Does All County grant exclusive territories?
All_County Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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ITEM 12
TERRITORY
Territory. You will be granted a specific territory (the "Territory") in which to locate your Franchise Business office and market your services. Your Territory will be defined as a specific geographic area identified using commonly understood state, county, municipal, street, landmark or postal area definitions. A typical territory will not contain a population exceeding 250,000 and will contain a population of at least 50,000. We will not establish or locate, or license another person to establish or locate, another ALL COUNTY® business office within your Territory.
The Territory area for your ALL COUNTY® business office you are granted will be determined after negotiation between you and us, carefully considering where you want to be located and whether the proposed area is available. No other ALL COUNTY® business office will be physically located in your Territory and that no other ALL COUNTY® business shall be authorized to conduct 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. 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. We do not have to pay you any compensation for soliciting or accepting customer accounts from within your Territory.
Neither we nor our affiliate operate or plan to operate or franchise businesses under a different trademark that will sell similar services or goods to those of the Franchise Business.
We or our other franchisees may reasonably enter into agreements to provide services to national or regional companies. These agreements may require our affiliate-operated or franchiseeoperated businesses to provide necessary services to all the national or regional company's locations, and some of these locations may be within your Territory. In the case of an agreement under which the customer will pay a fixed amount for services at all locations listed in such agreement, we will reasonably allocate the fixed amount among the businesses performing such services.
Continuation of Your Territory Rights. In order to retain the right to operate the Franchise Business in the Territory you must meet the performance standards in the Franchise Agreement. The configuration of your Territory will not change except by mutual agreement of you and us. By signing our standard Franchise Agreement, you do not receive any options, rights of first refusal or similar rights to acquire additional franchises.
We may approve relocation of your office for the Franchise Business within the Territory after you provide us with all required information concerning the proposed site to which you want to relocate. Our approval of the relocation of your office will be based primarily on lease terms, suitability of the location for activities of the business, zoning, parking, and general neighborhood. We will provide our decision of the acceptability of any proposed relocation office site you submit within 20 days of receipt of all required information concerning the proposed site.
Minimum Performance. Your rights in and to your Territory and the Franchise Agreement are dependent upon your meeting minimum standards of performance during the term of the Franchise Agreement. You must attain or exceed the requirements for Gross Revenue contained in the Franchise Agreement (Article 4.3). You must attain or exceed each minimum requirement (the "Requirement") for Gross Revenue identified below for each respective specified
period.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 26–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All County's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are granted a specific territory, but these territories are not exclusive. The territory is defined by geographic area using state, county, municipal, street, landmark, or postal definitions. Typically, a territory will have a population between 50,000 and 250,000 residents. While All County will not establish another business office within a franchisee's territory, franchisees may still face competition from other franchisees, company-owned outlets, or other channels of distribution.
Although franchisees do not receive an exclusive territory, All County restricts other franchisees from conducting grass-roots marketing efforts, such as direct mail campaigns or physically visiting real estate offices, within a franchisee's territory. Franchisees have the right to provide services to customer account locations up to 50 miles from their principal business address. All County retains the right to establish businesses outside the franchisee's territory and can conduct advertising or service customer accounts within the territory, excluding grass-roots marketing. All County also has the right to sell services through other distribution channels, like the Internet, without compensating the franchisee.
To maintain territory rights, All County franchisees must meet minimum performance standards, specifically gross revenue requirements. There is no minimum gross revenue requirement for the first 365 days. However, a $150,000 minimum total gross revenue is required for the second 365-day period, and $250,000 for each subsequent 365-day period. Failure to meet these requirements can result in the territory being rendered non-exclusive or even termination of the franchise agreement.
Prospective franchisees should be aware that while they are granted a defined territory, the lack of exclusivity means they may face competition from various sources. Meeting the minimum gross revenue requirements is critical to maintaining their territory rights. This structure is fairly common in the franchise industry, where franchisors balance territorial protection with the need for market penetration and brand presence.