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HQ-led decisions
Mosquito Shield
Home servicesSoftware purchasing decisions at Mosquito Shield are controlled at the headquarters level, with President Michael Moorhouse and VP of Operations Dave Leveque as likely buying-center contacts. The most recent FDD does not disclose any mandated or recommended technology systems, suggesting an open tech landscape for vendors. The addressable market consists of 407 total units, including 384 franchised locations.
Live signals
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)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
Recommended systems named in Item 11 of the filing, no system-wide mandate locks the door.
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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.
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The vendor opportunity at Mosquito Shield
Mosquito Shield presents a focused opportunity for software vendors targeting the home services franchise sector. The system operates 407 total units, with 384 of those being franchised locations. The average unit volume (AUV) sits at $398,950.19, and franchisees pay an 8.0% royalty. This creates a market of nearly 400 individual business operators who may need operational, marketing, and field-service software, even as the brand experienced an 11.7% year-over-year decline in total units.
The brand is headquartered in Utah and appears to be independently owned, with no parent company on file. For vendors, this means a direct sales motion into a single-entity franchisor rather than navigating a complex corporate hierarchy.
Who controls software purchasing
Based on the 2026 FDD, the buying center is concentrated at headquarters. The named executives are President Michael Moorhouse, Vice President of Franchise Development Missy Wright, and Vice President of Operations Dave Leveque. For a software vendor, the most logical initial contacts are Moorhouse and Leveque, given their operational and executive authority. No multi-unit operators or franchisee advisory councils are mapped in our corpus, which typically signals that technology decisions are made centrally rather than by a fragmented franchisee base.
Mandated and current tech stack
The 2026 FDD does not disclose any mandated or recommended technology vendors. This is a critical data point: it suggests Mosquito Shield does not currently force franchisees onto a specific POS, CRM, or field-management platform. For a software vendor, this represents a greenfield opportunity. You are not displacing an entrenched incumbent mandated by the franchisor. The absence of a tech mandate also means your sales motion may need to target individual franchisees directly, as there is no top-down system forcing adoption.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The FDD extract does not include an Item 8 procurement signal or an Item 17 renewal signal. The initial term length is also not disclosed. This lack of data makes it difficult to map specific contract renewal windows or predict when the franchisor might revisit its technology stack. Vendors should approach this as an always-on prospecting opportunity rather than trying to time a specific RFP cycle. The independent ownership structure and small executive team suggest that a well-timed, direct outreach to the president or VP of operations could uncover immediate needs.
How to read the Mosquito Shield FDD
The 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is the foundational legal filing that governs the relationship between Mosquito Shield and its franchisees. For software vendors, the most relevant sections are Item 11, which would list any mandated technology suppliers, and Item 8, which details procurement restrictions. In this case, both sections appear silent on technology mandates. The embedded PDF viewer below contains the full filing. Review it to confirm the absence of tech requirements and to look for any updates to the executive team or unit counts that may have occurred since our last extraction.
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Questions vendors ask
Mosquito Shield, answered from the filing
The FDD lists President Michael Moorhouse and VP of Operations Dave Leveque. With no field-level operators mapped, the buying center likely sits with these executives at the Utah headquarters.
The 2026 FDD does not capture any mandated or recommended POS or operational technology systems. This indicates an open environment where franchisees likely choose their own tools.
The system has 407 total units, comprising 384 franchised locations and 23 company-owned outlets. The brand experienced a year-over-year unit decline of 11.7%.
The procurement model is not detailed in the available FDD extract. Without an Item 8 signal, it is unclear whether they use designated suppliers, an approved list, or an open purchasing model.
The initial term length and Item 17 renewal signals are not disclosed in the FDD. Without these data points, predicting specific contract windows is not possible from the current filing.
The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. You can review the embedded PDF viewer below to analyze the full legal document and its specific disclosures.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
281 operators run 281 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit281
Top states by locations
| TX | 41 |
|---|---|
| FL | 38 |
| GA | 18 |
| MI | 15 |
| WI | 14 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Mosquito Shield
unknown of mosquito holdco.
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.