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Mosquito Shield

Home services

Mosquito Shield's Item 11 gives the franchisor itself designation authority over a custom Required Software and Computer System across its 407 home-services locations, 384 of them franchised. That in-house designation is the incumbent a vendor is pitching against.

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Total units
407
384 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-11.724%
vs prior filing
AUV
$399K
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
8%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$55K
per unit
Investment range
$121K–$162K
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.

10%of gross sales (FY2026)

Ongoing fees: 10% of gross sales (FY2026)Royalty 8%, Ad fund 2%. Total 10% of gross sales. Drawn against a 15% reference scale.

15% reference

Royalty 8%Ad fund 2%

Mandated & recommended tech

The systems vendors compete with

Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.

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Franchisor behaviours

What the franchisor requires

26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 7 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?

Yes

Item 6

If we designate accounting Fees software as a requirement for franchisee use, you must use the designated accounting software provided by our designated vendor(s).

Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?

Yes

Item 11

We will have the right at any time to independently and remotely retrieve and use this data and information from your Computer System or Required Software that we deem necessary or desirable.

Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

We have a right to the periodic monthly, quarterly, and annual business reports and financial statements as set out in the Operations Manual.

How the franchisor buys

Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?

Yes

Item 8

You must purchase from us or our affiliate the Mosquito Shield and Tick Shield Protection Blends, any other or alternative approved application products, and such additional products we designate at our then-current prices as designated in the Operations Manual.

Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?

Yes

Franchise agreement

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to require you to become a member of and participate actively in a franchise advisory council (“Franchise Advisory Council”) in your area.

Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?

Yes

Item 8

We may from time to time revoke our approval of particular products or suppliers when we determine that such products or suppliers no longer meet our standards.

Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

We derived $174,629.44 in rebate revenue from franchisee required purchases in our last fiscal year, January 1 – December 31, 2025, which comprised 3.07% of our total revenue of $5,691,440.88.

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?

7

Item 8

We estimate that your purchase or lease of products, supplies and services from approved suppliers (or those which meet our specifications) will represent approximately 10-15% of your costs to establish your MOSQUITO SHIELD Business and approximately 7-9% of your costs for ongoing operation.

Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?

Yes

Item 6

Evaluation Fee A reasonable fee not to As incurred Paid to us for evaluation and exceed $2,500 testing of a proposed supplier.

Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?

Yes

Item 8

If you desire to purchase products from a party other than an approved supplier, you must submit to us a written request to approve the proposed supplier, together with such evidence of conformity with our specifications as we may reasonably require.

Communications

Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?

Yes

Franchise agreement

you assign to us all telephone numbers, websites, domains, social media profiles, Google My Business directory listings, and any other collateral, profiles, online presences, or other listings you use in the operation of the franchise.

Franchise management

Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?

Yes

Item 11

We will conduct, as we deem advisable in our sole discretion, inspections of the Premises or your customers’ homes and your operation of the Franchised Business at any time during regular business hours (Franchise Agreement, Section 3.12).

Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?

Yes

Item 11

We may revise the contents of the Operations Manual, and you must comply with each new or changed standard.

Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?

Yes

Item 11

You must operate the MOSQUITO SHIELD Business only at a location and adjacent or separate storage facility(ies) approved by us, which may include your home, a storage unit, warehouse space, or comparable location we approve.

Marketing

Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?

Yes

Item 11

You must spend a minimum of $35,000 on local marketing for a single unit territory in a 6-month season, unless we approve a lesser amount in writing.

Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?

Yes

Item 11

in each calendar year after the first calendar year that your MOSQUITO SHIELD Business is open for business, you must spend a minimum of the greater of (a) $50,000 or (b) 10% of Gross Sales, on local marketing, advertising, and promotion

Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?

Yes

Item 6

You are required to join an advertising cooperative if one is formed.

Operations

Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?

Yes

Franchise agreement

You must purchase the Mosquito and Tick Proprietary Blend and other Mosquito Shield products only from us, our affiliate or other designated supplier(s) we specify.

Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?

Yes

Item 8

Except as otherwise provided in the Franchise Agre ement, you must purchase all equipment and products used or offered for sale at the MOSQUITO SHIELD Business for which we have established standards or specifications solely from approved suppliers (including distributors and other sources) which demonstrate, to our…

Payments

Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?

Yes

Franchise agreement

We have the right to require, in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing, that you make Royalty payments and other payments required under Section 4.7(b) (and Section 4.7(a) if not paid as described therein) and all other payments required under this Agreement directly to a bank or such other financial…

People

Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?

Yes

Item 15

During operating hours, your MOSQUITO SHIELD Business must be under the direct supervision of one of your principals or your Operations Manager who has satisfactorily completed the Initial Training Program, which we reserve the right to approve in our sole discretion.

Point of sale

Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

You must use the computer software programs or services, including operational and accounting software services, that we designate from time to time in the Manuals or in writing in connection with the Computer System (the “Required Software”), which you must install at your expense.

Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?

Yes

Item 11

We will have the right at any time to independently and remotely retrieve and use this data and information from your Computer System or Required Software that we deem necessary or desirable.

Sales and CRM

Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?

Yes

Item 11

You must use the computer software programs or services, including operational and accounting software services, that we designate from time to time in the Manuals or in writing in connection with the Computer System (the “Required Software”), which you must install at your expense.

Training

Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?

Yes

Franchise agreement

If you request additional training, or we require you to receive additional training based on the performance of you and/or the Franchised Business, you shall pay us our then-current training fee, plus our out-of-pocket expenses if travel to the Franchised Business is deemed necessary by us.

Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?

Yes

Franchise agreement

We reserve the right to require you (or your managing shareholder, partner or member) and your employees to attend an annual national or regional meeting, seminar or convention for MOSQUITO SHIELD franchisees for training or business purposes.

The filing answers no to 1 question
  • Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?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.

Sales LeaderRegional 100 499

HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.

VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
  1. 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.
  2. 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%.
  3. 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 Mosquito Shield

Mosquito Shield operates 407 home-services locations, 384 of them franchised and 23 company-owned. Franchised outlets fell 11.7% year over year. Item 19 discloses average 2025 Gross Sales of $398,950.19 per reporting franchisee, whose businesses averaged 5.38 territories and had completed more than two full seasons of operation by December 31, 2025.

Who controls software purchasing

Item 11 gives Mosquito Shield itself the designation authority: franchisees must use the Required Software the franchisor designates in its Manuals or in writing, and, at Mosquito Shield's request, must purchase or lease and maintain a Computer System and the Required Software, estimated to cost roughly $3,000. President Michael Moorhouse, Vice President of Franchise Development Missy Wright, and Vice President of Operations Dave Leveque sit at HQ, under parent Mosquito Holdco, where this authority sits. The mapped operator footprint covers 111 operators across 111 located units, concentrated in Florida (15), Texas (11), Georgia (8), New Jersey (6) and Michigan (5).

Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required

The filing names Facebook and Twitter as networking media sites where franchisees need prior written approval to maintain a presence. Item 11's technology mandate is Mosquito Shield's own custom-designated Required Software and Computer System — business management, customer management, Sales Center integration and mobile routing software licensed from a third-party provider. The Franchise Starter Package includes three months of Pocomos OS and ProNexis Sale Center services.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Mosquito Shield's supplier model is an approved-supplier list: equipment and products for which Mosquito Shield has set standards must come solely from approved suppliers, and Mosquito Shield and Tick Shield Protection Blends must be bought from the franchisor or its affiliate. Approved-supplier purchases represent roughly 10-15% of startup costs and 7-9% of ongoing operating costs; franchisees may request approval of an alternative supplier. Renewal runs for the length of the then-current initial term, no less than five years, with written notice 8 to 12 months before the 10-year initial term ends.

How to read the Mosquito Shield FDD

The embedded PDF below is Mosquito Shield's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 11 sets out the Required Software designation described here, and Item 8 the supplier rules. For a ranked list of franchise systems whose technology mandates fit your product, talk to FranCloud.

Questions vendors ask

Mosquito Shield, answered from the filing

Mosquito Shield designates its own Required Software and Computer System under Item 11, with franchisees purchasing at Mosquito Shield's request. President Michael Moorhouse and Vice President of Operations Dave Leveque sit at the HQ level, under parent Mosquito Holdco, where this designation authority originates.
The filing requires franchisees to use Mosquito Shield's custom Required Software, licensed from a third-party provider, and a Computer System costing roughly $3,000. The Franchise Starter Package includes three months of Pocomos OS and ProNexis Sale Center services. Facebook and Twitter are named separately in the filing.
Mosquito Shield operates 407 home-services locations, 384 franchised and 23 company-owned. Franchised outlets fell 11.7% year over year.
Mosquito Shield uses an approved-supplier list: equipment and products with franchisor standards must come solely from approved suppliers, and Mosquito Shield and Tick Shield Protection Blends must be bought from Mosquito Shield or its affiliate. Approved purchases run roughly 10-15% of startup costs and 7-9% of ongoing costs; franchisees may propose alternate suppliers.
Renewal runs for the length of the then-current initial term, no less than 5 years, with written notice 8 to 12 months before expiration and a remodel commitment. With franchised outlets down 11.7% year over year against a 10-year initial term, expect renewal-driven conversations to slow rather than cluster.
The embedded PDF viewer below is Mosquito Shield's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, covering the Required Software, supplier and renewal terms described on this page.
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Operator footprint

Who runs the locations

111 operators run 111 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.

Operators by units owned

Single-unit111

Top states by locations

FL15
TX11
GA8
NJ6
MI5

Ownership

The portfolio behind Mosquito Shield

unknown of mosquito holdco.

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Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.