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From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Laser Pain Away
Health servicesAt Laser Pain Away, software purchasing decisions are controlled from a single company-owned headquarters location in Arizona, with no franchised units to multiply your addressable market. The 2023 FDD does not mandate or recommend any specific technology systems, which may signal an open evaluation window but also requires foundational discovery. With only 1 total unit in operation, the immediate license opportunity is extremely narrow for software vendors.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Total units
1
0 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2023
Royalty
7%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$40K
per unit
Investment range
$178K–$340K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 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.
9%of gross sales (FY2023)
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.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
27 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 4 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?
YesFranchise agreement
At all times, Franchisee shall exclusively use the Business Management Systems designated by Franchisor, in Franchisor’s Reasonable Business Judgment, and as may be modified, supplemented or replaced by Franchisor from time to time.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to all of the information and data that is electronically transmitted on your point of sale system and will have access to all data related to the financial performance of your Clinic Location.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
within 30 days of the end of each calendar month Franchisee shall submit to Franchisor monthly financial statements and other reports related to the operations of the Franchised business
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor, in Franchisor’s Reasonable Business Judgment, may, from time to time, modify the list of approved brands, suppliers and distributors of System Supplies and approved equipment, supplies and services to be utilized by the Franchised Business
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
As of the Issuance Date of this Disclosure Document we have not received revenue from suppliers from franchisee purchases of source restricted products or services.
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?
70Item 8
approximately 70% of the on-going operating expenses of the Franchised Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may charge you a fee equal to the costs and expenses that we incur in reviewing and/or evaluating an alternate supplier, product, and/or service requested by you.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to purchase or lease a source restricted item from a supplier that has not been previously approved or designated by us in writing, you must send us a written request for approval and submit additional information that we may request.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees that in the event of the termination of this Agreement, for any reason, that the accounts related to all telephone numbers associated with the Franchised Business and all rights in and to the telephone numbers associated with the Franchised Business, shall, at Franchisor’s election, be transferred…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right at any time during business hours, and without prior notice to Franchisee, to examine or audit, or cause to be examined or audited by a third party, the business records, cash control devices, bookkeeping and accounting records, bank statements, sales and income tax records and returns, and…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
At all times, we reserve the right to supplement, modify and update the Manuals.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
Although you are responsible for selecting a site for your Clinic Location you must obtain our approval of your Clinic Location.
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 utilize any websites, web based media or digital media unless expressly approved by us in writing.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 7
You must spend a minimum of $15,000 prior to the opening your Clinic to promote your grand opening.
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
You are required to spend not less than 2% of your monthly Gross Sales on the local marketing of your Clinic Location Franchise.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If we establish a cooperative within a market that includes your Clinic Location Franchise you must contribute to the cooperative in such amounts and frequency as determined by the cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase the System Supplies exclusively from us, our affiliates, or our designated supplier.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase your initial service equipment, furniture, and branded fixtures from us or our affiliates.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must use our designated supplier and vendor for credit card processing which may be integrated with the point of sale system that we designate.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
ITEM 6 OTHER FEES Type of Fee Amount Due Date Remarks (Note 1) Royalty 7% of Gross Sales, Weekly on the Will be debited automatically from (Notes 2 and 3) subject to a minimum Thursday of each your bank account by ACH or other royalty based on the week for the means designated by us.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
At all times, your Clinic Location Franchise must be managed and supervised on-site by either a Managing Owner or Operating Manager.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
For the protection of the System you must ensure that all employees wear and maintain the proper uniforms with our approved System branded apparel and uniforms including, but not limited to the apparel and uniforms comprising System Supplies and comprising a portion of the Initial Supply Inventory required prior to…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase, license and use the computer, point of sale, business management, and ordering systems that we designate.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to all of the information and data that is electronically transmitted on your point of sale system and will have access to all data related to the financial performance of your Clinic Location.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must purchase, license and use the computer, point of sale, business management, and ordering systems that we designate.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to assess Franchisee reasonable charges for such training.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 6
If we offer a franchisee annual conference in a given year you will be required to attend the conference on the dates and at the location that we designate.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
The vendor opportunity at Laser Pain Away
Laser Pain Away is a health services brand headquartered in Arizona with a total footprint of just 1 company-owned unit. The 2023 FDD reports zero franchised locations and no year-over-year unit growth disclosed, meaning the addressable market for software vendors is limited to a single site. This unit operates in Wisconsin according to the operator footprint, and there are no multi-unit franchisees to cultivate for larger deployments. For a vendor, the opportunity is not about scale—it is about relevance. If your product aligns with a single-location health services provider that might eventually franchise, this is a chance to establish a reference account before any expansion begins.
No average unit volume is reported in the available data, so vendors must qualify the financial health of the operation through direct discovery. The royalty rate is set at 7.0% of gross revenue under a 15-year initial franchise agreement, though those terms currently apply to no active franchises. The economics suggest a model prepared for franchising, but execution has not yet materialized.
Who controls software purchasing
With zero franchised units and a single company-owned location, all software purchasing authority is concentrated at the headquarters level. No parent company is on file, indicating that Laser Pain Away likely makes decisions independently. The FDD Item 1 contains no listed executives, so the precise buying center—whether an owner-operator, a practice manager, or an outsourced IT consultant—is not disclosed. Vendors should be prepared for a direct conversation with the founder or managing member, as no CIO, VP of Technology, or Director of Operations names exist in the regulatory filing. This flat structure can be a double-edged sword: decisions may be faster, but the absence of a formal technology owner means you are simultaneously selling the problem and the solution.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2023 FDD is silent on technology mandates. Item 11, which typically contains the franchisor’s required and recommended systems, was not captured with any named vendors. This is not unusual for a single-unit, pre-scale brand; they may be running on consumer-grade tools or spreadsheets. The lack of mandated systems means there is no entrenched competitor to displace, but it also means you will need to invest in scoping their current workflows before your product can be positioned as a critical upgrade. For vendors offering integrated EHR, scheduling, billing, or patient engagement platforms targeting pain management clinics, this is effectively a blank slate.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The FDD does not provide an Item 8 procurement extract, so whether Laser Pain Away designates singular suppliers or maintains an open procurement environment is unknown. The franchise agreement includes a renewal provision, however: a franchisee (should any exist in the future) must provide 180 days’ written notice, sign the then-current agreement, execute a general release, and pay a renewal fee for an additional 10-year term. The owners must also personally guarantee the renewal agreement. These windows are predictable on paper—every 15 years for the initial term, then every decade—but since no franchises are active, no renewal cycles are looming. Software sales timing here is entirely opportunistic. If a franchising push begins, a vendor embedded at the prototype unit could gain preferential status before formal mandates are written.
How to read the Laser Pain Away FDD
The 2023 Franchise Disclosure Document for Laser Pain Away is the definitive source for vetting this brand as a sales target. Even with a single unit, Items 1, 11, and 19 hold clues about future franchising intent and potential unit economics. Reviewing the FDD directly—available below—allows you to extract exact language around technology requirements, territorial restrictions, and financial performance representations that summary data cannot capture. This matters because a brand on the cusp of scaling often seeds its first disclosures with the framework a vendor can use to design a compliance-ready implementation. Map the operational guardrails now, and your solution becomes the default when growth does occur. For help identifying similar franchise brands with technology gaps aligned to your ICP, FranCloud can deliver a ranked target list sourced from regulatory filings.
Questions vendors ask
Laser Pain Away, answered from the filing
With only 1 company-owned unit and no franchisee operators, all software purchasing decisions are centralized at the Arizona headquarters. Specific decision-maker names and titles are not on file in the FDD Item 1.
The 2023 FDD contains no mandated or recommended systems for POS, scheduling, CRM, or any other operational technology. Current tech usage must be discovered through outreach.
Laser Pain Away operates a total of 1 unit in the United States, which is company-owned. The 2023 FDD shows zero franchised locations.
No procurement model (Item 8) is extracted in the available data. It is therefore unknown whether they follow a designated supplier, approved supplier, or open procurement model.
With a 15-year initial term and a 10-year renewal, formal re-contracting events are rare at the unit level. Windows may be ad hoc, driven by HQ initiatives rather than contractual cycles.
The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2023. You can read the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below to perform your own Item-by-Item analysis.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit1
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