Can I face competition from All County owned outlets within my territory?
All_County Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
t mail campaigns or physically visiting real estate offices or other businesses in your Territory for the purposes of soliciting referrals. You will not receive an exclusive territory. You may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control.
Activity Outside of Territory. You have the right to provide services to customer account locations located up to 50 miles from the principal business address for the Franchised Business.
We have the right to establish ALL COUNTY® business offices anywhere outside your Territory. Except for conducting grass-roots marketing efforts in your Territory, defined as conducting direct mail campaigns or physically visiting real estate offices or other businesses in your Territory for the purposes of soliciting referrals, we, our affiliates, or other franchisees have the right to conduct radio, television, or other advertising, or service customer accounts inside your Territory. We have the right to sell services and any ancillary products, whether or not using the Marks, inside or outside your Territory through distribution channels other than ALL COUNTY® businesses, including offering real estate advertising and listing services through Internet websites or through published materials that are distributed in your Territory. We do not have to pay you any compensation for soliciting or accepting orders inside your Territory.
You do not have the right to use other channels of distribution, such as the Internet, catalog sales, telemarketing, or other directed marketing to make sales outside your Territory, unless we provide you with our prior written consent. You do not receive any options, rights of first refusal, or similar rights to acquire additional franchises.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 26–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All County's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, as a franchisee, you may face competition from All County-owned outlets within your territory. While All County will not establish or license another person to establish another All County business office within your territory, and no other All County business shall be authorized to conduct grass-roots marketing efforts in your territory, you do not receive an exclusive territory. This means that All County retains the right to establish All County business offices anywhere outside your territory and can conduct radio, television, or other advertising, or service customer accounts inside your territory. All County also has the right to sell services and any ancillary products, whether or not using the Marks, inside or outside your Territory through distribution channels other than ALL COUNTY® businesses.
Furthermore, All County, its affiliates, or other franchisees have the right to conduct radio, television, or other advertising, or service customer accounts inside your territory, except for conducting grass-roots marketing efforts. All County does not have to pay you any compensation for soliciting or accepting orders inside your territory. Additionally, All County or its other franchisees may enter into agreements to provide services to national or regional companies, which may require affiliate-operated or franchisee-operated businesses to provide services to locations within your territory.
This lack of an exclusive territory is a common arrangement in franchising, but it's crucial to understand the implications. While All County restricts other franchisees from physically setting up shop or conducting direct marketing within your territory, the potential for competition from corporate-owned outlets and other channels exists. Prospective franchisees should carefully consider the competitive landscape and market conditions within their territory before investing in an All County franchise.