What is the standard transfer fee for an All County franchise?
All_County Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nchise agreement and related documents used in the state in which your Business is located (which may provide for different royalties, advertising contributions and expenditures, duration and other rights and obligations than those provided in this Agreement). In the event this Agreement is transferred to a third party transferee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the remaining Term of this Agreement is two (2) years or less, then you acknowledge that prior to any such transfer you must notify the proposed transferee in writing, with additional written notice to us, that as a required condition of the proposed transfer the transferee must be willing
to execute our then current standard franchise agreement. Our then current franchise agreement shall include a complete term of effectiveness, unless otherwise we agree in writing with the proposed transferee to some other modified term of the franchise agreement, in our sole business judgment.
- 20.4.5. Transfer Fees. You must pay us a transfer fee in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) at the time of the proposed transfer. In addition to the transfer fee, you agree to pay us our reasonable legal fees and administrative costs incurred, and our reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including, without limitation, travel, meals, lodging and other investigative expenses involved in meeting with or qualifying the transferee. If the proposed transfer is among your owners or first or second degree relatives, the transfer fee will be waived, although you are required to reimburse us for any reasonable legal and administrative costs we incur in connection with the transfer. Additionally, as a required condition of our approval of any proposed transfer of the Franchised Business, or the proposed transfer of any part of the Territory, to any third party (which shall include any existing ALL COUNTY franchisee), the transferee must agree to pay us a separate fee (the "Transferee Administrative Fee") in the amount of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) for administrative and other expenses we incur in connection
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 43–157)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to All County's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the standard transfer fee is $10,000. This fee is due at the time of the proposed transfer. In addition to this fee, the franchisee is responsible for covering All County's reasonable legal fees, administrative costs, and out-of-pocket expenses related to the transfer, including travel, meals, lodging, and investigative costs.
However, the transfer fee is waived if the transfer occurs among the franchisee's owners or first or second-degree relatives. In such cases, the franchisee is still required to reimburse All County for any reasonable legal and administrative costs incurred during the transfer process.
Furthermore, the transferee must pay a separate Transferee Administrative Fee of $2,500 to All County for administrative and other expenses related to the transfer. This fee is due when the transferee executes a franchise agreement or any other agreement making the transfer effective. There is also a Transfer Assistance Fee of $25,000 should the franchisee request All County's assistance in transferring the business to a third party purchaser.