Lil Athletes

The vendor opportunity at Lil Athletes

Lil Athletes is an education-focused franchise based in New York, operating a single company-owned unit. The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document reports an Average Unit Volume of $748,368 and a 6.0% royalty fee on a 10-year initial term. For software vendors, the addressable market is exactly one location. The FDD does not disclose any franchised units, and no multi-unit operators are mapped in our corpus, making this a micro-opportunity best suited for vendors testing a niche education vertical or building a relationship at the ground floor of a nascent brand.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2025 FDD does not list any HQ executives in Item 1, leaving the decision-maker level unknown. With no parent company on file and an independently owned structure, purchasing authority likely sits with the owner or a general manager at the single New York location. Vendors should approach this as a direct-to-owner sale rather than a layered corporate procurement process. The absence of named executives means initial outreach will require identifying the operator through external research, as the FDD provides no internal buying center contacts.

Mandated and current tech stack

Lil Athletes mandates two specific software systems: QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. for accounting and Sawyer for class management and scheduling. These are the only technology vendors named in the FDD. No point-of-sale, payroll, CRM, or other operational platforms are listed as required or recommended. For vendors selling complementary tools—such as marketing automation, staff scheduling, or parent communication apps—there is no existing mandate to displace, but you will need to integrate with or work alongside QuickBooks and Sawyer in the tech stack.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The FDD provides no Item 8 procurement signal, meaning the franchisor has not published a designated supplier list or approved vendor program. This suggests an open procurement model where the single-unit operator can select non-mandated software independently. Renewal terms allow for up to two additional 5-year successor agreements, contingent on signing the then-current franchise agreement, a general release, and renovating to current standards. With no year-over-year unit growth reported and a single existing location, there are no predictable contract windows tied to expansion or multi-unit rollouts. Any software evaluation would be triggered by the operator's own initiative.

How to read the Lil Athletes FDD

The full 2025 Lil Athletes Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. This legal filing, submitted to state franchise regulators, contains the brand's audited financials, Item 19 performance representations, and all contractual obligations. For software vendors, the critical sections are Item 11 (franchisor's assistance, where tech mandates appear) and Item 8 (restrictions on sources of products and services). Because this is a single-unit system, the FDD's growth tables and outlet summaries will confirm the limited current footprint. Use the embedded viewer to verify the data points cited here and to identify any additional operational requirements that may affect your product's fit. For a ranked target list of franchise brands with stronger expansion signals and larger addressable unit counts, FranCloud can help you prioritize your outbound efforts.