry (PCI) standards, norms, requirements and protocols, including PCI Data Security Standards.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
To determine whether you are complying with this Agreement and all System Standards, we have the right at any time during business hours, and without prior notice to you, to perform an on- site inspection of your business at its principal office, and any other locations through which the Business is operated.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
The HOODZ System Standards may be added to, deleted or otherwise amended by us from time to time at our sole discretion.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 12
Your HOODZ Business office site, which may be in your home, must be located within the Territory (“Office Site”), and we must approve such Office Site.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 8
Except as approved in advance in writing by us, you must not establish or maintain a separate website, splash page, profile, including Google MyBusiness Profile, or other presence on the Internet, or otherwise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the HOODZ Business…
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all replacement and/or additional cleaning supplies from the designated HOODZ cleaning supplier(s) or another designated source, and we do not have any obligations to you to appoint additional sources.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all replacement and/or additional cleaning supplies from the designated HOODZ cleaning supplier(s) or another designated source, and we do not have any obligations to you to appoint additional sources.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
HOODZ International, LLC (“HOODZ”) is hereby authorized to charge the below account, owned by identified Franchisee by way of Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) debit for the amount due HOODZ by Franchisee pursuant to the terms of the Franchise Agreement signed by and between HOODZ and Franchisee, for the week…
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 7
All uniforms must be approved by us.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
We shall also have the right to, at any time without notice, electronically connect with your Computer System to monitor or retrieve data stored on the Computer System or for any other purpose we deem necessary.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
The Managing Owner or, if applicable, the Designated Manager and/or Service Technician also must attend periodic refresher training courses and conferences, not to exceed one convention/conference per year, at the times and locations we determine, and for which we may charge fees.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
The Managing Owner or, if applicable, the Designated Manager, must attend the Convention when scheduled.
The filing answers no to 5 questions
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Item 11
- Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Franchise agreement
- Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?Item 8
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 HOODZ
HOODZ operates 142 total units, 135 of which are franchised, making it a concentrated target for software vendors selling into the home services franchise space. The brand posted a 3.05% year-over-year unit growth rate, signaling modest but steady expansion. With an average unit volume of $1,256,301 and a 10% royalty rate, franchisees are generating meaningful revenue—and they are required to use specific, mandated software to run their businesses. For a vendor, the opportunity is not in convincing individual operators to adopt a tool, but in displacing or integrating with the corporate-mandated stack at the HQ level.
Who controls software purchasing
Software purchasing authority sits squarely at the corporate headquarters. The FDD lists Nathan Willard as President of HOODZ, and he operates within the BELFOR Franchise Group, LLC leadership structure. Key executives in that parent group include CEO Sheldon Yellen, President Rusty Amarante, and Chief Development Officer Michael J. Reddy. Any vendor pitch must navigate this centralized buying center. There is no disclosed operator-level procurement autonomy; the mandated tech stack in Item 11 confirms that franchisees must use corporate-specified systems.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2026 FDD Item 11 disclosures name four mandated technology components. The HOODZ Business Operating and Support System and a separate, proprietary HOODZ Software form the operational backbone. For financial management, the franchisor mandates QuickBooks Online by Intuit Inc. and QuickBooks Online Accounting Software by Intuit Inc. This is a closed, Intuit-anchored environment. A vendor selling ERP, field service management, or financial tools must either integrate tightly with QuickBooks Online or demonstrate a compelling replacement that HQ would adopt across the entire system.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Procurement rules under Item 8 are not disclosed in the most recent FDD, so it is unclear whether HOODZ uses a designated supplier model, an approved supplier list, or an open procurement process. Similarly, Item 17 renewal terms and the initial franchise term length are not specified. This lack of visibility means contract windows are opaque. Vendors should monitor corporate leadership activity and any public RFI or vendor summit announcements from the BELFOR Franchise Group as leading indicators of a tech review cycle.
How to read the HOODZ FDD
The HOODZ Franchise Disclosure Document is the definitive source for understanding the franchisor-franchisee relationship, including all technology mandates and purchasing obligations. The embedded viewer below contains the full filing made with state franchise regulators in 2026. Focus your review on Item 11 (obligations) for the mandated tech stack and Item 8 (restrictions on sources of products and services) for procurement guardrails—though note that Item 8 contains no extractable signal in this filing. For a ranked target list of franchise brands whose tech stacks and decision-maker profiles match your product, talk to FranCloud.
Questions vendors ask
HOODZ, answered from the filing
The buying center is led by President Nathan Willard, with oversight from BELFOR Franchise Group executives including CEO Sheldon Yellen and CDO Michael J. Reddy. Decisions are centralized at HQ.
The 2026 FDD mandates the HOODZ Business Operating and Support System, proprietary HOODZ Software, and QuickBooks Online Accounting Software by Intuit Inc. for all franchisees.
HOODZ has 142 total units: 135 franchised and 7 company-owned. It operates in the home services segment, specifically commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Item 8 does not specify whether suppliers are designated, approved, or open.
Renewal and term details are not disclosed in the 2026 FDD. Monitor for leadership changes or unit growth (3.05% YoY) as potential triggers for tech evaluation.
The HOODZ Franchise Disclosure Document was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. You can review the embedded PDF viewer below for the full legal text.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
2 operators run 2 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit2
Top states by locations
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Ownership
The portfolio behind HOODZ
strategic_multibrand of BELFOR Franchise Group.
Sibling brands
Related Home services brands
Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.