RAYYAN FRANCHISE

The vendor opportunity at Rayyan Franchise

Rayyan Franchise operates as a quick-service restaurant concept based in Illinois. The system consists of 5 total units—4 franchised and 1 company-owned—making it a micro-franchise. The most recent FDD, filed in 2025, shows a year-over-year unit decline of -33.3%, signaling contraction rather than expansion. For software vendors, the total addressable market is capped at these 5 locations. The franchisor charges a 5.0% royalty on gross sales, though average unit volume (AUV) is not disclosed in the filing. No parent company is on file, and the system appears independently owned. Given the small footprint and negative growth trajectory, this is not a volume play; any software sale would need to justify itself on a per-unit basis with a very short payback period.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2025 FDD lists a single executive in Item 1: John Rayyan, Member. In a system of this size, the Member typically functions as the owner-operator of the franchisor entity and holds all decision-making authority. There is no CIO, CTO, or VP of Technology named in the filing. Vendors should assume that John Rayyan personally evaluates and approves any technology that affects the brand standard or is mandated across the system. The operator footprint contains no mapped multi-unit operators in FranCloud's corpus, meaning the 4 franchisees likely hold single-unit agreements. This structure concentrates purchasing influence entirely at the HQ level, with franchisees expected to comply with mandates rather than source independently.

Mandated and current tech stack

The FDD explicitly mandates one technology system: Microworks Prism. This is the operational backbone for the brand, and any competing or complementary software must integrate with or operate alongside it. No other mandated or recommended technology vendors—POS, loyalty, delivery aggregators, HRIS, or accounting—are disclosed in the filing. The absence of a broader tech stack in the FDD does not mean no other tools are in use, but it does mean the franchisor has not formalized those relationships in the disclosure document. A vendor selling into this system should be prepared to demonstrate seamless compatibility with Microworks Prism as a non-negotiable technical requirement.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD contains no extract regarding procurement. This means the franchisor has not disclosed whether it operates a designated-supplier program, an approved-supplier list, or an open procurement model. In practice, this often indicates that purchasing requirements are communicated through the operations manual rather than the FDD, or that the system is too small to have formalized procurement channels. Vendors should approach with a consultative posture, prepared to educate the buyer on procurement structures.

Item 17 provides the renewal framework. Franchisees may renew for an additional 10-year term provided they are in substantial compliance with the Franchise Agreement, maintain the right to possess their store premises or locate a new approved site, give notice, remodel the store, sign a new agreement, execute a release, and pay a renewal fee. Critically, the renewal agreement may contain materially different terms than the original agreement. This creates a potential trigger point where the franchisor could introduce new technology mandates as a condition of renewal. However, with only 4 franchised units and negative system growth, the volume of upcoming renewals is minimal.

How to read the Rayyan Franchise FDD

The 2025 Rayyan Franchise FDD is embedded below for full-text review. This document was filed with state franchise regulators and contains the legal and operational disclosures that govern the franchise relationship. For software vendors, the most relevant sections are Item 1 (the franchisor and its executives), Item 8 (procurement obligations), Item 11 (the franchisor's assistance, including mandated technology), and Item 17 (renewal and termination). Because this is a small, independently owned system, the FDD is the single best source of truth on how technology decisions are made and enforced. If you are building a ranked target list of franchise brands, FranCloud can help you identify systems where your software aligns with a specific tech mandate or procurement gap.