QuickBooks OnlineIntuit
Mandatoryccess. We provide an e-mail account that you must use exclusively for the Franchised Business. This email account is included in the cost of Microsoft Office 365. You must acquire QuickBooks Online (c
From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Spring-Green
Home servicesSoftware purchasing control at Spring-Green sits at the headquarters level, with a mandated tech stack that includes Mobile Live, Operating Software, and QuickBooks Online. The franchise system comprises 156 total units, 126 of which are franchised, creating a concentrated addressable market for vendors. Understanding the HQ-driven procurement model is essential for any software company evaluating this home services brand.
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Total units
156
126 franchised
Unit growth YoY
0%
vs prior filing
AUV
$605K
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
10%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$45K
per unit
Investment range
$119K–$135K
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.
12%of gross sales (FY2026)
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.
FacebookMeta
iled in the System Standards or otherwise in writing by us periodically. If we approve the use of any Online Presence, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, X™, Facebook®, Instagram
InstagramMeta
ditionally require you to 29 SpringGreen 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document 1019.003.017/449819 subscribe to a social networking website account (such as LinkedIn®, X™, Facebook®, Instagram®, TikTok®,
LinkedInLinkedIn
guidelines detailed in the System Standards or otherwise in writing by us periodically. If we approve the use of any Online Presence, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, X™, Faceb
TikTokTikTok
dards or otherwise in writing by us periodically. If we approve the use of any Online Presence, including social networking websites (such as LinkedIn®, X™, Facebook®, Instagram®, TikTok®, or YouTube®
YouTubeGoogle
o 29 SpringGreen 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document 1019.003.017/449819 subscribe to a social networking website account (such as LinkedIn®, X™, Facebook®, Instagram®, TikTok®, or YouTube®). You must
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
30 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 3 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 11
You are required to use a bookkeeping service that we designate.
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 data and records of your Franchised Business that are generated or stored by the Technology System.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You shall furnish to us, within fifteen (15) days after the end of each calendar month, a statement of profit or loss for your Business for the preceding calendar month and a balance sheet for your Business as of the end of the preceding calendar month.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Currently, you must purchase or lease the following categories of goods, services, supplies, equipment, vehicles, and inventory from suppliers we approve, which may in some cases be us or our affiliates.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
The National Advisory Council (the “NAC”) provides input on marketing strategy and programs.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may periodically change these requirements.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
218771Item 8
In our fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, our revenue from the sale and/or lease of these items to our franchisees was $218,771 which was 2.5% of our total revenue of $8,634,510.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We receive payments of up to 4% from a supplier on purchases of certain fertilizers and control products by affiliate-owned and franchised Spring-Green Lawn Care businesses.
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?
20Item 8
All of your required purchases represent approximately 97% of your total purchases for the establishment of the Franchised Business and 20% of your overall purchases in operating the Franchised Business.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesFranchise agreement
We reserve the right to charge you a fee (not to exceed the reasonable cost of the research and inspection and the actual cost of the test) to make the evaluation.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesFranchise agreement
If you would like to purchase or use any products, services, supplies or materials from any unapproved supplier, we may require you to submit to us a written request for approval of the proposed supplier prior to purchasing any such products, services, supplies or materials.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You acknowledge and agree that, as between us and you, we have the sole rights to, and interest in, all Contact
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must obtain and use in the development and operation of the Franchised Business those and only those brands, types and/or models of computer hardware, software, Internet and other electronic connectivity, data warehousing, security, e-commerce and other computer and technology equipment, support and other…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
You further agree to cooperate by participating in our customer survey programs, market research programs, test marketing new products and services in your Business and providing us with timely reports and other relevant information regarding such market research, and you agree to participate in and/or request your…
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
We have the right at any time during business hours, and without prior notice to you, to inspect and audit, or cause to be inspected and audited, the financial records, business records, cash control devices, bookkeeping and accounting records, sales and income tax records and returns and other records of your…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
We may periodically modify System Standards.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
You will only be allowed to conduct the Franchised Business from locations within the Territory that we have approved, which approval we will not unreasonably withhold.
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 must not directly or indirectly maintain, develop, authorize or contribute to a website, domain name, URL address, email address, user name, profile, screen name, social network account, other online presence or presence on any electronic medium (“Online Presence”) that in any way references the Franchised…
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
Each calendar year, you are required to spend an amount equal to 5% of the Gross Sales of the Franchised Business for the previous calendar year or $18,500, whichever is greater, for advertising and promotion in your Territory (“Local Advertising Expenditure”).
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 16
You must participate in any customer loyalty, membership, or subscription programs we establish.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
We have the right to determine the composition of all geographic territories and market areas for the implementation of Regional Advertising programs and to require that you participate in such Regional Advertising program if established.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must purchase the products and services we periodically designate only from the suppliers we prescribe and only on the terms and according to the specifications we approve.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all vehicles, equipment and computer hardware and software used in the operation of the Franchised Business from an approved supplier, which may be us or one of our affiliates.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must also use the credit card processing vendor we specify.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
You must sign and deliver to us the documents we require to authorize us to debit your business checking account automatically for the royalty fees, advertising fund contributions, regional advertising fees and other amounts due under the Franchise Agreement, note payments, lease payments and for your purchases from…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must obtain and use in the development and operation of the Franchised Business those and only those brands, types and/or models of computer hardware, software, Internet and other electronic connectivity, data warehousing, security, e-commerce and other computer and technology equipment, support and other…
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 data and records of your Franchised Business that are generated or stored by the Technology System.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must obtain a license to use the customer relationship management (CRM) software that we require (the “Operating Software”) from the third-party developer of the Operating Software.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may require you, your employees and other previously trained individuals to attend and complete, to our satisfaction, ongoing and refresher training programs (including programs provided by third parties) designated by us in our Operating Manual or otherwise in writing.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
If we require you (or the Managing Owner) and/or your operations manager to attend a national or regional meeting, such attendance is mandatory, and we may charge you a fee for holding these meetings.
The filing answers no to 1 question
- 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.
HQ leadership: CEO/President + VP Ops/Franchise + a first dedicated IT/systems owner.
VP SalesHead of SalesCROSales Director
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The vendor opportunity at Spring-Green
Spring-Green operates a network of 156 total units, with 126 franchised and 30 company-owned locations. The system is entirely composed of single-unit operators; the provided data shows 70 mapped operators across 70 located units, with no multi-unit owners. This structure means a sale to the franchisor effectively covers the entire system, as franchisees do not appear to have independent purchasing authority for core software. The top states by unit count are Illinois (7), North Carolina (7), South Carolina (6), Virginia (5), and Minnesota (5). The brand is independently owned with no parent company on file.
Who controls software purchasing
Control is firmly at headquarters. The 2026 FDD lists Theodore T. Hofer as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, Brad Johnson as President, and David Martinez as Chief Financial Officer. The presence of mandated technology across the system indicates that the C-suite, likely led by the CEO and President, makes the final call on software vendors. Gillian Hrycyk, Director of Integrated Marketing, may also influence decisions related to marketing technology. For a vendor, the buying center is small and concentrated at the HQ level in Illinois.
Mandated and current tech stack
The FDD mandates three specific systems for all franchisees: Mobile Live, Operating Software, and QuickBooks Online by Intuit Inc. This is a locked stack. Any vendor pitching a replacement for these core operational or financial systems must be prepared for a displacement sale against deeply embedded incumbents. There is no mention of a mandated POS, CRM, or marketing automation platform in the provided data, which may represent adjacent opportunities if those functions are not currently standardized at the HQ level.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The procurement model details from Item 8 were not available in the provided extract, so it remains unclear whether Spring-Green uses a designated supplier, approved supplier list, or open procurement process. The franchise agreement has an initial term of 10 years. Renewal conditions require the franchisee to be in substantial compliance, provide written notice between 12 and 18 months before expiration, and sign the then-current form of the Franchise Agreement. This renewal trigger, which includes a requirement to make necessary modifications within 90 days of notice, could create a window for software evaluation if the updated agreement mandates new technology standards.
How to read the Spring-Green FDD
The 2026 Spring-Green Franchise Disclosure Document provides the legal and operational baseline for the system. Key items for software vendors include Item 11 (the mandated tech stack listed above) and Item 1 (the executives who sign the agreement). Item 8, if available in the full document, would clarify whether you must be a designated supplier or can sell through to individual operators. The full FDD is embedded below for your review. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software's ideal customer profile, FranCloud can help you prioritize your outbound efforts.
Questions vendors ask
Spring-Green, answered from the filing
The FDD lists Theodore T. Hofer (CEO), Brad Johnson (President), and David Martinez (CFO) as key executives. The centralized mandate for operating software signals that purchasing decisions are made at the C-suite level, not by individual franchisees.
The 2026 FDD mandates three systems: Mobile Live, Operating Software, and QuickBooks Online by Intuit Inc. These are required for all franchisees, indicating a locked-in, HQ-controlled technology environment.
There are 156 total units: 126 franchised and 30 company-owned. The operator footprint is entirely single-unit, with 70 mapped operators across 70 located units, concentrated in IL, NC, SC, VA, and MN.
The specific procurement model is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Item 8, which would detail designated or approved supplier requirements, was not available in the provided extract.
Renewal conditions require notice 12-18 months before expiration under a 10-year term. Without knowing the initial signing dates, contract windows are unpredictable, but the renewal process mandates signing the current agreement form, creating a potential re-evaluation point.
The Spring-Green FDD is filed with state franchise regulators in 2026. You can read the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below for detailed legal and operational disclosures.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
70 operators run 70 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit70
Top states by locations
| IL | 7 |
|---|---|
| NC | 7 |
| SC | 6 |
| VA | 5 |
| MN | 5 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Spring-Green
strategic_multibrand of Spring-Green.
Sibling brands
Related Home services brands
Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.