What is the relationship between Anago Cleaning Systems and the franchisor of Anago Subfranchise Rights Agreements?
Anago Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
sing, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Franchisor", "Us", "We", "Our(s)") and Corp. Name., a State corporation with its principal business address at __________ (the "Subfranchisor", "You", "Yours").
BACKGROUND
- A. Franchisor has developed a distinctive system for the development and operation of janitorial and other facilities-related services businesses identified by the mark "Anago" and other Proprietary Marks. Franchisor is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anago Cleaning Systems and has been licensed to sell Subfranchise Rights Agreements.
- B. Franchisor licenses the right to third parties to use and sublicense the right to use the Proprietary Marks and System in designated areas throughout the United States to identify to the public the source of services and products marketed under the System and to represent the System's quality standards for services and products.
- C. Subfranchisor understands and acknowledges the importance to Franchisor of the System's standards for services and products and, pursuant to this Agreement, desires to obtain the rights to sublicense the right to operate Franchised Businesses using the System and the Proprietary Marks within a designated area.
- D. Subfranchisor has had sufficient opportunity to be advised thoroughly of the terms of this Agreement by advisors of Subfranchisor's own choosing and by receipt and review of a current FDD (Subfranchise Rights) and a current FDD (Subfranchisor – Single Unit) and has made an independent investigation of Franchisor's operations, and Subfranchisor and Franchisor have concluded an agreement that they reduce to this written document, which is intended to fully state all of the parties' understandings and agreements, representations and warranties pertaining to their relationship and which terms are acknowledged by the parties to be material and reasonable.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPTS (FDD pages 62–298)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Anago's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Anago Cleaning Systems, Inc. (ACS) owns the Anago System, including proprietary property and marks. ACS has granted a license to Anago Franchising, Inc. (AFI), to sublicense the use of the System to subfranchisors and their franchisees. Anago Franchising, Inc. is the franchisor that grants Anago Subfranchise Rights Agreements.
Anago Cleaning Systems is the parent company of Anago Franchising, Inc., as Anago Franchising, Inc. is described as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anago Cleaning Systems. This means that Anago Cleaning Systems controls Anago Franchising, Inc. and has ultimate authority over its operations.
For a prospective subfranchisor, this relationship means that while they will be dealing directly with Anago Franchising, Inc. for their subfranchise agreement, the overall system and brand are controlled by Anago Cleaning Systems. Any changes to the brand standards or proprietary marks would ultimately come from Anago Cleaning Systems. The subfranchisor must adhere to the Anago Manuals produced by ACS, AFI, and/or their affiliates.