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Spaulding Decon
Home servicesSpaulding Decon runs 14 units in the home services segment, with an 8% royalty, though unit count fell 65.9% year over year. Xactimate appears in the filing as a named estimating platform without a purchase requirement, and Item 8 sets an approved-supplier procurement model that leaves most day-to-day purchasing with individual franchise owners.
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Live signals
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.
9.5%of gross sales (FY2024)
15% reference
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.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
24 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 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?
YesItem 8
You must use our Approved Supplier for pay-per-rank/click (PPR) marketing as well as search engine optimization (SEO) marketing, Call/Contact Center, Bookkeeping Services, the Approved Vehicle, Vehicle Wrap, Business Management Software, and Estimating Software.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to any data which you collect electronically.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
10. FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTS Franchisee must maintain for at least seven (7) fiscal years from their preparation complete financial records for the operation of the Spaulding Decon Business in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and must provide Franchisor with:
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Neither we nor our affiliates are currently Approved Suppliers for any items except as listed above.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to change the amount of this fee as changes are made to the System’s hardware and software requirements.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
145535Item 8
We generated $2,217 in rebates and $145,535 in revenue from franchisee’s required purchases over our past fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, or 5.77% of our total revenue of $2,521,702 over our past fiscal year.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to receive payments from suppliers on account of their dealings with Franchisee and other franchisees and to use all amounts Franchisor receives without restriction (unless instructed otherwise by the supplier), for any purposes Franchisor deems appropriate.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
If we incur any costs in connection with testing a particular product or evaluating an unapproved supplier at your request, you or the supplier must reimburse us for our reasonable testing costs, regardless of whether we subsequently approve the item or supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
In the event you wish to purchase any unapproved item, including equipment and inventory, and/or acquire approved items from an unapproved supplier, you must provide us with the name, address and telephone number of the proposed supplier, a description of the item you wish to purchase, and the purchase price of the…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee expressly agrees to execute the Conditional Assignment of Franchisee’s Telephone Numbers, Facsimile Numbers and Domain Names attached hereto as Exhibit B, which provides that, upon the expiration, transfer or termination of this Agreement for any reason, Franchisee shall terminate Franchisee’s use of such…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor and Franchisor’s designees have the right to inspect and/or audit Franchisee’s business records, which includes Franchisee’s call logs related to the Spaulding Decon Business, at any time during normal business hours, to determine whether Franchisee is current with suppliers and is otherwise operating in…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to change Franchisor’s standards and specifications in Franchisor’s discretion.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You may not open the Franchised Business until you have (i) completed our initial training requirements, (ii) obtained all of the necessary licensing and authorization from state and regulatory agencies within your Designated Territory, (iii) obtained and provided to us with written proof of the required insurance…
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must not establish or maintain a separate website, splash page, profile or other presence on the Internet, or otherwise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the Spaulding Decon Business.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
You are required to engage in local marketing and you are required to commit and spend an amount equal to the greater of (i) two percent (2%) of your monthly Gross Sales, or (ii) $2,500 per month on your local marketing efforts.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a Cooperative has been established applicable to the Franchised Business at the time you begin operating under the Franchise Agreement, you must immediately become a member of this Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must use our Approved Supplier for pay-per-rank/click (PPR) marketing as well as search engine optimization (SEO) marketing, Call/Contact Center, Bookkeeping Services, the Approved Vehicle, Vehicle Wrap, Business Management Software, and Estimating Software.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must use our Approved Supplier for pay-per-rank/click (PPR) marketing as well as search engine optimization (SEO) marketing, Call/Contact Center, Bookkeeping Services, the Approved Vehicle, Vehicle Wrap, Business Management Software, and Estimating Software.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
With the exception of the Initial Franchise Fee, you must pay all fees and other amounts owed to us and/or our affiliates through an electronic funds transfer program (the “EFT Program”), under which we automatically deduct all payments owed to us and/or our affiliates, from the bank account you provide to us for use…
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Your Franchised Business must be staffed by you (or one of your principals that has completed our Initial Training Program) and/or your Designated Manager at all times.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have independent access to any data which you collect electronically.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Spaulding Decon FDD 2024 A You and your Designated Manager(s) must maintain System email accounts, which will be provided to you and you must give us electronic access to information on your company computer and hosted by software providers.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
Up to five (5) days per year, we may require you and your Designated Manager(s) and/or employees, to attend such training at our then-current Training Fee for providing such training.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
If Franchisor establishes an Annual Conference, Franchisee must (i) pay the annual conference fee that Franchisor requires, and (ii) must attend the Annual Conference.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
- Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?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.
The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
- 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.
- 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.
- With median unit growth of only 2.62% YoY across 323 disclosed brands, you need to find the outliers poised for expansion before they hit the market.Using growth signals to identify high-velocity brands lets you engage them during expansion phases, capturing deals 2x faster than reactive competitors who wait for public announcements.
The vendor opportunity at Spaulding Decon Spaulding Decon runs 14 units in the home services segment, with an 8% royalty, though unit count fell 65.9% year over year. The FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. This is a contracting footprint, so a vendor pitch here should lean on retention and efficiency for existing locations rather than growth.
Who controls software purchasing Founder, CEO and President Laura Spaulding and Senior Franchise Business Consultant Fiona Mills run the corporate team. With no technology mandate in the filing, day-to-day purchasing decisions sit with individual franchise owners operating inside Item 8's supplier rules.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required The filing requires none of the systems it names. Xactimate, the property-restoration estimating platform from Verisk, appears in Item 6, mentioned without a purchase obligation attached.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 sets an approved-supplier-list model: certain required items — the Initial Equipment Package and specific chemicals — must come from the franchisor, a designated supplier, or an approved supplier, while franchisees can seek approval of an alternative supplier by submitting it for testing and evaluation. Item 17 of the FDD sets renewal, transfer and termination terms for Spaulding Decon franchisees.
How to read the Spaulding Decon FDD The filing is filed with state franchise regulators in 2024. The embedded PDF viewer below carries Item 8's supplier rules in full.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
41 operators run 41 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| FL | 7 |
|---|---|
| TX | 3 |
| IL | 3 |
| CA | 3 |
| NC | 3 |
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