Sunbelievable Franchising

Personal services

Software purchasing control at Sunbelievable Franchising is not explicitly defined in the 2024 FDD, with no HQ executives on file to identify a specific buyer. The system mandates the Helios Point-of-Sale System, but the addressable market is extremely small, comprising just 1 franchised location. Vendors should note the limited scale and the absence of disclosed procurement or renewal processes before allocating resources.

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.

Helios Point-of-sale System
Mandatory
POSItem 11

you are required to purchase and utilize the Helios Point-of-sale System

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.

Sales LeaderSingle 1 19

The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.

OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
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Live signals

Total units
4
1 franchised
Unit growth YoY
0%
vs prior filing
AUV
$473K
Item 19, 2024
Royalty
5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$50K
per unit
Investment range
$213K–$471K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing

The vendor opportunity at Sunbelievable Franchising

Sunbelievable Franchising is a personal services brand headquartered in New York. According to its 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the system consists of 4 total units: 3 are company-owned and just 1 is franchised. The single franchised location operates in New Jersey. For a software vendor, the addressable market is therefore 1 unit—the franchised location—unless the company-owned outlets also represent a sales opportunity, though the FDD does not clarify if corporate locations follow the same technology mandates.

The average unit volume (AUV) sits at $473,288, and the royalty rate is 5.0%. The initial term length is not disclosed in the most recent FDD. Year-over-year unit growth is also not available, making it difficult to project future expansion. This is a very small, early-stage system with no parent company on file; it appears independently owned.

Who controls software purchasing

The 2024 FDD does not list any executives at the franchisor level. Without named HQ personnel, the software buying center remains unknown. In systems of this size, purchasing decisions often rest with the owner or a general manager, but that is speculative. Vendors should conduct direct outreach to the franchisor to identify who evaluates and approves technology vendors. The operator footprint shows 1 mapped operator with no multi-unit owners, reinforcing the likelihood of centralized, owner-level decision-making.

Mandated and current tech stack

The only technology explicitly mandated in the 2024 FDD is the Helios Point-of-Sale System. No other operational, marketing, or back-office platforms are listed as required or recommended. This narrow tech stack means the POS is the core system of record, and any adjacent software—such as scheduling, CRM, or payroll—would need to integrate with Helios or replace it entirely if the franchisor were open to change. The absence of other named vendors suggests either a lean operation or a gap that software sellers could explore, provided they can reach the decision-maker.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

Item 8 of the FDD, which typically outlines procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, does not provide an extract in the available data. This means the procurement model—whether franchisees must buy from approved suppliers or have open purchasing—is not disclosed. Similarly, Item 17, which covers renewal, modification, and transfer terms, offers no extract, leaving the initial term length and renewal windows unknown. With no YoY growth data and a static unit count, there are no obvious triggers like expansion waves or renewal cycles to time a sales pitch. Vendors should treat this as a cold opportunity requiring foundational discovery.

How to read the Sunbelievable Franchising FDD

The full 2024 FDD is embedded below for your review. Filed with state franchise regulators in 2024, this document contains the legal and financial disclosures that govern the franchise relationship. Pay close attention to Item 11 (the source of the Helios POS mandate) and any amendments that might clarify procurement or renewal terms not captured in the summary data. For software vendors, the FDD is the single best source to understand what technology is locked in and where there might be flexibility. When you're ready to build a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your ideal customer profile, FranCloud can help.

Questions vendors ask

Sunbelievable Franchising, answered from the filing

The 2024 FDD does not list any HQ executives, so the specific decision-maker is unknown. With only 1 franchised unit, purchasing authority likely rests with the owner or a very small corporate team, but this is not confirmed in the filing.
The 2024 FDD mandates the Helios Point-of-Sale System. No other operational or back-office technology systems are disclosed as required or recommended in the filing.
There are 4 total units: 3 company-owned and 1 franchised. The single franchised location is in New Jersey. This is a very small, early-stage franchise system in the personal services sector.
The procurement model is not disclosed in the 2024 FDD. Item 8 does not provide an extract regarding designated or approved suppliers, so it is unclear if franchisees have open purchasing or must buy from specific vendors beyond the POS mandate.
The initial term length and Item 17 renewal conditions are not disclosed in the 2024 FDD. With no YoY growth data and only 1 franchised unit, there are no clear signals for predictable contract windows or renewal cycles.
The FDD was filed with state franchise regulators in 2024. You can review the full document using the embedded PDF viewer below to analyze the legal and operational disclosures directly.
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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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