Lime Painting

The vendor opportunity at Lime Painting

Lime Painting operates 92 total units — 81 franchised and 11 company-owned — with a disclosed average unit volume of $1,006,246. The system is concentrated in Texas (7 units), Illinois (3), Florida (3), Arizona (3), and Tennessee (2), with all 40 mapped operators running single-unit locations. No multi-unit operators appear in the most recent FDD, which means every location is an independent buying unit under HQ guidance. Year-over-year unit growth sits at 2.53%, giving software vendors a modest but steady stream of new-location implementations.

The home-services segment rewards tools that streamline scheduling, estimating, and customer communication. With a 7% royalty and a 10-year initial term, franchisees have a long horizon to amortize software investments — and a clear incentive to adopt systems that improve job profitability. The addressable market is compact at 92 units, but the $1M+ AUV signals that operators generate enough revenue to justify mid-market SaaS spend.

Who controls software purchasing

HQ is led by Nickolas Lopez, Founder and President, and Gavri Grossman, Director of Franchise Development. In a system this size, Lopez is the likely final decision-maker for any franchisor-mandated or recommended technology. Grossman, as the development lead, may influence tools that touch onboarding, training, or new-unit setup. Because every franchisee is a single-unit operator, there is no multi-unit buyer layer — vendors sell either to HQ for system-wide mandates or directly to individual owners for non-mandated categories.

Mandated and current tech stack

The 2025 FDD mandates a System Site, which serves as the franchisor’s proprietary digital hub. No other named software vendors — POS, CRM, field service management, or accounting — appear in the disclosure. This creates an opening for vendors in categories adjacent to the mandated system: payment processing, marketing automation, reputation management, and estimating tools are all potentially uncontested. The absence of a named tech stack beyond the System Site means the franchise is either light on mandated software or chooses not to disclose vendor relationships in the FDD.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the 2025 FDD does not extract any procurement restrictions, designated suppliers, or approved-vendor programs. In practice, this often means franchisees have discretion over non-mandated purchases — though HQ may still issue recommendations. Vendors should validate this directly with the franchisor, but the public record suggests a relatively open procurement environment.

Renewal terms run 10 years and require franchisees to complete all maintenance, refurnishing, renovating, and remodeling to franchisor satisfaction. That trigger can force technology upgrades at renewal time, creating a natural window for software evaluation. New-unit openings, while modest in pace, offer additional entry points. The renewal agreement also requires execution of the then-current franchise contract, which may contain materially different terms — including new tech mandates.

How to read the Lime Painting FDD

The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. It is the primary source for every data point on this page — unit counts, executive names, royalty rates, renewal conditions, and tech mandates. For software vendors, the most actionable sections are Item 1 (executives and franchisor background), Item 8 (procurement restrictions), Item 11 (mandated systems and equipment), and Item 17 (renewal and transfer triggers). Reading these sections with a vendor lens reveals exactly where purchasing authority sits and which categories are open to competition. If you need a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, FranCloud can help.