How is the specific location for each Augusta Lawn Care Business determined?
Augusta_Lawn_Care Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The specific location for each Business granted shall be identified in the Franchise Agreement itself or an addendum, as the case may be, once a site has been approved. You will have the license to operate a Business within your Territory.
The Approved Location of a single franchise will be at the center of the Territory, composed of a circle having a radius of five (5) miles or up to a population of approximately 100,000 people. 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.
We grant you a franchise for a specific Approved Location within the Territory. The site may not be changed without our written approval and compliance with our relocation procedures, and you may not operate out of any site other than the approved site within the Territory without our written approval. We may allow you to move your site on a case-by-case basis.
During the term of your franchise, your Territory may not be modified except by a written agreement between you and us. On renewal or transfer of your franchise, the Territory may be modified. Depending on the then-current demographics of the Territory, and on our then-current standards for territories, if the Territory is larger than our then-current standard Territory, we may require you or the transferee to accept a renewal Territory or a transfer Territory smaller than the Territory.
You may receive a Territory that restricts us from establishing or operating, or granting any person other than you the right to establish or operate, an Augusta Lawn Care Business at any physical location in your Territory. However, we may: (a) at locations outside your Territory, including locations near the boundaries of your Territory, establish and operate, and grant others the right to establish and operate, an Augusta Lawn Care Business; (b) at locations outside your Territory, establish and operate, and grant others the right to operate, businesses similar to the Augusta Lawn Care Business; (c) at any location, license the use of alternative proprietary marks or methods in connection with the operation of businesses that may be similar to or different from the Augusta Lawn Care Business; and (d) use other channels of distribution, including the Internet. We are not
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 27–28)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Augusta Lawn Care FDD, the specific location for each Augusta Lawn Care business is identified in the Franchise Agreement or an addendum after the site has been approved. The approved location of a single franchise will be at the center of the territory, composed of a circle having a radius of five miles or up to a population of approximately 100,000 people.
Augusta Lawn Care grants a franchise for a specific approved location within the territory. The franchisee cannot change the site without Augusta Lawn Care's written approval and compliance with their relocation procedures, and the franchisee may not operate out of any site other than the approved site within the territory without written approval. Augusta Lawn Care may allow the franchisee to move their site on a case-by-case basis.
During the term of the franchise, the territory may not be modified except by a written agreement between the franchisee and Augusta Lawn Care. However, on renewal or transfer of the franchise, the territory may be modified. If the territory is larger than Augusta Lawn Care's then-current standard territory, they may require the franchisee or the transferee to accept a renewal territory or a transfer territory smaller than the territory, depending on the then-current demographics of the territory and on their then-current standards for territories.
It is important to note that Augusta Lawn Care franchisees do not receive an exclusive territory and may face competition from other franchisees, outlets that Augusta Lawn Care owns, or other channels of distribution or competitive brands that they control. Augusta Lawn Care also retains the right to operate an Augusta Lawn Care concept at a trade show booth, or similar temporary location, within the franchisee's approved territory for up to fifteen consecutive days.