Midwest Shooting Center Franchisor

The vendor opportunity at Midwest Shooting Center

Midwest Shooting Center Franchisor operates 7 company-owned retail locations, with no franchised units disclosed in the 2024 FDD. The system is part of Midwest Shooting Center Corporate Holdings, LLC, and is headquartered in Ohio. For software vendors, the addressable market is limited to these 7 units, all under direct corporate control. There is no reported year-over-year unit growth, and no operator footprint is mapped in our corpus, meaning the buying center is entirely centralized at HQ.

Royalties are set at 4.0% of gross revenue, and the initial franchise term is 10 years. Average unit volume (AUV) is not disclosed. The small unit count and single-ownership structure mean any software sale would likely be a single-decision, enterprise-style deal rather than a multi-operator rollout.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2024 FDD Item 1 lists five executives: David Sabo (CEO), Jeff Swinford (Vice President), Tammy Polakovic (CFO), Eric Kline (Director of Operations), and Jessica Blough (Director of Marketing). With no franchisees in the system, all purchasing authority sits with this group. A vendor pitch would need to resonate with operations and marketing leadership, given the operational and customer-experience focus of a retail shooting range business.

Because the parent company is Midwest Shooting Center Corporate Holdings, LLC, any enterprise software agreement would likely require sign-off from the CEO or VP level. The absence of a CIO or CTO in the disclosed executive roster suggests technology decisions may fall to operations or finance.

Mandated and current tech stack

The only technology explicitly mandated in the 2024 FDD is an intranet system. No POS, booking, membership management, or range-operations software is named. This leaves open the possibility that the existing stack is either homegrown, sourced ad hoc, or simply not disclosed as a franchise requirement. Vendors selling ERP, CRM, scheduling, or compliance tools should note this gap: the intranet mandate signals a need for internal communication infrastructure, but the broader tech landscape is undefined in the public filing.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD, which typically outlines procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, contains no extract in our data. This means the franchisor’s procurement model—whether they require purchases from specific vendors, maintain an approved supplier list, or allow open purchasing—is not publicly known. Vendors should approach with the assumption that procurement is controlled at HQ and may require direct negotiation with the executive team.

Renewal terms from Item 17 provide a potential trigger for technology refresh cycles. Franchisees (if any existed) must provide written notice to renew, be in full compliance with the franchise agreement, sign the then-current agreement, pay a renewal fee, meet current training and qualification requirements, execute a general release, and upgrade their facility to then-current standards. The requirement to upgrade facilities could include technology infrastructure, creating a natural window for software evaluation. However, with no franchised units, this renewal mechanism currently applies to no active operators.

How to read the Midwest Shooting Center FDD

The 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document for Midwest Shooting Center Franchisor is embedded below. It contains the full legal and operational disclosures filed with state franchise regulators. For software vendors, the most relevant sections are Item 1 (executives and ownership), Item 8 (procurement restrictions, though absent here), Item 11 (mandated technology), and Item 17 (renewal and upgrade conditions). The document confirms a small, centrally controlled system with a single mandated tech tool and a leadership team that holds all purchasing authority. For a ranked target list of franchise systems matched to your software category, FranCloud can help.