What is the 'Territory' for a Beem Light Sauna franchise?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
o one of an affiliate, manager, agent, independent contractor, or other third party. We will, however, remain responsible for ensuring that those obligations are performed in compliance with the terms of the Franchise Agreement.
ITEM 12 TERRITORY
Franchise Agreement
Site. Your franchise is for the specific Site that we approve. You must select a site that we have accepted within the non-exclusive Site Selection Area that we specify. Your Site Selection Area is not exclusive and is only intended to give you a general indication of the area within which you may locate the Site for the Studio. The site will be added to the Franchise Agreement once we accept it and you secure it.
Limited Territorial Protection. Once you have selected, and we have accepted, a Site in the Site Selection Area, and you have secured the Site, we will provide you an area in which you will have protected rights (the "Territory"). The size of your Territory may vary from the territory granted to other franchisees based on the location and demographics surrounding your Studio. Typically, the territory will be a geographic area encompassing (i) a population of approximately 50,000 people surrounding the applicable Studio or (ii) a two-mile radius from the front door of the Studio, whichever includes fewer people. However, in very high-density urban markets having a population above one million people, we might not provide any territory at all or might reduce the territory to no more than a city block. The sources we use to determine the population within your Territory will be publicly available population information (such as data published by the U.S. Census Bureau or other governmental agencies and commercial sources).
You will not receive an exclusive territory. You may face competition from other franchisees, outlets that we own, or other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control.
Except as described below and for Non-Traditional Locations (defined below), we and our affiliates will not open, or license a third party to open, a Studio within your Territory. Except as stated in the preceding sentence, we and our affiliates have the right to conduct any business activities, under any name, in any geographic area, at any location, regardless of the proximity to or effect on your Studio. For example, we and our affiliates have the right to:
- (1) establish, or license others to operate, Studios or Sessions operating under the Marks and System at Non-Traditional Locations anywhere, including inside and outside the Territory. A "Non-Traditional Location" is a site that is located within a larger venue or facility that is likely to draw at least 75% of its customers from people who use such larger facility, including big box gyms and fitness facilities, cruise ships, military bases, college campuses, airports, sports or entertainment venues, hotels or resorts, theme parks, industrial or office complexes, train stations and other transportation facilities, travel plazas, casinos, hospitals, multi-unit residential properties, and other similar captive market locations;
- (2) establish, or license others to establish, studios or businesses offering similar or identical products, services, classes, and programs and using the System or elements of the System (i) under the Marks anywhere outside of the Territory, or (ii) under names, symbols, or marks other than the Marks anywhere, including inside and outside of the Territory;
- (3) sell or offer, or license others to sell or offer, any products, services, or Sessions using the Marks or other marks through any alternative distribution channels, including through e-commerce, in retail stores, via recorded media, via online videos, or via broadcast media, anywhere, including inside and outside of the Territory;
- (4) advertise, or authorize others to advertise, using the Marks anywhere, including inside and outside of the Territory; and
- (5) acquire, be acquired by, or merge with other companies with existing studios or businesses anywhere (including inside or outside of the Territory) and, even if such businesses are located in the Territory, (i) convert the other businesses to the Brand, (ii) permit the other businesses to continue to operate under another name, and/or (iii) permit the businesses to operate under another name and convert existing Studios to such other name.
Currently, we anticipate offering on-demand subscriptions, retail products, and teacher training programs under the Marks or other marks, but we and our affiliates reserve the right to conduct any of the aforementioned activities.
As long as you are in compliance with the Franchise Agreement, your exclusive rights in the Territory will not be modified for any reason, except by mutual written agreement signed by both parties.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 47–51)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Beem Light Sauna's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee's territory is not exclusive and is defined after the site is selected and approved. The Site Selection Area gives a general indication of where the site for the studio may be located. Once Beem Light Sauna accepts the site and the franchisee secures it, the franchisee will be granted a Territory.
The size of the Territory can vary, typically encompassing either a population of approximately 50,000 people around the studio or a two-mile radius from the studio's front door, whichever includes fewer people. However, in very high-density urban markets with populations above one million, Beem Light Sauna might not provide any territory or might reduce it to no more than a city block. The population data used to determine the territory size comes from publicly available sources like the U.S. Census Bureau.
Even within the Territory, Beem Light Sauna and its affiliates retain the right to conduct business activities, including establishing studios or businesses offering similar services under different names outside the Beem Light Sauna brand. They can also operate Beem Light Sauna studios at Non-Traditional Locations (such as gyms, cruise ships, military bases, college campuses, airports, and hotels) within or outside the Territory. The franchisee's exclusive rights within the Territory remain unchanged as long as they comply with the Franchise Agreement, unless modified by a mutual written agreement. Beem Light Sauna will not compensate the franchisee for any activities within their territory, even if those activities impact the studio's performance.