EncircleEncircle
Mandatoryate above assumes that you already have a suitable space to operate your Franchised Business, and do not need to make any further improvements. 7. You must purchase our designated Encircle Software pr
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Restoration 1
Home servicesRestoration 1 requires every one of its 278 franchised territories to buy an unusually broad software stack — claims management, bookkeeping, CRM, and more — from exclusive vendors it designates. Item 19 puts average revenue at $1,427,586 for its cohort. Franchised outlets fell 6.7% year over year, on a 10-year term out of Texas headquarters.
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Total units
278
278 franchised
Unit growth YoY
-6.711%
vs prior filing
AUV
$1.43M
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
2%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$60K
per unit
Investment range
$127K–$310K
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.
4%of gross sales (FY2026)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
3 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
Mandatoryter, copier, scan and fax machine; (iii) one smart device (either a tablet or phone) with unlimited data access; (iv) our designated estimating and claims management software; (v) QuickBooks and Qvinc
QvinciQvinci
Mandatoryan and fax machine; (iii) one smart device (either a tablet or phone) with unlimited data access; (iv) our designated estimating and claims management software; (v) QuickBooks and Qvinci financial acc
BirdeyeBirdeye
nated estimating and claims management software; (v) QuickBooks and Qvinci financial accounting software, (vi) IFX CRM software; (vii) KnowHow learning management software; (viii) Bird Eye reputation
DocuSketchDocuSketch
KnowHow learning management software; (viii) Bird Eye reputation management software, (ix) Yext design presence software; (x) Xcelerate job management platform; (xi) Encircle and Docusketch job docume
XactimateVerisk
Bird Eye reputation management software, (ix) Yext design presence software; (x) Xcelerate job management platform; (xi) Encircle and Docusketch job documentation platforms; (xii) Xactimate job invoic
YextYext
e; (v) QuickBooks and Qvinci financial accounting software, (vi) IFX CRM software; (vii) KnowHow learning management software; (viii) Bird Eye reputation management software, (ix) Yext design presence
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
23 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 6 explicit no's; 5 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?
YesFranchise agreement
You must maintain full, complete and accurate books, records and accounts in accordance with the accounting and record-keeping systems prescribed by us, including any software, technology, or integrations we specify for such record-keeping.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
You must take all steps necessary to enable us to have independent access to certain data collected through the Technology Systems which we designate from time to time, including information regarding your Collected Gross Revenues, relating to customers and jobs completed, and any other information relating to your…
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You also agree to deliver us in the manner and format that we prescribe from time to time: (i) no later than the date that the Royalty Fee is due each month, a signed and verified statement of Collected Gross Revenue for the preceding month; (ii) within 12 days after the end of each calendar month, a balance sheet as…
How the franchisor buys
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
The FAC was established by us to provide an open forum for communication with franchisees to discuss matters of common interest, which may periodically include matters relating to advertising, but is not limited to such topics.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 11
We may introduce new requirements or modify our specifications and requirements for computer and point-of-sale systems.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and/or our affiliates may derive compensation or other benefits based on your purchases or leases, including from designated or approved suppliers.
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
Collectively, the purchases you obtain according to our specifications or from approved or designated suppliers represent approximately 70% to 90% of your total purchases to establish your Franchised Business, and 10% to 40% of your total purchases to operate your Franchised Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You must pay all costs and expenses associated with the evaluation that are incurred by us in connection with determining whether we will approve an item, service, or supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to use any products, services, or suppliers that we have not approved, you must first send us sufficient information, specifications and samples for us to determine whether the service, product, or supplier complies with our System Standards.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree that, as between us and you, we reserve the right to all telephone numbers, Online Presences, and/or any other type of contact information or directory listing for your Franchised Business or that you use in the operation or promotion of your Franchised Business (collectively, the “Contact Information”).
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
If we determine after any inspection that one or more failures of System Standards exist, or any circumstance exists that prevent us or our designees from properly inspecting your Franchised Business or any job site, we may re-inspect one or more times thereafter to evaluate whether such failures have been cured…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may modify the Confidential Operations Manual periodically, including changing System Standards.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
If you have not identified the site that will be your Franchised Business Office before you sign your Franchise Agreement, you will have a period of 90 days after signing to obtain our approval of the proposed site of your Franchised Business Office.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Except as approved by us in writing or specified in the Confidential Operations Manual, you may not develop, maintain, or authorize any website, domain name, email address, social media account, or other online, virtual, digital, or electronic presence of any kind (“Online Presence”) that displays any of the Marks…
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
Currently, you must purchase: (i) claims management software, bookkeeping and accounting software, customer relations software, learning management software, reputation management software, digital presence software, job management platform, job documentation platform, job invoicing platform, lead tracking platform…
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
We may require that you purchase any products or services only from a supplier designed or approved by us, and/or that satisfy our System Standards (which may be a third-party vendor or supplier, or may be us or our affiliate).
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
Currently, we require all payments to be made through an electronic funds transfer account (the “Transfer Account”) that allows us to debit the Transfer Account for all amounts you owe us on their due dates or the next business day if the due date is a national holiday or a weekend day.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
(v) minimum criteria for staffing levels, qualifications, training, uniform and appearance (although you have sole responsibility and authority concerning all other matters relating to employees and personnel, including hiring and promotion, hours worked, rates of pay, and other benefits, work assigned, the manner of…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must acquire and use all hardware, software, and IT systems that we specify from time to time, including computer, point-of-sale systems, financial software, telecommunications, security and similar systems, together with the associated hardware, software, applications, integrations, and related equipment and…
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
You must take all steps necessary to enable us to have independent access to certain data collected through the Technology Systems which we designate from time to time, including information regarding your Collected Gross Revenues, relating to customers and jobs completed, and any other information relating to your…
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
(v) QuickBooks and Qvinci financial accounting software, (vi) IFX CRM software;
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
If we agree to provide you such additional training, we and you will jointly 28 Restoration 1 2026 FDD 1506.004.008/449916 determine the duration of this additional training, and we may charge you our then-current training fee for such additional training (currently, $1,000 per day, per trainee, plus expenses).
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
We may require you and your Key Personnel and/or other personnel to attend various training courses, trade shows, ongoing education programs, and/or webinars at the times and locations designated by us, which may be offered by us or our affiliates, vendors, or other designees of ours.
The filing answers no to 6 questions
- Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
- Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?Item 7
- Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?Franchise agreement
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 Restoration 1
Restoration 1 runs 278 franchised territories nationwide, under parent Stellar Brands alongside BlueFrog Plumbing + Drain, on a 10-year term and a 7% royalty. Item 19 puts average revenue at $1,427,586 across a cohort of 118 franchisees (231 territories); franchised outlets fell 6.7% year over year. Its Item 11 software stack is unusually broad for the category.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 11 requires franchisees to acquire and use every hardware, software, and IT system Restoration 1 specifies — computer, point-of-sale, financial, telecommunications, and security systems alike — and to update or upgrade on Restoration 1's timeline. Currently, franchisees must purchase claims management software, bookkeeping and accounting software, customer relations software, learning management software, reputation management software, digital presence software, and job management, documentation, invoicing, and lead-tracking platforms from exclusive vendors Restoration 1 designates. CEO Jessica Wescott and SVP of Operations Kevin Rychel sit atop that structure per Item 2.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Encircle, QuickBooks, and Qvinci are mandated, and Item 11 also lists Birdeye, DocuSketch, Xactimate, Yext, IFX CRM, KnowHow, Xcelerate, and CallRail among the required Technology Systems.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8's exclusive-vendor list covers the software stack above, plus air movers, dehumidifiers, and certain chemicals; other items — uniforms, marketing collateral, vehicle wraps, storage — come from separately approved suppliers. Restoration 1 estimates 70% to 90% of a new franchisee's opening purchases and 10% to 40% of ongoing purchases run through approved or designated suppliers. Renewal, per Item 17, requires 9 to 12 months' advance notice, a clean compliance and payment record, updated office and vehicle equipment, additional training, and signing Restoration 1's then-current agreement — which may carry a different royalty rate or territory terms — for a further 10-year term. The mapped operator footprint captures one located unit, in Wisconsin.
How to read the Restoration 1 FDD
The embedded PDF viewer below is Restoration 1's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 11 has the exact exclusive-vendor software list; Item 19 has the $1,427,586 average-revenue figure and its cohort definition.
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Questions vendors ask
Restoration 1, answered from the filing
CEO Jessica Wescott and SVP of Operations Kevin Rychel anchor a centralized structure: Item 11 requires every franchisee to buy an extensive stack of exclusive-vendor software — claims management, bookkeeping, CRM, and more — from Restoration 1's designated vendors.
Item 11 lists Encircle, QuickBooks, Qvinci, IFX CRM, KnowHow, Birdeye, Yext, Xcelerate, DocuSketch, Xactimate, and CallRail as required Technology Systems, alongside Restoration 1's designated estimating and claims-management software.
278 franchised territories, all franchised with no company-owned locations, in the home-services segment.
Item 8 runs an approved-supplier list with exclusive designated vendors for the software stack, covering an estimated 70% to 90% of a new franchisee's opening purchases; franchisees may propose an alternate supplier, though Restoration 1 can decline for any reason.
Renewal requires 9 to 12 months' advance notice, a clean compliance and payment record, and signing Restoration 1's then-current agreement for a further 10-year term — worth tracking as franchised outlets fell 6.7% year over year.
The embedded PDF viewer below is Restoration 1's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
1 operators run 1 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit1
Top states by locations
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Ownership
The portfolio behind Restoration 1
strategic_multibrand of Stellar Service Brands.
Sibling brands
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Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.