From the filings
Software purchasing at Hyper Kidz is controlled at the headquarters level by the principal officers listed in the 2025 FDD: Bynia Reed, Chinnababu Gudapati, and Sangeetha Iyer Ramdurai. The system mandates Party Center software across its small but high-volume footprint of 7 total units. With an average unit volume of $1,755,490 and a 10-year initial term, vendors face a concentrated, HQ-driven sales cycle.
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Live signals
Ongoing fee load
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
8%of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
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.
eo surveillance. You must make sure that we have access at the times and in the manner we specify, at your cost. You must purchase the computer system we specify and you must have Party Center softwar
comments about the Hyper Kidz Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Instagram a
about the Hyper Kidz Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Instagram and YouTub
ar to the Marks. You are not permitted to promote your Hyper Kidz Business or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter,
rks. You are not permitted to promote your Hyper Kidz Business or use any of the Marks in any manner on any social or networking websites, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter, without our
r Kidz Business or the System, other than on a website established or authorized by us (“social media” includes personal blogs, common social networks like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, professiona
Franchisor behaviours
23 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 5 explicit no's; 6 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
Any and all customer data collected or provided by Franchisee, retrieved from Franchisee’s POS System, or otherwise collected from Franchisee by Franchisor or provided to Franchisor, is and will be owned exclusively by Franchisor and will be considered to be Franchisor’s proprietary and Confidential Information.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
within fifteen (15) days after the end of each calendar month, an income statement for such month in the form and containing such information as we require;
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 11
We reserve the right to change the designated computer system in the future and you must comply with any change we require.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We have the right to collect and retain any and all allowances, rebates, credits, incentives, or benefits (collectively, “Allowances”) offered by manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors to you, to us, or to our affiliates, based upon your purchases of products and services from manufacturers, suppliers, and…
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?
50Item 8
approximately 50% to 60% of your total purchases in the continuing operation of your Hyper Kidz Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You or the supplier must reimburse our costs for our evaluation of the proposed product or supplier (up to $500).
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to purchase, lease or use any products or other items, or purchase from an unapproved supplier, you must submit a written request for approval, or must request the supplier to do so.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Franchisor may exercise its authority, pursuant to such documents, to obtain any and all of Franchisee’s rights to the telephone numbers of the Franchised Business and all related telephone directory listings and other business listings, and all Internet listings…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall present to your customers such evaluation forms as we periodically prescribe and shall participate and/or request your customers to participate in any surveys performed by us or on our behalf.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We shall have the right, at any time during business hours, and with or without notice to you, to inspect and audit or cause to be inspected and audited the business records, bookkeeping and accounting records, value added, sales, use and service and income tax records and returns and other records of the Hyper Kidz…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 8
We may revise the contents of the Manual, and you must comply with each new or changed standard and specification.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You must select the site for your Hyper Kidz Business, and you must obtain our written acceptance of any proposed site in accordance with our procedures.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
You may not maintain your own website; otherwise maintain a presence or advertise on the internet or any other mode of electronic commerce in connection with your Hyper Kidz Business; establish a link to any website we establish at or from any other website or page; or at any time establish any other website…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must spend at least $5,000 to conduct a grand opening advertising campaign to promote the opening of your Hyper Kidz Business.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
During the term of the Franchise Agreement, you must spend 2% of Gross Sales each month for local marketing and promotion.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a Cooperative has been established for a geographic area where your Hyper Kidz Business is located when the Franchise Agreement is signed, or if any Cooperative is established during the term of the Franchise Agreement, you must become a member of the Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree that the Hyper Kidz Business will: (a) purchase the Products only from designated suppliers and sell such Products;
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
At our request, you must sign and deliver to us any documents we require, which may include the Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization attached hereto as Attachment 4, to authorize us to debit your operating account automatically for the Royalty Fee, Brand Development Fee, Technology Fee, and other amounts due under…
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 6
If we develop a gift card program, you must participate in it.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase and use certain computer hardware and software, including point of sale systems that we designate, that are capable of electronically interfacing with our computer system.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
The computer system must allow us to have immediate access to the information monitored by the system, and there is no contractual limitation on our access or use of the information we obtain.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
If, during the term of your Franchise Agreement, you request that we provide additional training on-site at your Hyper Kidz Business, or if we determine that you need additional training or assistance (such as if you incur unsatisfactory or below average ratings after an inspection), you must pay our then-current per…
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
We may specify that attendance at any franchisee meeting is mandatory for you and/or your General Manager unless the absence is excused by us.
Hyper Kidz is a youth-services franchise headquartered in Maryland with a compact footprint of 7 total units—5 franchised and 2 company-owned. For software vendors, the addressable market is small but concentrated: every location generates an average unit volume of $1,755,490, and the franchisor exerts tight control over technology decisions from the top. The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document shows no parent company, indicating an independently owned system where the principal officers listed in Item 1 are the ultimate decision-makers for technology procurement.
Because the system has only 7 units, a vendor’s path to revenue runs directly through headquarters. There is no multi-unit operator layer mapped in our corpus, meaning no franchisee with enough scale to drive independent software adoption. The entire buying center sits with the three named principals: Bynia Reed, Chinnababu Gudapati, and Sangeetha Iyer Ramdurai. Vendors should treat this as an HQ-sold, HQ-mandated environment.
The 2025 FDD Item 1 lists three principal officers and no additional executive roles. Bynia Reed, Chinnababu Gudapati, and Sangeetha Iyer Ramdurai are the only individuals with formal authority disclosed in the document. No chief information officer, chief technology officer, or director of IT is named. In a system this small, those functions almost certainly roll up to one or more of the listed principals. When pitching Hyper Kidz, vendors should expect to engage directly with these individuals rather than a dedicated procurement or technology evaluation team.
Hyper Kidz mandates Party Center software across all units, according to the 2025 FDD. No other technology systems—POS, scheduling, CRM, or back-office—are disclosed as mandated or recommended. The absence of additional named systems in the FDD does not mean the brand uses nothing else; it simply means the franchisor has not chosen to mandate or recommend other tools in the disclosure document. For a vendor selling complementary or replacement software, the known tech landscape starts and ends with Party Center. Any displacement or integration strategy must account for that mandated system.
The 2025 FDD does not include an Item 8 extract, so the formal procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not publicly disclosed. Vendors will need to qualify this directly in conversation with HQ. On the renewal side, Item 17 describes a 10-year successor agreement available to franchisees in good standing who meet conditions including remodel obligations, monetary compliance, and a general release. Franchisees must provide written renewal notice between 6 and 3 months before the initial term expires. Because the system has only 7 units and no YoY growth data is available, there is no visible wave of upcoming renewals that would create a natural software evaluation window. Vendors should plan for opportunistic, relationship-driven sales cycles rather than timing a bulk refresh.
The full 2025 Hyper Kidz Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. This is the primary source for the facts on this page: unit counts, AUV, royalty rate, term length, mandated technology, executive names, and renewal conditions. The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators and represents the most current public disclosure from the franchisor. For software vendors, the FDD is a research utility—not a sales deck. Use it to understand the decision-making structure, the existing tech stack, and the contractual hooks that might open a conversation. When you need a ranked list of franchise targets matched to your software category, FranCloud can build that list from the underlying data.
Questions vendors ask
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FDD alert
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Operator footprint
11 operators run 11 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| MD | 3 |
|---|---|
| GA | 2 |
| VA | 2 |
| NC | 1 |
| WI | 1 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.