Does a Big Air Trampoline Park franchisee receive an exclusive territory?
Big_Air_Trampoline_Park Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You will be granted the right to operate your Big Air Trampoline Business from a location we have approved. You will be granted a territory ("Territory") in which to market and advertise your Big Air Trampoline Business and to sell the Products and Services you are authorized to sell by the Franchise Agreement. Your Territory will be based on demographics and other characteristics including population density, average household income and other characteristics of the surrounding area, natural boundaries, extent of competition and the amount and size of urban, suburban and rural areas. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to grant only one license to a franchisee per 200,000 people (or incremental portion thereof) in the designated geographical location ("Population Limit"). We will use the most recent population information reasonably available in the U.S. Census Data, or other population statistical sources of our choosing to determine populations. In most cases, your Territory will not exceed a radius of 15 miles from the front door of your Big Air Trampoline Facility. In certain densely populated metropolitan areas, this radius may be considerably smaller, while Franchisees operating in more rural areas may have a significantly larger radius surrounding their Big Air Trampoline Facilities. We have the exclusive right to determine the boundaries of your Territory at our sole discretion. Once the radius is determined, you will be assigned the zip codes that lie in whole or in part within the radius we have granted to you for marketing purposes. We reserve the right to change, modify, or delete the Population Limit at our sole discretion. Your Franchise Agreement allows you to operate from 1 location, as approved by us. If you wish to relocate your business site, the proposed new site must meet the then-current site selection criteria and be approved by us. 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.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 34–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Big Air Trampoline Park Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees do not receive an exclusive territory under the single-unit franchise agreement. The FDD states that a franchisee "may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control." The territory is based on demographics and other characteristics, with Big Air Trampoline Park aiming for one franchisee per 200,000 people, but this Population Limit can be changed at their discretion. In most cases, the territory will not exceed a 15-mile radius from the facility, though this can vary based on population density.
For franchisees entering into a Multi-Unit Development Agreement, a Development Territory is granted during the development schedule, with a minimum population base of 200,000 per committed Big Air Trampoline Business. However, this territorial protection is contingent upon meeting the development schedule. If the schedule is not met, Big Air Trampoline Park may terminate the agreement, reduce territorial protections, or reduce the size of the Development Territory. Upon expiration or termination of the Multi-Unit Development Agreement, the Development Territory is no longer in effect, though each Big Air Trampoline Business in good standing retains its individual protected Territory as outlined in the Franchise Agreement.
Big Air Trampoline Park retains significant rights to operate and franchise businesses outside the franchisee's territory and to utilize alternative channels of distribution, such as the Internet, for sales. They may offer services or products through any channels of distribution within or outside the territory, including retail locations, television, mail order, and wholesale. Franchisees are restricted from using these alternative channels independently.
A franchisee may be granted permission to market to customers in an unsold territory adjacent to their own, but this permission can be revoked with written notice if the adjacent territory is granted to another franchisee. Overall, while franchisees are granted a territory for marketing and advertising, the agreement does not provide exclusive rights, and Big Air Trampoline Park retains considerable control over distribution and expansion.