Under what condition will Basecamp Fitness grant a protected territory?
Basecamp_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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ITEM 12 TERRITORY
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. When you sign a Franchise Agreement, you will receive the right to operate a single Basecamp Studio at a specific location that we must approve. If the site for your Basecamp Studio has been identified before you sign the Franchise Agreement, then you must operate the studio at that site. If the site becomes unavailable to you for any reason, it is your obligation to select a new location, and to obtain our approval of that location before you acquire the site, and before you obtain any rights in the location. If a site has not been identified, then we will designate an area, and you may locate your Basecamp Studio at any site we approve within that area, so long as the site you select is not also within a territory of another Basecamp Studio or an Anytime fitness franchisee (for a limited time as discussed below). Once the site for your Basecamp Studio has been approved, we will grant you a protected territory. (If you sign an Area Development Agreement with us, we will also give you a protected territory at the time you sign that agreement.) The limitations on us in that territory are described below.
If you sign an Area Development Agreement ("ADA"), we will describe this territory in the Rider to that agreement. The territory will typically be described as a geographic area in which each of your Basecamp Studios must be developed. The criteria we use for determining these territories is simply geographic markets in which we believe it may be feasible to develop a Basecamp Studio.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 45–48)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Basecamp Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a protected territory is granted to a franchisee once the site for their Basecamp Studio has been approved. If a site has been identified before signing the Franchise Agreement, the franchisee must operate at that specific location. If that site becomes unavailable, the franchisee is obligated to find a new location and secure Basecamp Fitness's approval before acquiring the site. If a site hasn't been identified initially, Basecamp Fitness will designate an area where the franchisee can locate their studio, provided the chosen site isn't within another Basecamp Studio or an Anytime Fitness franchisee's territory.
Basecamp Fitness may also grant a protected territory when the franchisee signs an Area Development Agreement (ADA). The protected territory is described in a Rider to the agreement and is typically a geographic area where each of the franchisee's Basecamp Studios must be developed. The criteria for determining these territories are geographic markets deemed feasible for developing a Basecamp Studio.
It is important to note that Basecamp Fitness emphasizes that franchisees will not receive an exclusive territory. Franchisees may face competition from other franchisees, company-owned outlets, or other channels of distribution and competitive brands that Basecamp Fitness controls. The protected territory's boundaries are determined using mapping and demographic software, with the territory generally not exceeding an area with more than 50,000 people based on census projections for up to five years from the Franchise Agreement date. The determination of the protected territory is within Basecamp Fitness's sole discretion.