Does Basecamp Fitness require franchisees to purchase signs from approved sources?
Basecamp_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
nitial Franchise Fee you would have paid for those Studios.
ITEM 8 RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
All equipment, furnishings, fixtures, signs, software, software support and security monitoring, supplies, branded items, marketing, maintenance services, insurance and products you purchase for use or sale in your Basecamp Studio must meet our specifications. Additionally, all membership types you offer as well as workouts provided through your Basecamp Studio must meet our specifications and, where allowed by applicable law, comply with our pricing guidelines. Those specifications may include minimum standards for delivery, performance, design, appearance, and quality. We will issue the specifications to you before you begin operating. We may include these specifications in the manual that we provide to you online, or we may issue them separately. While we do not have specifications for local advertising you create to promote your studio, we do require that you obtain our prior approval at least 4 weeks before you use any advertising materials you prepare. You may not establish or have established any digital or electronic medium or method of communication, including a website, web page, review or opinion page, social media and/or social networking site, channel, avatar, profile, including an online business profile, account, hashtag, user name or application, whether web-based or otherwise, or keyword advertising, pay-per-click
advertising or other search engine marketing, relating to or making reference to us, your Basecamp Studio, or to the Basecamp Fitness System without our approval. We reserve the right to refuse, reject, adjust or require changes to any advertising material you prepare. You must provide us with full admin access (including with log-in information) to all social media accounts, profiles and pages, business managers, and ad accounts related to your Basecamp Studio or that use our marks. You must provide ownership-level access to any Google Business profiles.
You can expect that the items you purchase to meet our specifications will represent over 90% of the total purchases you will make to begin operations.
Source: Item 8 — RESTRICTIONS ON SOURCES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (FDD pages 28–32)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Basecamp Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees are required to purchase signs from approved sources. Specifically, Basecamp Fitness mandates that franchisees purchase the Build-Out Package, which includes signage, from them or designated third-party sole suppliers.
Basecamp Fitness requires that all signs franchisees purchase for use in their Basecamp Studio must meet the franchisor's specifications. These specifications may include minimum standards for delivery, performance, design, appearance, and quality. Basecamp Fitness will issue these specifications to franchisees before they begin operations, potentially including them in the manual provided online or issuing them separately.
If a franchisee wants to purchase items for their Basecamp Studio that have not been previously approved or differ from Basecamp Fitness's specifications, they must notify Basecamp Fitness in writing. If requested, the franchisee must submit samples and other information required for testing to determine whether the product meets Basecamp Fitness's specifications and quality standards. Basecamp Fitness does not impose any fee for considering an item not previously approved.
Basecamp Fitness may require franchisees to purchase certain items from vendors they approve, including mandatory vendors (persons from whom franchisees must purchase certain items or services), designated vendors (for items or services that must be purchased from vendors Basecamp Fitness approves), and preferred vendors (for vendors Basecamp Fitness has approved, but in categories where they do not require franchisees to obtain their approval of the vendor). These suppliers may pay vendor rebates to Basecamp Fitness and may include their company and affiliates.