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From the filings
+33.333% units YoYHQ + multi-unit
The Ten Spot
Personal servicesThe Ten Spot, backed by Gale Force Holdings, franchises four units under a 2025 FDD, growing 33% year over year. Six social platforms appear in Item 11, but none is a required system, so software purchasing looks split between headquarters standards and individual franchisee choice. Renewal cycles run in two five-year blocks after a 10-year initial term.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
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Total units
4
4 franchised
Unit growth YoY
+33.333%
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$50K
per unit
Investment range
$378K–$530K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
Non-compete
2 years
from the filing
Item 19
No 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.
8%of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.
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herwise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the Franchised Business, including any social media platform such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Instagram,
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her public computer network in connection with the Franchised Business, including any social media platform such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, X, YouTube or any other
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
28 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 2 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
Franchisor shall have the right to require that Franchisee shall use its designate accountant or bookkeeper for the maintenance of Franchisee’s books and records.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may, without notice to Franchisee, have the right to independently and remotely access and view the Computer System, including POS System information, via the Internet, other electronic means or by visiting the Beauty Bar, in order to obtain Gross Sales, tenant occupancy rates and other available…
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
on or before the tenth (10th) day of each month, financial statements for the Franchised Business, including a balance sheet, profit and loss statement and a statement of retained earnings for the previous month, which statements shall be signed and verified by Franchisee
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
As of the Issuance Date of this Disclosure Document, we are the Approved Supplier for the management and consulting services we provide in connection with your buildout of the Franchised Business as consideration for the Project Management Fee.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
We do not have a advertising council that advises us specifically on advertising issues; however, we do have a franchise advisory council (the “FAC”).
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We have the right to require you to purchase any items or services necessary to operate your Franchised Business from a supplier that we approve or designate (each, an “Approved Supplier”), which may
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We and/or our parent and affiliates may receive payments or other compensation from Approved Suppliers or any other suppliers on account of these suppliers’ dealings with us, you, or other Franchised Businesses in the System, such as rebates, commissions or other forms of compensation.
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?
75Item 8
approximately 75% to 85% of your ongoing costs to operate the Franchised Business after the initial start-up phase.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
You must pay our then-current supplier or non-approved product evaluation fee when submitting your request.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you wish to offer any products or services in connection with your Franchised Business that are not Approved Products and Services or purchase any item or service we require you to purchase from an Approved Supplier from an alternative supplier, you must request and obtain our approval in writing.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
It is agreed between the parties that following termination or the expiration of this Agreement, all interest in and rights to use all telephone and facsimile numbers, all listings and email addresses and all social media accounts (collectively “listings and accounts”) used by Franchisee in any manner related to the…
Franchise management
Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall participate in programs required from time to time by Franchisor regarding customer satisfaction or Franchisee’s compliance with the System, which may include (but are not limited to) a guest feedback hotline, guest survey programs, mystery shopping, or other programs as Franchisor may require.
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
We may conduct, as we deem advisable in our sole discretion, inspections of the Premises and audits of the Franchised Business and your operations generally to ensure compliance with our System standards and specifications.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor has the right to add to or otherwise modify the Manuals from time to time to reflect changes in the specifications, standards, operating procedures, and rules prescribed by Franchisor.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall not locate the Franchised Business on a selected site without the prior written approval of Franchisor.
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 approved in advance in writing by us, you must not establish or maintain a separate website, splash page, profile or other presence on the Internet, or otherwise advertise on the Internet or any other public computer network in connection with the Franchised Business, including any social media platform…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must expend certain amounts that (i) Franchisor designates, which shall not be less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), to conduct a pre-opening promotional and clientele/sales generation campaign
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must expend a minimum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) each month that the Franchised Business is open and operating on advertising and marketing the Franchised Business within the Designated Territory (the “Local Advertising Requirement”).
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall purchase all Required FFE and Related Operational Assets, Approved Products, inventory, supplies and paper goods only from the Approved Supplier that Franchisor has designated or approved for that specific Required Item.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall purchase all Required FFE and Related Operational Assets, Approved Products, inventory, supplies and paper goods only from the Approved Supplier that Franchisor has designated or approved for that specific Required Item.
Payments
Must the franchisee use a payment processor or merchant-services provider designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to at all times have arrangements in existence with such credit card issuers or sponsors and electronic funds or debit card transfer systems as Franchisor designates or approves in writing from time to time to enable Franchisee to accept customer’s credit cards, cheques and other methods of payment…
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 8
You must offer our gift cards, memberships, series and packages in your Beauty Bar, and you must purchase your gift cards from our Approved Supplier.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Your Franchised Business must, at all times, be managed and staffed with at least one individual who has successfully completed our Initial Training Program.
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
You must use our designated point of sale software and pay to our Approved Supplier a $250 initial licensing fee and a monthly licensing fee, which is currently $268.92.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor may, without notice to Franchisee, have the right to independently and remotely access and view the Computer System, including POS System information, via the Internet, other electronic means or by visiting the Beauty Bar, in order to obtain Gross Sales, tenant occupancy rates and other available…
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must obtain and maintain throughout the term of this Agreement such point of sale and customer management software and high-speed internet access as required from time to time by Franchisor.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
You will be required to pay our Training Fee for any Additional Training you and your employees request to attend and any Remedial Training that we require.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
The Principal Owner must also complete any additional or refresher training that Franchisor requires the Principal Owner to attend each year and the Principal Owner must attend Franchisor’s annual conference if conducted.
The filing answers no to 2 questions
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?Item 6
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.
The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
OwnerCEOPresidentPrincipal
- With 298 active personal services brands, I can't see which ones are growing or have the tech gaps my product fills, so I waste weeks chasing the wrong targets.A rep burning 10 hours/week on manual research at $50/hr loses $26,000/year. FranCloud's fit_scoring and corpus_search surface high-fit brands in seconds, reclaiming that time for selling.
- 68.6% of brands mandate no accounting system, meaning 93 brands are ripe for displacement, but I lack the unit-count and financial context to prioritize them.Focusing on the wrong 10 brands costs a rep 2+ deals per quarter. FranCloud's fit_scoring layers AUV and unit growth onto tech gaps, so reps chase only the 93 with real revenue potential.
- Even when I know which brands to target, I can't get reliable decision-maker contacts for the 277 brands with disclosed unit counts.SDRs spend 5+ hours/week hunting contacts. FranCloud's contact_enrichment delivers verified contacts in-line, saving 260 hours/year per rep and adding 15% more meetings.
The vendor opportunity at The Ten Spot
The Ten Spot, part of Gale Force Holdings, franchises four units in the personal services segment under a 2025 FDD, up 33% year over year, at a 6% royalty and a 10-year term. It's a small but growing system, and the six named platforms below show no confirmed software incumbent yet.
Who controls software purchasing
Item 2 names four officers: Kristen Gale (Chief Executive Officer and Director), Laura Wittholz (Chief Financial Officer), Stephanie Watson (Chief Operating Officer and President), and Kristin Leiska (Chief Brand Officer). With all four units independently franchised and no technology system mandated, purchasing looks Mixed: HQ sets the approved-supplier framework, but each franchisee still makes the day-to-day call.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Item 11 names six platforms — Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, and YouTube — but none of them is a contractual requirement. The FDD mentions all six without obliging the brand or its franchisees to use any of them.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 runs on an approved-supplier list that the franchisor provides and can update, with franchisees free to propose an alternative supplier for approval. One purchase is required directly from the franchisor or an affiliate: management and consulting services for buildout, covered by the Project Management Fee. Item 17 gives franchisees who satisfy the agreement's requirements an option to renew for two consecutive five-year periods — a natural point to revisit any vendor relationship.
How to read The Ten Spot FDD
The filing was made with state franchise regulators in 2025. The embedded PDF viewer below lets you read Item 11 for the named platforms and Item 8 for the full supplier terms. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of similar Gale Force Holdings targets.
Questions vendors ask
The Ten Spot, answered from the filing
Kristen Gale (CEO and Director), Stephanie Watson (COO and President), and Laura Wittholz (CFO) set brand standards at HQ, but with all four units independently franchised, day-to-day software choices are shared between headquarters and each owner.
The FDD requires none of the systems it names. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, and YouTube all appear in Item 11, but none of them is a contractual requirement.
Four franchised units as of the 2025 FDD, up 33% year over year, in the personal services segment.
An approved-supplier list, plus a required purchase directly from the franchisor or an affiliate: management and consulting services for buildout. Franchisees may otherwise propose a supplier for approval.
The initial term is 10 years, with an option to renew for two consecutive five-year periods — each a checkpoint to revisit vendor relationships as the brand grows.
The filing was made with state franchise regulators in 2025. Use the embedded PDF viewer below to read Item 11 for the named platforms and Item 8 for the supplier rules.
Source
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
37 operators run 38 mapped locations. 1 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit36
2–9 units1
Top states by locations
| MN | 2 |
|---|---|
| MS | 1 |
| TX | 1 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind The Ten Spot
unknown of gale force holdings.
Related Personal services brands
Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.