Has Aerus ever offered franchises in any line of business?
Aerus Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Aerus Franchising, LLC, ("we", "our" or "us") is a limited liability company formed under the laws of Delaware on May 2, 2001. We currently do business only under our company name and under the trade names "Aerus", "Aerus Franchising" or "Beyond by Aerus". We maintain our principal place of business at 14841 Dallas Parkway, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75254. We have been offering franchises under the "Aerus" marks since June 2002. We began offering qualified franchises the right to sell our additional premium line of products and services under the "Beyond by Aerus" mark as of April 15, 2015. As of December 31, 2024, we have 158 franchise businesses in the United States and Canada. We do not offer any other franchises or engage in any other line of business, nor have we done so prior to the date of this Disclosure Document.
Our agents for service of process are listed in Exhibit 5.
Our Parent, Predecessors and Affiliates
We are owned by Aerus LLC ("Aerus") and a limited number of members owning a small minority interest. Aerus is a Delaware limited liability company and its principal place of business is 14841 Dallas Parkway, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75254. Aerus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ActivePure Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with its principal place of business at 14841 Dallas Parkway, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas 75254. Our product line is manufactured and/or supplied by Aerus. Prior to April 1, 2004, Aerus owned and operated approximately 400 Aerus businesses in the United States. Aerus eventually sold such businesses to individuals or entities who were then granted franchise rights by us. Aerus no longer owns any such businesses. Aerus has never offered franchises in any line of business. As described in Item 13, Aerus owns some of the Marks.
2025 Aerus FDD 1
From time to time, ARS Home Solutions, LLC ("ARS"), ARS Home Solutions Canada, Inc.
Source: Item 1 — The Franchisor and any Parents, Predecessors, and Affiliates (FDD pages 9–15)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Aerus FDD, Aerus Franchising, LLC has been offering franchises under the "Aerus" marks since June 2002. Aerus began offering qualified franchises the right to sell its additional premium line of products and services under the "Beyond by Aerus" mark as of April 15, 2015. As of December 31, 2024, Aerus has 158 franchise businesses in the United States and Canada. Aerus does not offer any other franchises or engage in any other line of business, nor have they done so prior to the date of the 2025 Disclosure Document.
Aerus LLC, the parent company of Aerus Franchising, LLC, previously owned and operated approximately 400 Aerus businesses in the United States before April 1, 2004. These businesses were eventually sold to individuals or entities who were then granted franchise rights by Aerus Franchising, LLC. However, Aerus LLC has never offered franchises in any line of business.
ARS Home Solutions, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aerus, has been granted franchise rights by Aerus Franchising, LLC and owns and operates 8 Aerus Businesses in the United States as of December 31, 2024. ARS has been conducting businesses of the type to be operated by franchisees since 2004. Similar to its parent company, ARS has never offered franchises in any line of business. ARS Home Solutions Canada, Inc. has also been granted franchise rights by Aerus, and although it does not currently own or operate any Aerus Businesses in Canada, it previously conducted business of the type to be operated by franchisees from 2011 to 2018. ARS Canada has also never offered franchises in any line of business.