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From the filings
HQ-led decisions
Weichert
Real estateWeichert operates 338 real-estate offices -- 263 franchised, 75 company-owned -- and requires every franchisee to run its proprietary MyWeichert back-office platform, built on the BrokerSumo system and sole-sourced from Weichert itself. That mandated system is the anchor point for any vendor pitch, while each office must also procure and install the computer system HQ requires.
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Total units
338
263 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
—
Item 19, 2026
Royalty
6%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$25K
per unit
Investment range
$77K–$360K
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
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 (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.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
20 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 6 explicit no's; 8 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
No later than ninety days following the end of each of your fiscal years during the term of this Agreement, you agree to furnish to us, in a form we approve, a statement of the Franchised Business's profit and loss for the fiscal year and a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, prepared on a compilation…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We and our Affiliates may serve as non-exclusive Approved Suppliers.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
We established a Weichert Marketing Fund Advisory Council.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesFranchise agreement
Accordingly, you agree that we may from time to time change the components of the Weichert System and the requirements applicable to the System including, but not limited to, altering the products, programs, services, methods, standards, forms, policies and procedures of the System; abandoning the System altogether…
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
722458Item 8
our total revenues from franchisee purchases of goods or services from us for the fiscal year which ended December 31, 2025 were $722,458, or 4.2% of total revenues.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We or our affiliates may also receive discounts or rebates from Approved Suppliers.
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?
5Item 8
We estimate that the required purchases described above are 3% to 10% of the cost to establish a franchised Weichert Business and approximately 5% of operating expenses.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you propose a supplier that is not an Approved Supplier, you must provide us reasonable notice of the name of the proposed supplier and the products and/or services you will obtain from the proposed supplier.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Except as provided below, cease using the telephone numbers listed in the Yellow Pages and White Pages of any telephone directories under the name "WEICHERT" or any other confusingly similar name or, upon our written demand, direct the telephone company to transfer the telephone numbers listed for the Franchised…
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
You agree to make these materials available for examination and copying at the premises of your Office(s) (or other location[s] where the records are maintained), to cooperate fully with our inspection and audit and to make complete records available to us.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We can change the Manual, and you must comply with these changes when you receive them, but they will not materially alter your rights and obligations under the Franchise Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
Except as provided in Section 5.03 ("Administrative, Temporary and Satellite Offices"), you may operate your franchised Weichert Business only from your approved Office Location.
Marketing
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
All franchisees are required to contribute to the Weichert Marketing Fund in accordance with the same formula.
Operations
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
Examples of products which you must obtain from Approved Suppliers include exterior signage, yard signs and riders, ad specialties, stationery, brochures and apparel bearing our logo.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
We can debit the Bank Account for Continuing Royalties, Marketing Fees and all other amounts you owe us or our affiliates under the Franchise Agreement.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
You must designate an Office Manager for each Office.
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 current proprietary reporting system, the base version of which we will provide to you at no charge.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
In addition, you must implement and use a proprietary internet-based technology tool called myWeichert.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
We may also provide optional training classes for sales associates or staff members at local or regional locations or through webinars, and subject to our scheduling, notification, enrollment and cancellation policies.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
You (if the “franchisee” is an individual) and/or your Business Manager(s) must attend, and you may send other attendees if you wish.
The filing answers no to 6 questions
- Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?Franchise agreement
- Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?Item 11
- Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?Item 11
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 11
- Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?Item 8
- Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?Item 11
The vendor opportunity at Weichert
Weichert runs 338 real-estate offices nationwide -- 263 franchised and 75 company-owned -- under a 2026 FDD that names one mandated system by name: its own MyWeichert back-office platform. For a vendor selling into real estate, that sole-sourced product is the clearest signal of what Weichert controls directly.
Who controls software purchasing
CEO Aram R. Minnetian and President William A. Scavone head Weichert's HQ team, with William L. Hassell, Jr. as COO and SVP of Franchise Field Services and Leslie D. Shoaf as EVP of Operations. The FDD's mandate language -- "you must use this system," "you must install it and use it" -- sits squarely with HQ. At the office level, 62 mapped operators run close to one office each, with only 4 running more than one, concentrated in South Carolina, California, Arizona, Arkansas, and Washington.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
Item 11 requires every Weichert office to use the current back-office platform, a customized internet-based system called BrokerSumo, delivered under the MyWeichert Non-Exclusive Software License Agreement. Item 8 confirms Weichert is the only approved supplier of the MyWeichert system. Beyond that named platform, the FDD requires offices to install "the computer system we require," including hardware, software, and dedicated phone and power lines, with future proprietary software additions also mandatory on notice.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 runs an Approved Supplier Program: most goods and services can come from any supplier that meets Weichert's specifications, and franchisees may propose an alternative supplier for approval, but the MyWeichert system itself has no alternative. Weichert reported $72,750 in fees from Approved Suppliers in the period covered by the filing. Royalty runs at 6.0% of sales, and the FDD makes no financial performance representation under Item 19. Item 17 sets the renewal, transfer, and termination framework that governs when an office's agreement comes up again.
How to read the Weichert FDD
The embedded PDF viewer below holds the full 2026 Weichert Franchise Disclosure Document. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked target list across the real-estate franchise landscape.
Questions vendors ask
Weichert, answered from the filing
Weichert's HQ leadership, led by CEO Aram R. Minnetian and President William A. Scavone, sets the software mandate directly: the FDD requires every franchisee to run the sole-sourced MyWeichert back-office platform, leaving little office-level discretion for that system.
Weichert mandates its own MyWeichert back-office platform, built on the BrokerSumo system, under Item 11 -- sole-sourced from Weichert per Item 8. The FDD also requires computer hardware and software meeting Weichert's current minimum specifications.
338 total offices as of the 2026 FDD -- 263 franchised and 75 company-owned -- in the real-estate segment.
Item 8 runs an Approved Supplier Program: most items can come from any supplier meeting Weichert's specifications, but Weichert is the sole approved supplier of the MyWeichert system, and franchisees may propose alternative suppliers for other categories.
Item 17 of the FDD sets Weichert's renewal, transfer, and termination framework -- the point at which an office's agreement, and often its technology commitments, come up for renegotiation, and a natural moment for a vendor to reintroduce a pitch.
The embedded PDF viewer below holds Weichert's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document in full.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
62 operators run 71 mapped locations. 4 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit58
2–9 units4
Top states by locations
| SC | 9 |
|---|---|
| CA | 7 |
| AZ | 7 |
| AR | 6 |
| WA | 5 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.