What is the Big O Tires system?
Big_O_Tires Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Big O Stores operate under the service marks "BIG O" and "BIG O TIRES" and other trademarks and trade names, service marks and other logos and symbols periodically designated by Big O (collectively, "Licensed Marks") and use our proprietary licensed methods of doing business ("Big O System"). The Stores are serviced through regional sales and distribution centers ("RDCs"), which are owned and/or leased by us and operated by us.
Big O offers franchises under two franchise models: Product Distribution Franchises and Business Format Franchises. (The franchisees for these franchises are referred to, respectively, as "Business Format Franchisees" or "Product Distribution Franchisees"). The information in the disclosure document applies to Business Format Franchises only. Production Distribution Franchises are offered under a separate disclosure document and under different terms.
When we refer to "your franchise", we mean your Business Format Franchise. When we refer to "your Franchise Agreement" or the "Franchise Agreement" or the "Franchise Agreements", we mean the Business Format Franchise Agreement in Exhibit B-1 (the "BF Franchise Agreement" or "Franchise Agreement").
Before 2006, we offered only Product Distribution Franchises, except for certain Business Format test market programs in southern Nevada, which ended around April, 2006. The Big O network is in the process of transitioning from the Product Distribution Franchise model to the Business Format Franchise model.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 9–12)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Big O Tires Franchise Disclosure Document, the Big O Tires system involves operating stores under the "BIG O" and "BIG O TIRES" service marks, along with other trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, and symbols designated by Big O. Franchisees also utilize Big O’s proprietary licensed methods of conducting business. These stores are supported by regional sales and distribution centers (RDCs) owned or leased and operated by Big O Tires.
Big O Tires offers two franchise models: Product Distribution Franchises and Business Format Franchises. The disclosure document primarily focuses on Business Format Franchises. The Big O network is transitioning from the Product Distribution Franchise model to the Business Format Franchise model. As of March 31, 2025, 437 stores operate as Business Format Franchises (excluding company-owned stores).
To operate a Big O Tires store, franchisees must adhere to Big O's standards and specifications and sign the standard Business Format Franchise Agreement. Franchisees gain the right to use Big O's Licensed Marks and the Big O System for their store's operation. The term "Franchised Business" refers to operating a Big O Store under the Franchise Agreement, utilizing the Licensed Marks and the Big O System.