IntuitIntuit
Mandatoryftware is currently mandatory and the only approved software for your Franchised Business. We currently require you to obtain and use QuickBooks Online from Intuit (www.quickbooks.intuit.com, 844-463-
From the filings
+1.515% units YoYHQ-led decisions
Main Line Brands
Home servicesMain Line Brands, a home services franchise headquartered in North Carolina and part of Authority Franchising Partners, mandates Intuit's QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online alongside ServiceMinder in its 2026 FDD. Facebook and Yelp are both in active use across the 141-unit system, which discloses a financial performance representation in Item 19.
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Total units
141
134 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+1.515%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
1%
national + local
Initial fee
$45K
per unit
Investment range
$66K–$128K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
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.
7%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
4 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.
QuickBooksIntuit
Mandatorysignated software is currently mandatory and the only approved software for your Franchised Business. We currently require you to obtain and use QuickBooks Online from Intuit (www.quickbooks.intuit.co
QuickBooks OnlineIntuit
Mandatoryy include technical support. Our designated software is currently mandatory and the only approved software for your Franchised Business. We currently require you to obtain and use QuickBooks Online fr
ServiceMinderServiceMinder
Mandatoryor if we have given our prior written approval for you to do so. You must acquire and use all our then current operational software platform, which currently includes the required ServiceMinder softwa
FacebookMeta
ment; posts may implement and later ACH or EFT will become due as of the and review response increase the monthly fee debit on the 1st effective date specified in that for Google, Facebook upon notice
InstagramMeta
in online networks or communities, including but not limited to Internet forums, blogs, social networking sites, content-sharing platforms, and similar outlets (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X,
LinkedInLinkedIn
communities, including but not limited to Internet forums, blogs, social networking sites, content-sharing platforms, and similar outlets (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, TikTok, You
SnapchatSnapchat
imited to Internet forums, blogs, social networking sites, content-sharing platforms, and similar outlets (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Yelp, Snapchat, Wikipedia,
TikTokTikTok
es, including but not limited to Internet forums, blogs, social networking sites, content-sharing platforms, and similar outlets (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Yel
TwitterX
networks or communities, including but not limited to Internet forums, blogs, social networking sites, content-sharing platforms, and similar outlets (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn,
YelpYelp
e due as of the and review response increase the monthly fee debit on the 1st effective date specified in that for Google, Facebook upon notice based on our day of the notice. and Yelp. then current c
YouTubeGoogle
uding but not limited to Internet forums, blogs, social networking sites, content-sharing platforms, and similar outlets (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Yelp, Snapc
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
21 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 7 explicit no's; 6 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?
YesItem 8
We currently require you to obtain and use QuickBooks Online from Intuit (www.quickbooks.intuit.com, 844-463-2096) as your sole financial reporting software for your Franchised Business.
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 the information and data you collect at all times, as well as the right to download information related to your Franchised Business, and you must make sure that we have electronic access, at your expense.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You will have prepared and furnished to us each year your annual financial statements, consisting of a balance sheet, statement of earnings or loss, and statement of changes in financial position, including all notes to all such statements and any schedules of partners’ or shareholders’ capital.
How the franchisor buys
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may change service providers for these services at any time, in our sole discretion.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
In 2025, we or our affiliates collected $0 in rebates from suppliers for purchases of approved products by FMT franchisees.
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?
10Item 8
The estimated proportion of required purchases and leases to all purchases and leases by you of goods and services in establishing the Franchised Business is approximately 25% to 40% and in operating your Franchised Business ranges approximately from 10% to 20%.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 6
Product or Supplier $500 With request If you request to use a product Evaluation for approval or supplier that we have not previously approved for the System
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
If you wish to use a supplier or product that has not previously been approved by us, you must make a request to us in writing for our approval of the supplier or product, including any pertinent information we require.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee has or will acquire during the term of the Franchise Agreement, certain right, title, and interest in and to those certain telephone numbers and regular, classified, internet page, and other telephone directory listings (collectively, the “Telephone Listings”) related to the Franchised Business or the Marks.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We or any of our authorized agents or representatives may, upon reasonable notice, inspect the Franchised Business during normal business hours to determine whether it is in compliance with this Agreement and with the System.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We may, from time to time, revise the contents of the Brand Standards when we reasonably consider such revisions to be necessary to improve or maintain the standards of the System and you expressly agree to comply with each new or changed standard
Marketing
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
The Minimum Individual Local Advertising Expense is currently the greater of $7,800 or 5% of Gross Revenues annually.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
All equipment, fixtures, furnishings, computer hardware and software, supplies and materials required for the operation of your Franchised Business must be purchased by you only from suppliers designated or approved in writing by us
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
All equipment, fixtures, furnishings, computer hardware and software, supplies and materials required for the operation of your Franchised Business must be purchased by you only from suppliers designated or approved in writing by us
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
The credit card processing company we designate will be the only approved supplier of credit card processing services for the franchise system.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Unless a different method is designated by us, all amounts due and owing under this Agreement will be payable on the eighth (8th) day of each month (or the next business day, if applicable) by electronic funds transfer.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
System Standards may regulate the staffing levels and employee and/or independent contractor’s qualifications, training, dress, and appearance of the Franchised Business.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
all proprietary materials and forms, the FMT equipment and materials bearing the Proprietary Marks (including letterhead, business cards, brochures, labels, uniforms, etc.) that are used by you in the operation of your Franchised Business must be purchased from us, our affiliates or the suppliers we designate.
Point of sale
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 the information and data you collect at all times, as well as the right to download information related to your Franchised Business, and you must make sure that we have electronic access, at your expense.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
We may charge a fee for refresher training, and you must pay all expenses you and your trainees incur while attending any refresher training, including travel, lodging, meals and applicable wages.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
You are required to attend our annual system-wide conference each year (the “Annual Conference”).
The filing answers no to 7 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- 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?Item 11
- Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?Item 11
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
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 our data by segment and unit count, not a guess.
HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.
VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
- 95.3% of home services brands mandate no POS, leaving a massive whitespace for tech vendors to target before competitors catch on.By identifying the 525 brands with no mandated POS, your sales team can prioritize high-fit targets and cut prospecting waste by 40%, converting weeks of manual research into a single query that surfaces ready-to-sell accounts.
- Teams spend weeks manually combing through FDDs to assess unit counts and financials across 554 active home services brands.Replacing manual FDD research with instant corpus search saves 15+ hours per brand evaluation, allowing your team to assess 10x more targets and accelerate pipeline velocity by 30%.
- Without instant access to AUV data, you cannot gauge franchisee ROI or brand health across 239 disclosed home services brands.Seeing median AUV of $661,803.61 at a glance lets you prioritize brands with strong unit economics, increasing win rates by focusing on financially healthy targets and avoiding low-ROI pursuits.
The vendor opportunity at Main Line Brands
Main Line Brands is a 141-unit home services franchise headquartered in North Carolina, with 134 franchised units and 7 company-owned. It is part of Authority Franchising Partners, a single-brand holding structure. The 2026 FDD makes a financial performance representation in Item 19, and the system grew 1.52% year over year.
Who controls software purchasing
The FDD sets its technology mandates at the franchisor level, with 45 mapped operators — only 2 of them multi-unit — running the 47 located units this data covers, concentrated across Texas, California, Florida, and North Carolina.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Intuit's QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online, along with ServiceMinder, are all mandated: the FDD obliges every franchisee to run them, covering accounting and field-service operations. Facebook and Yelp are in use — the filing charges a fee for them or describes them in active use — without a contractual requirement attached. Instagram and LinkedIn are named in the filing but carry no usage obligation.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 runs an approved-supplier list: all equipment, fixtures, furnishings, computer hardware and software, supplies, and materials must be purchased only from suppliers the franchisor designates or approves, drawn from specifications in its confidential Brand Standards. Franchisees may still propose a supplier for approval. The royalty runs at 6% of sales.
How to read the Main Line Brands FDD
The Main Line Brands FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. The embedded PDF viewer below carries the full filing — Item 11 for the QuickBooks and ServiceMinder mandates and Item 8 for the approved-supplier process are the sections most relevant to a vendor.
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Questions vendors ask
Main Line Brands, answered from the filing
Technology mandates for QuickBooks and ServiceMinder are set at the franchisor level under parent Authority Franchising Partners.
Intuit, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, and ServiceMinder are all mandated. Facebook and Yelp are in use — the FDD charges a fee for them or describes them in use — without being required. Instagram and LinkedIn are named only.
141 total units, 134 franchised and 7 company-owned, in the home services segment.
Item 8 uses an approved-supplier list: equipment, fixtures, computer hardware and software, and supplies must come only from franchisor-designated or -approved suppliers, drawn from confidential Brand Standards specifications.
The system grew 1.52% year over year with a royalty of 6% of sales, but Item 17 renewal terms are not part of this filing's disclosed inputs — check the embedded FDD for the current renewal window.
The Main Line Brands FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. Use the embedded PDF viewer below to read Item 11 and Item 8 directly.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
45 operators run 47 mapped locations. 2 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit43
2–9 units2
Top states by locations
| TX | 5 |
|---|---|
| CA | 5 |
| FL | 4 |
| NC | 3 |
| NY | 3 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Main Line Brands
single_brand_holdco of Authority Franchising Partners.
Related Home services brands
Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.