From the filings
Software purchasing at Taco Del Mar appears to sit with individual franchise operators, as the 2025 FDD does not identify a centralized IT or procurement executive at the brand’s Washington headquarters. No mandated or recommended technology systems are disclosed in the filing, suggesting a largely open tech landscape. The addressable market is small and concentrated: 44 mapped operators run a footprint of approximately 44 locations, with no multi-unit operators on file.
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Live signals
Franchisor behaviours
29 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 explicit no's; 3 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?
YesFranchise agreement
We and our affiliates will have independent access to the sales information and data produced by your point-of-sale system and computer system.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesItem 11
By the end of each month, or by the end of each Franchisee’s monthly accounting period, an income statement of Franchisee’s TACO DEL MAR Restaurant for the prior month and for the fiscal year to date, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied, in Franchisor’s…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 11
Franchisor or any of its affiliates may be a Vendor, or otherwise party to these transactions, and may derive revenue or profit from such transactions.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesFranchise agreement
We currently have an advisory council composed of franchisees that volunteer to serve a 1-year term.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 11
Franchisor and its affiliates reserve the right to authorize and/or designate, from time to time, manufacturers, vendors, distributors, suppliers, and producers (collectively referred to herein as “Vendors’’), terms, and distribution methods for any goods or services
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Some vendors may pay fees to us and/or our affiliates for products purchased through these negotiated agreements, and willingness to pay us and/or our affiliates rebates may be a condition for approving a vendor.
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?
30Franchise agreement
We estimate that the cost of your purchases from designated or authorized vendors, or according to TACO DEL MAR standards and specifications, will range from 80% to 100% of the total cost of establishing, and approximately 30% to 40% of the total cost of operating, your TACO DEL MAR Restaurant.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 11
A charge not to exceed the actual cost of the test may be made by Franchisor and will be paid by Franchisee.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 11
In the event Franchisee desires to purchase equipment, products, services, supplies, or materials from vendors other than those previously authorized by Franchisor and its affiliates, Franchisee must, prior to purchasing any such equipment, products, services, supplies, or materials, give Franchisor a written request…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesItem 11
Franchisee acknowledges that, as between Franchisee and Franchisor, Franchisor has the sole rights to and interest in all telephone or facsimile machine numbers and directory listings associated with any Mark.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Franchisee agrees to implement all administrative, physical, and technical safeguards necessary to protect any such information that can be used to identify an individual, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, employee identification numbers, signatures, passwords, financial information…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
Franchisor and its representatives (including Franchisor’s affiliates) will have the right to interview customers or examine the Franchised Location and to examine and copy its books, records, and documents, including, without limitation, the inventory, products, equipment, materials, or supplies, to ensure…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
Franchisor and its affiliates reserve the right, from time to time, to change the Brand Standards, and Franchisee agrees to comply with such changes as they are communicated by Franchisor.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
Developer will not enter into any lease or agreement to purchase any site for a TACO DEL MAR Restaurant until Franchisor has authorized such site.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Franchisee further acknowledges and agrees that Franchisee, its Designated Operating Partner, its Designated Manager, and its employees and agents do not have the right to create Internet pages or engage in any other social media communications at the local level.
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
You must conduct a grand opening advertising campaign for your TACO DEL MAR Restaurant when and in the manner specified by us.
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
Franchisee will spend, on a monthly basis, an amount equal to at least one percent (1%) of its Gross Sales during each month for approved local advertising and marketing as specified in the Operations Manual for itt TACO DEL MAR Restaurant (“Local Advertising”).
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in any promotion campaigns, advertising, loyalty programs, and other programs periodically established or approved for TACO DEL MAR Restaurants, whether on a national, regional or local basis.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 11
Franchisee must purchase all goods and services required for the operation of the TACO DEL MAR Restaurant from such authorized and/or designated Vendors
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
You must purchase or lease (as designated) these items only from suppliers or other sources approved and/or designated for the TACO DEL MAR System.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must purchase, lease or finance from our designated vendor our credit/debit and gift card processing system.
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 5
Franchisee authorizes Franchisor and its affiliates to initiate debit entries and credit correction entries to Franchisee’s checking, savings or other account for the payment of Royalties, Marketing Fees, Local Advertising Fees, and any other amounts due from Franchisee under this Agreement or otherwise.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 11
Franchisee will participate in all gift card, loyalty card, promotional card, award card, or other similar prepaid card, code, or other device (each a “Gift Card”) program periodically established or approved for TACO DEL MAR Restaurants by Franchisor (each a “Gift Card Program’), and Franchisee will not create or…
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 11
Franchisee (or its Designated Managing Partner) or the Designated Manager must work full-time at the TACO DEL MAR Restaurant.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Franchisor will establish, and Franchisee must comply with, standards and specifications for services and products offered at or through the TACO DEL MAR Restaurant and the uniforms, recipes, materials, forms, menus (which may include nutritional information), items, and supplies used in connection with the…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You must purchase or lease from our designated vendor our authorized point-of-sale system hardware and download software to run the point-of-sale system, inclusive of an online ordering system which is also provided by a third-party software company.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
We and our affiliates will have independent access to the sales information and data produced by your point-of-sale system and computer system.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
We may require you (or your Designated Operating Partner), your Designated Manager, and your other employees to attend, at your expense, additional training if your TACO DEL MAR Restaurant does not meet certain performance standards established by us, or if we solely determine that additional training is necessary or…
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
Attendance at periodic market meetings by you (or your Managing Owner, Designated Operating Partner) and your Designated Manager is required.
Who buys here
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 franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
Taco Del Mar is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in Washington state. For software vendors, the immediate takeaway is scale: FranCloud has mapped 44 operator-run locations across five states, with no company-owned units and no multi-unit operators on file. Every location is a single-unit franchise. This means the total addressable market is 44 doors, and each door likely makes its own software decisions.
The unit-band split confirms the atomized structure: all 44 mapped operators fall into the single-unit category. There are zero operators in the 2–9, 10–24, or 25+ unit bands. Washington dominates the footprint with 32 locations, followed by Oregon (5), Idaho (2), Louisiana (1), and North Dakota (1). No year-over-year unit growth rate is available in the 2025 FDD, and average unit volume is not disclosed.
The 2025 FDD does not list any HQ executives in Item 1. This absence, combined with the all-single-unit operator base, points to a decentralized buying model. In practice, a vendor selling into Taco Del Mar is selling to 44 independent franchisees, not to a corporate IT department or a multi-unit owner with portfolio leverage. There is no named CIO, VP of Technology, or procurement lead on file.
Without a franchisor mandate, the buying center is the individual operator. That means sales cycles will be one-off, and there is no top-down rollout path. Vendors should expect to prove ROI at the store level and navigate 44 separate decision processes.
The 2025 FDD contains no extract naming mandated or recommended technology systems. No POS vendor, no online ordering platform, no back-of-house or payroll system is specified. This is a blank-slate signal: franchisees are not constrained by a brand-standard tech stack in the disclosed materials.
For a vendor, that is both an opportunity and a challenge. There is no incumbent to displace by mandate, but there is also no brand-driven urgency to adopt. Any sale must be won on merit at the unit level. If Taco Del Mar operators are using common quick-service tools, those choices are made independently and are not captured in the franchise disclosure document.
Item 8 of the FDD, which typically describes procurement restrictions and designated suppliers, is not extracted in the available data. The brand’s procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or fully open—is therefore not disclosed. Similarly, Item 17, which covers renewal, termination, and transfer terms, is not extracted. The initial franchise term and royalty rate are also absent from the 2025 filing.
This lack of structural data means there are no visible brand-wide contract windows or renewal cycles for a vendor to target. Timing is driven entirely by individual operator needs. A vendor’s best entry point is likely when a franchisee is opening a new location, refreshing equipment, or experiencing operational pain that a software solution can address.
The full 2025 Taco Del Mar Franchise Disclosure Document is available below. It was filed with state franchise regulators and contains the brand’s official representations on fees, obligations, and system standards as of the filing year. For software vendors, the key items to scrutinize are Item 1 (the franchisor and its executives), Item 8 (procurement restrictions), Item 11 (franchisor assistance and required systems), and Item 17 (renewal and termination). In this case, many of those items are silent in the extract, which is itself a useful signal: the brand imposes few, if any, centralized technology requirements on its franchisees.
For a ranked target list of franchise brands with stronger central mandates or larger operator footprints, FranCloud can help.
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Operator footprint
91 operators run 91 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| WA | 64 |
|---|---|
| OR | 12 |
| ID | 4 |
| MT | 3 |
| LA | 2 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.