Does Amerispec Inspection Services approve the office location for the franchisee?
Amerispec_Inspection_Services Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
your home, it is your responsibility to comply with all local ordinances as some may prohibit home offices.
If you own multiple Franchised Businesses with contiguous territories, you are only required to establish one fulltime Office. We have the right to approve your office location. We do not own premises that are leased to you. Once established, the Office cannot be moved without our consent. We do not locate an office for you, do not negotiate the purchase or lease of your office site, do not own office locations or office space for lease to you, do not conform the office premises to local ordinances, building codes, or obtain any required permits, and do not construct, remodel, or decorate the premises.
If you lease a space for your Office, you will be solely responsible for negotiation of the terms of your lease and performance under the lease. Our acceptance of the lease is solely based on the site and lease satisfying our minimum site selection criteria. Our acceptance will be based upon many factors, including the then-current viability of the proposed location and demographics, traffic patterns, competition, and similar factors.
Advertising Programs
National Advertising Fund. All franchisees must contribute the Advertising Contribution to the National Advertising Fund (the "Ad Fund"). As of the date of this Disclosure Document, the Advertising Contribution is the greater of 3% of the monthly Gross Receipts of each Franchised Business or $160 (except the $160 minimum does not apply until 90 days after opening the Franchised Business). We may adjust this contribution amount upon written notice to you, but it shall not exceed 3% of Gross Receipts. We do not contribute to the Ad Fund. Although there are no company-owned stores, all company-owned stores would contribute to the Ad Fund on the same basis as other franchisees. Any amounts in the Ad Fund that are not spent in any fiscal year are kept in the Ad Fund for
use in the following year. Upon written request, we will provide a written statement of the financial condition of the Ad Fund, certified by one of our executive officers. We are not obligated to audit the Ad Fund.
We do not use any portion of the Ad Fund in a way that is principally aimed at helping us sell franchises.
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 24–31)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Amerispec Inspection Services's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Amerispec Inspection Services has the right to approve a franchisee's office location. Franchisees must operate from a full-time business office within their territory, defined as being open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office can be located in the franchisee's home, provided the home is within the designated territory.
Prior to establishing the office, franchisees must submit information regarding the office location to Amerispec Inspection Services for approval. The FDD states that the primary factor for approval is that the location must be within the franchisee's designated territory.
Amerispec Inspection Services also provides pre-opening assistance by designating the territory and approving the office location. If a franchisee owns multiple franchise locations with contiguous territories, only one full-time office is required. Once established, an office location cannot be moved without the consent of Amerispec Inspection Services.