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Sparkle Franchising
Personal servicesSoftware purchasing at Sparkle Franchising is controlled at the headquarters level, where Chief Executive Officer Ben Crawford and Chief Operating Officer Joe Aeppli are the key executives on file. The system mandates a proprietary office management platform, and with only 5 total units (4 franchised, 1 company-owned), the addressable market is extremely small. Vendors should approach this as a direct-to-HQ sale with limited scale.
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The systems vendors compete with
1 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.
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 the corpus by segment and unit count, not a guess.
The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
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Live signals
Total units
5
4 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
7%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$39K
per unit
Investment range
$239K–$485K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
The vendor opportunity at Sparkle Franchising
Sparkle Franchising operates in the personal services segment with a total of 5 units—4 franchised and 1 company-owned. The system is independently owned with no parent company on file. Its operator footprint maps 19 operators across approximately 19 located units, all single-unit operators; there are no multi-unit owners. The top states by unit count are Florida (4), Arizona (3), Colorado (2), Missouri (2), and Illinois (2). Average unit volume is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. For a software vendor, this is a micro-system with a single decision-making node at headquarters.
Who controls software purchasing
Purchasing authority sits at the HQ level. The FDD’s Item 1 names Ben Crawford as Chief Executive Officer and Joe Aeppli as Chief Operating Officer. Additional executives include Lyle Myers (Chief Development Officer), Steve Dick (Senior Vice President of Operations), and Rick Butsch (Vice President Finance). No chief information officer or technology-specific role is listed, so the CEO and COO are the likely buyers for any software pitch. With no multi-unit operators, franchisees do not hold independent purchasing power.
Mandated and current tech stack
Sparkle Franchising mandates a proprietary office management software system. The FDD does not name any third-party POS, CRM, scheduling, or payment platforms. This suggests the proprietary system may cover core operational functions, but the exact scope is not detailed. Vendors offering complementary tools—such as marketing automation, HR, or financial software—should be prepared to integrate with or sit alongside this mandated platform.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 of the FDD provides no extract regarding procurement rules, so whether the franchisor designates suppliers, maintains an approved list, or allows open purchasing is not publicly known. Renewal terms under Item 17 require a written election, payment of a Successor Franchise Fee, compliance with then-current system standards, and signing the then-current franchise agreement, which may contain materially different terms. The renewal term is 10 years. With no year-over-year unit growth disclosed and a flat unit count, expansion-driven software needs are unlikely in the near term.
How to read the Sparkle Franchising FDD
The 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is the primary source for all data cited here. It details the executive team, unit counts, royalty rate of 7.0%, and the 10-year initial and renewal terms. The embedded viewer below provides the full document. For vendors, the key sections are Item 1 (executives), Item 11 (mandated tech), and Item 17 (renewal conditions). Use this FDD to confirm the small addressable market and direct your pitch to the CEO and COO at the Arizona headquarters. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software, FranCloud can help.
Questions vendors ask
Sparkle Franchising, answered from the filing
The FDD lists Ben Crawford (CEO) and Joe Aeppli (COO) as the top executives. With no CIO or CTO named, purchasing authority likely rests with these two leaders for a system of this size.
The franchise mandates a proprietary office management software system. No third-party POS or operational platforms are named in the most recent FDD.
There are 5 total units: 4 franchised and 1 company-owned. The operator footprint shows 19 mapped operators across approximately 19 located units, concentrated in FL (4), AZ (3), CO (2), MO (2), and IL (2).
The FDD does not disclose a specific procurement model in Item 8. No designated or approved supplier language is extracted, so the approach to vendor selection is not publicly defined.
With a 10-year initial term and renewal conditions requiring a Successor Franchise Fee and updated agreement, contract windows are infrequent. No recent unit growth data is available to signal near-term expansion.
The 2026 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can view it directly in the embedded PDF viewer below.
Source
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
19 operators run 19 mapped locations — 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit19
Top states by locations
| FL | 4 |
|---|---|
| AZ | 3 |
| CO | 2 |
| MO | 2 |
| IL | 2 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.