Does Basecamp Fitness have to approve or disapprove a franchisee's chosen site location?
Basecamp_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Before you open your Basecamp Studio, we will:
- (1) Once you have chosen a site location for your Basecamp Studio, either approve or disapprove that location (Franchise Agreement – Section 1.C).
- (2) Once we approve a site location for your Basecamp Studio, provide you with a Protected Territory for your studio (Franchise Agreement – Section 1.E).
You will be given the right to open a Basecamp Studio at a location that we agree on. You will have 12 months from the date you sign the Franchise Agreement to secure a location we approve and open and begin operating your Basecamp Studio. We will provide you with specifications to assist you in evaluating and selecting a site for your Basecamp Studio and may provide you recommendations on sites. It is your obligation to select a site for your studio and obtain our approval of that site. While we will assist you, and we may identify various potential sites in your market area, we have no obligation to locate or select a site for you, or negotiate the purchase or lease of a site, and we do not own the premises and lease them to you. Before you acquire any site, you must submit to us information and materials we require and obtain our approval to your site. The factors we take into account in approving a site are the visibility of the site, the location of competitors, whether the site is easily accessible, surrounding businesses and various other factors. We recommend that a Basecamp Studio should be 2,500 square feet but no larger than 3,000 square feet. We will generally tell you within 30 days whether or not we approve your proposed site. If you and we are unable to agree on a site for your Basecamp Studio, the opening of your Basecamp Studio may be delayed.
Under the Area Development Agreement, you will have the right to develop, open, and operate multiple Basecamp Studios. Each Basecamp Studio must be developed and opened according to our then-current System standards and other approval requirements. You or your affiliates must sign our then-current form of Franchise Agreement for each Basecamp Studio you develop and open under the Area Development Agreement, which may contain materially different terms and conditions than the Franchise Agreement attached to this Disclosure Document. We will determine or approve the location of future Basecamp Studios and any protected territories for those Basecamp Studios based on our then-current System standards for sites and protected territories.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 35–45)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Basecamp Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Basecamp Fitness must either approve or disapprove a franchisee's chosen site location. The franchisee has 12 months from signing the Franchise Agreement to secure an approved location and open their studio. While Basecamp Fitness may provide recommendations, the franchisee is ultimately responsible for selecting the site and obtaining approval.
Basecamp Fitness provides specifications to assist in evaluating potential sites. Factors considered for approval include visibility, competitor locations, accessibility, and surrounding businesses. The FDD recommends a studio size of 2,500 to 3,000 square feet. Basecamp Fitness will generally inform the franchisee of their decision within 30 days.
If the franchisee and Basecamp Fitness cannot agree on a site, the studio opening may be delayed. For franchisees with Area Development Agreements, each studio must meet the then-current system standards, and Basecamp Fitness will determine or approve the location of future studios based on these standards.