QuickBooksIntuit Inc.
Mandatorycurrently Quickbooks is the designated supplier
HQ-led decisions
JDog Junk Removal & Hauling
Personal servicesSoftware purchasing at JDog Junk Removal & Hauling is controlled at the headquarters level under CEO Gerald Flanagan. The franchise currently mandates QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. and a scheduling software, with 94 franchised locations representing the total addressable market for vendors. No company-owned units are disclosed in the 2025 FDD.
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.
scheduling software
Mandatoryyou must obtain and use the computer hardware, scheduling system and/or software we periodically designate
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 the corpus by segment and unit count, not a guess.
The franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
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Live signals
Total units
94
94 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-23.577%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
—
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$10K
per unit
Investment range
$30K–$187K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Standards based
from the filing
The vendor opportunity at JDog Junk Removal & Hauling
JDog Junk Removal & Hauling operates 94 franchised locations, all under a single brand with no company-owned units disclosed in the 2025 FDD. The franchise is headquartered in Pennsylvania and falls within the personal services segment. For software vendors, the total addressable market is those 94 units, though year-over-year unit growth declined by 23.577%, signaling a contracting footprint that may affect expansion-linked software sales.
Average unit volume and royalty percentages are not disclosed in the most recent FDD, so vendors cannot benchmark operator revenue directly. The initial franchise term is 15 years, which suggests long-term commitments and potentially stable, if infrequent, technology evaluation cycles.
Who controls software purchasing
The 2025 FDD lists Gerald Flanagan as CEO, and no other executives are on file. This indicates a lean headquarters structure where software purchasing authority likely rests with the CEO. Vendors should direct initial outreach to the CEO's office, as no separate CIO, CTO, or VP of Operations is named in the disclosure documents.
Because all 94 units are franchised, the franchisor likely exerts significant control over technology standards, but the absence of a named IT or procurement lead means the decision-making unit is small. Sales pitches should be concise and directed at the top.
Mandated and current tech stack
The FDD mandates two technology systems: QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. and a scheduling software. QuickBooks is specified by vendor name, while the scheduling software is described generically with no vendor named. This creates a clear opening for scheduling platform vendors to compete for the mandate, and for complementary tools that integrate with QuickBooks.
No point-of-sale, CRM, fleet management, or other operational systems are disclosed as mandated or recommended. The tech stack appears minimal, which may indicate either a gap for vendors to fill or a franchise system that has not yet standardized beyond accounting and scheduling.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the FDD, which typically describes procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, did not yield an extract in our corpus. This means the procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not publicly known from the most recent filing. Vendors should inquire directly about any preferred vendor programs during discovery.
Renewal conditions, drawn from Item 17, require franchisees to give 9 to 12 months' notice, meet then-current requirements, not be in default, sign the then-current Franchise Agreement, and pay a renewal fee. The 15-year term means renewal-driven technology evaluations will be infrequent, but the long notice period creates a predictable window for vendors to engage operators and the franchisor before contract end.
How to read the JDog Junk Removal & Hauling FDD
The full 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. Key sections for software vendors include Item 11 (Franchisor's Obligations) for tech mandates, Item 8 for procurement restrictions, and Item 17 for renewal and transfer conditions that can trigger technology reviews. The executive list in Item 1 identifies who controls purchasing, and Item 20 provides the unit count and turnover data needed to size the opportunity.
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Questions vendors ask
JDog Junk Removal & Hauling, answered from the filing
The 2025 FDD lists Gerald Flanagan as CEO. No other executives are on file, so initial outreach should target the CEO's office for software purchasing decisions.
The FDD mandates QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. and a scheduling software. No specific point-of-sale or other operational systems are named beyond these two requirements.
There are 94 total units, all franchised. The number of company-owned locations is not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. Year-over-year unit growth declined by 23.577%.
The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so the designated versus approved supplier model is not publicly disclosed in the most recent filing.
Initial franchise terms run 15 years. Renewals require 9-12 months' notice and signing the then-current agreement, creating potential windows well before term expiration.
The 2025 FDD was filed with state franchise regulators. You can read the full document in the embedded PDF viewer below to analyze tech mandates and decision-maker details directly.
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