From the filings
Software purchasing at The Giggling Pig flows through a lean HQ team led by Owner-Founder and President Hannah Grace Perry, with operational input from Director of Operations Maya Christine Pirulli. The franchise’s 2025 FDD discloses no mandated or recommended technology systems, leaving the current tech stack undefined for vendors. With only 7 total units (5 franchised, 2 company-owned) and no multi-unit operators, the addressable market is small and concentrated in Connecticut.
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Live signals
Ongoing fee load
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
10%of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Franchisor behaviours
27 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 4 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?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to establish and maintain at your own expense a bookkeeping, accounting, and recordkeeping system conforming to the requirements and formats we prescribe from time to time.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree that we will, at all times, have access to your Computer System and that we have the right to collect and retain from the Computer System any and all data concerning your Giggling Pig Studio.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Each month, you agree to generate, in the manner and format that we may prescribe from time to time, an income statement (including a standard chart of the accounts designated by us) for your Giggling Pig Studio covering the most recently completed month.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
You must purchase the retail merchandise which you offer at your Giggling Pig Studio from us or our affiliates.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We may establish designated or approved suppliers (which may be affiliated with us) for other products or services in the future, and we reserve the right to add or substitute designated or approved suppliers at any time, with or without notice.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
0Item 8
Because we have just begun to sell franchises, in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, we or our affiliates did not derive any revenue from required purchases by franchisees.
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?
1Item 8
We estimate the purchases you must make according to our specifications or from approved or designated suppliers represent approximately 25% to 30% of your total purchases to establish your Giggling Pig Studio, and 1% to 4% of your total purchases to operate your Giggling Pig Studio.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
We may require you to pay us a fee to cover our expenses to compensate us for the time and resources we spend in evaluating your proposed supplier, which may vary depending on our administrative expenses in evaluating the request and its complexity.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to use any item or service that we have not yet evaluated or (for items that we require you to purchase from designated or approved suppliers) if you wish to purchase or lease any such item from a supplier that we have not yet approved, you must submit a written request for approval to us.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
You are required to turn over full power and control over the Contact Identifiers and Online Presences including user names and passwords, upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
We will require you to install and maintain a hardware and software firewall device on your Computer System that follows closely to the Payment Card Industry (PCI) DSS merchant requirements as stated on http://www.pcisecuritystandards.org.
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
We may require you, at your expense, to conduct or engage mystery shopper services, customer surveys, customer satisfaction programs, other market research tests, or quality-assurance inspections at your Giggling Pig Studio (collectively, “Quality Assurance Inspections”).
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
We reserve the right to periodically visit the Premises and evaluate your Giggling Pig Studio, including on an unannounced basis.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may modify the Operations Manual at any time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
You must obtain our written approval of your Giggling Pig Studio’s proposed site before signing any lease, sublease, or other document for 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
Except as provided above, or as approved by us in writing or in the Operations Manual, you may not develop, maintain or authorize any Online Presence (as defined in Item 13) that mentions your Giggling Pig Studio, links to any Franchise System Website or displays any of the Marks, or engage in any promotional or…
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 must spend 2% of your revenues each month on local advertising, after the Grand Opening period concludes, and provide us with a monthly report and your receipts.
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
Participation may include, without limitation, purchasing (at your expense) and using: (a) point of sale materials, (b) counter cards, displays, and give-away items promoting loyalty programs, prize promotions, and other marketing campaigns and programs, and (c) equipment necessary to administer loyalty programs
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 the computer hardware and subscribe to the software systems from our approved suppliers.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
We will auto-debit your bank account (known as “ACH”) for all fees you are required to pay to us under the Franchise Agreement.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesFranchise agreement
You must participate in all gift card, gift certificate, loyalty card, promotional card, award card, or other similar prepaid card, code or other device (collectively, “Gift Cards”) programs and loyalty programs we periodically establish or approve for Giggling Pig Studios, including but not limited to cross…
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Your General Manager must supervise the management and day-to-day operations of your Giggling Pig Studio and continuously exert their best efforts to promote and enhance your Giggling Pig Studio and the goodwill associated with the Marks.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to obtain and use the computer hardware, sales and scheduling software, point-of-sale system, other operating software, applications, platforms and existing or future technology components we specify from time to time (collectively, the “Computer System”).
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
The Computer System must give us and our affiliates access to all information generated by the Computer System, including pricing and customer information for your Giggling Pig Studio.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesFranchise agreement
We may offer or require additional training programs for you or your employees from to time and you may be required to pay us our then-current training fee for such programs.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
You (or your Operating Principal) and any applicable General Manager are required to attend any scheduled annual franchise owner conferences.
The Giggling Pig operates a tiny, concentrated network of 7 youth-services studios—5 franchised, 2 company-owned—all in Connecticut. With an average unit volume of $262,804 and an 8% royalty, the system is small by any SaaS vendor’s measure. No year-over-year unit growth was reported in the 2025 FDD, and the operator base consists entirely of single-unit franchisees. For software vendors, the total addressable market is 7 units, with no multi-unit operators to amplify deal size. The opportunity here is narrow and likely limited to a direct HQ relationship.
Ownership and leadership sit with Hannah Grace Perry, the Owner-Founder and President. The 2025 FDD lists no CIO, CTO, or dedicated IT procurement role. Maya Christine Pirulli, Director of Operations and Communication, is the most likely operational stakeholder for any software touching day-to-day studio management. Creative Director Filomena Pirulli rounds out the named HQ team. With no parent company and no franchisee association on file, purchasing decisions are centralized in this small group. Vendors should expect a direct, founder-led evaluation process with minimal formal procurement bureaucracy.
The 2025 FDD is silent on technology mandates. No POS, scheduling, CRM, or payment processing systems are named as required or recommended. This absence means franchisees may currently use a patchwork of self-selected tools, or the franchisor may not consider technology standardization a priority at this scale. For a vendor, this represents either a greenfield opportunity to propose a system-wide standard or a fragmented market where each unit makes its own choices. Without Item 11 disclosures, the actual tech stack in use remains unknown.
Item 8 procurement language is not extracted in the available data, so The Giggling Pig’s supply-chain model—designated supplier, approved supplier, or open market—is not publicly disclosed. Renewal terms in Item 17 require franchisees to notify the franchisor more than two years before the end of their 10-year initial term, sign the then-current franchise agreement, pay a successor fee, and remodel to current standards. This creates a potential software evaluation window roughly 7–8 years into each franchisee’s term. With no recent unit growth and a flat operator count, new-location-driven software sales are unlikely in the near term.
The full 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. Review Item 1 for the complete HQ leadership roster, Item 7 for the detailed investment breakdown, and Item 17 for renewal conditions that shape long-term software buying cycles. Because the FDD omits Item 11 technology mandates, vendors should pay close attention to any operational descriptions in Items 6 and 11 that might hint at software in use. For a ranked list of franchise systems that match your ideal customer profile, FranCloud can help you prioritize targets beyond this single brand.
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Operator footprint
5 operators run 5 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
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