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From the filings
Spiffy
Automotive servicesSoftware purchasing at Spiffy is controlled at the corporate level, with Chief Executive Officer M. Scot Wingo and Chief Financial Officer Wesley Pollard among the key decision-makers. The system operates 38 total units (30 company-owned, 8 franchised) and mandates a proprietary tech stack that includes Spiffy Software and QuickBooks by Intuit. For software vendors, this represents a concentrated, HQ-driven account with a small but high-AUV franchise footprint.
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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.
6%of gross sales (FY2022)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
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.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
23 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 4 explicit no's; 7 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We have the free, and unfettered right to independently retrieve any data and information from your Computer Systems as we, in our sole 3608658v4.CAS.31186.G53717 32 discretion, deem appropriate, including electronically polling the daily sales, and other data of the Franchised Business.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We and our affiliate are the exclusive suppliers of the wrap and equipment.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
provided that Franchisor reserves the right to amend and/or modify such specifications or supplier lists at any time;
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
156683Item 8
In our last fiscal year, we received $156,683 or 48.93% of our total income of $320,213 from franchisee purchases of supplies and inventory from us.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We also reserve the right to receive rebates, discounts, fees, commissions, or other payments based upon your required purchases or leases or from Third Party Service Partners and National Account customers.
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?
80Item 8
The cost of the items that you must purchase from us, our affiliates or from suppliers designated by us represents between 80% and 90% of your total purchases in operating your business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
If you request that we evaluate an item or supplier, you will pay all fees and costs incurred by us to obtain the necessary information and to conduct the evaluation.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to use goods, services, supplies, fixtures, equipment, inventory, or computer systems or suppliers that we have not approved, you must first submit to us certain information, including product or service specifications, product or service components, product or service performance history, product…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesItem 17
assign us phone numbers
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor reserves the right to charge Franchisee for Franchisor’s or its designee’s costs and expenses to inspect or evaluate (1) Franchisee’s proposed site or approved Location and (2) Franchisee’s ongoing operations at its customer’s locations or the approved Location.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may periodically amend, update, or replace the contents of the Manuals.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
We must approve the site location and, if you do not own the premises, the lease.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
You may not establish or operate an Online Presence (including a website, webpage, domain name, Internet address, social media account, blog, forum, advertisement, or e-commerce site) that in any way concerns, discusses or alludes to us, the System or your Franchised Business without our written consent.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
Depending on the market where your Franchised Business is located, we will require you to spend between $2,000 to $3,5000 on marketing and advertising during the time period that is 3608658v4.CAS.31186.G53717 35 30 days before you launch your business and 30 days after.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all goods, services, inventory, computer hardware or software, supplies, and equipment you use in the Franchised Business from the vendors we approve or designate, which may include us or our affiliates, in strict conformance with our confidential Manuals, proprietary guidelines, and the standards…
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all goods, services, inventory, computer hardware or software, supplies, and equipment you use in the Franchised Business from the vendors we approve or designate, which may include us or our affiliates, in strict conformance with our confidential Manuals, proprietary guidelines, and the standards…
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You are required to use the credit card processing service we approve.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may require Franchisee to remit payment of the Royalties and other fees by electronic funds transfer (“EFT”).
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You are required to use purchase certain computer hardware and software from an approved vendor which meet our specifications.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We have the free, and unfettered right to independently retrieve any data and information from your Computer Systems as we, in our sole 3608658v4.CAS.31186.G53717 32 discretion, deem appropriate, including electronically polling the daily sales, and other data of the Franchised Business.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all goods, services, inventory, computer hardware or software, supplies, and equipment you use in the Franchised Business from the vendors we approve or designate, which may include us or our affiliates, in strict conformance with our confidential Manuals, proprietary guidelines, and the standards…
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor also reserve the right to charge an additional fee and to require attendance at additional trainings;
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
You are required to attend all conferences and other required training courses.
The filing answers no to 4 questions
- Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?Item 11
- Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?Item 15
The vendor opportunity at Spiffy
Spiffy is an automotive-services brand headquartered in North Carolina with 38 total units—30 company-owned and 8 franchised—according to its 2022 Franchise Disclosure Document. The system reports an average unit volume of $1,098,715.07, with a 4.0% royalty rate and a 10-year initial franchise term. Year-over-year unit growth is not disclosed in the FDD. For software vendors, the addressable market is small but concentrated: a heavily corporate-controlled network where a single HQ relationship can unlock the entire system.
Who controls software purchasing
Software purchasing authority sits at the corporate level. The 2022 FDD lists M. Scot Wingo as Chief Executive Officer, Karl Murphy as President, and Wesley Pollard as Chief Financial Officer. Michael Tolzman, Vice President of Franchising, and Connor Finnegan, Vice President of Strategy, round out the executive team. No multi-unit operators are mapped in our corpus, reinforcing that all meaningful technology decisions flow through this HQ group. Vendors should prepare to engage the CEO and CFO directly, as the mandated tech stack suggests centralized procurement with little franchisee autonomy.
Mandated and current tech stack
Spiffy’s Item 11 disclosures mandate three technology components: proprietary software and applications, QuickBooks by Intuit Inc., and Spiffy Software. No other third-party systems are named in the 2022 FDD. This means the operational backbone is largely homegrown or tightly curated, with QuickBooks handling financial management. For vendors selling complementary solutions—such as CRM, fleet management, or advanced analytics—the opportunity lies in demonstrating integration value with QuickBooks and the proprietary Spiffy environment, rather than displacing an existing POS or ERP.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The 2022 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so the formal supplier designation process (designated vs. approved vs. open) is not publicly disclosed. However, the mandatory nature of the tech stack implies a closed, HQ-driven procurement model. Renewal terms offer a potential entry point: franchisees must exercise a renewal option within a specified window, agree to the then-current Franchise Agreement, make required upgrades, and pay a $5,000 renewal fee for a 5-year term. The FDD explicitly warns that renewal terms may differ materially from the original contract, including changes to royalties or territory size. These renewal events, occurring on a 10-year initial cycle with 5-year extensions, create natural moments when technology requirements may be reassessed.
How to read the Spiffy FDD
The full Spiffy Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. It was filed with state franchise regulators in 2022 and contains the legal and operational disclosures that govern the system. Key sections for software vendors include Item 11 (franchisor’s obligations) for the mandated tech stack, Item 1 (the franchisor and its affiliates) for executive decision-makers, and Item 17 (renewal) for contract-cycle timing. Because no Item 8 extract is available, vendors should use the embedded FDD to verify any procurement rules directly. For a ranked target list of franchise systems aligned to your software category, FranCloud can help.
Questions vendors ask
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
11 operators run 11 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| NC | 3 |
|---|---|
| WI | 1 |
| OH | 1 |
| OK | 1 |
| CA | 1 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Spiffy
unknown of get spiffy.
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.