What constitutes the territory granted to a Bigfoot Forestry franchisee?
Bigfoot_Forestry Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
us and our trainers, field support personnel, auditors or other representatives to visit your Business; or (b) by you and your personnel to attend training or conferences.
2. GRANT OF FRANCHISE. We hereby grant you the right, license and obligation to own and operate one (1) Bigfoot Forestry Business using our Intellectual Property. As a franchisee, you will establish and operate a business that provides Bigfoot Forestry Services to residential and commercial property owners using the operating equipment and tools we designate or otherwise approve. We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
3. TERRITORY.
- 3.1. Designation of Territory. We hereby grant you a territory (your "Territory") that consists of, and is limited to, the geographic area described in Part E of ATTACHMENT "A". Your Territory will not change during the Term based on changes to population, the number of owner-occupied households or other demographic criteria. You may not alter or relocate your Territory. Except as otherwise provided in §3.2, you may only provide Bigfoot Forestry Services at job sites located in your Territory. Upon renewal, we reserve the right to modify your Territory in accordance with our thencurrent territory guidelines and criteria.
- 3.2. Extraterritorial Operations. You may not operate your Business or provide Bigfoot Forestry Services outside of your Territory except as otherwise permitted by this Section. With our prior approval, which we may withhold in our sole discretion, you may provide Bigfoot Forestry Services at job sites located outside your Territory but within a geographic area we approve (an "Approved Open Territory"). Under no circumstances will we approve an area that: (a) is assigned to another Bigfoot Forestry Business; or (b) is not adjacent to, and contiguous with, your Territory. If we grant our approval, you may provide Bigfoot Forestry Services at job sites located in the Approved Open Territory but only in compliance with: (a) our then-current extra-territorial operations policy, if any, described in the Manual; and (b) all other conditions and requirements that we specify. We may revoke our approval at any time, in which case you must immediately discontinue all operations within the Approved Open Territory and transfer to us or our designee any projects involving job sites located in the Approved Open Territory. Except in unusual circumstances, we do not anticipate revoking our approval unless: (a) we award the Approved Open Territory (or a portion thereof) to another Bigfoot Forestry Business; or (b) we determine, in our sole discretion, that you are not operating the Approved Open Territory in accordance with our standards and specifications.
- 3.3. Territorial Rights and Limitations. During the Term we will not develop or operate, or license a third party to develop or operate, a Bigfoot Forestry Business that provides Bigfoot Forestry Services at job sites located in your Territory except as otherwise provided in this Section with respect to
Acquisitions and National Accounts.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 42–162)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bigfoot Forestry's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee is granted a territory that consists of a specific geographic area, as described in Part E of Attachment A of the agreement. This territory will not change during the term of the agreement based on demographic changes.
The franchisee is generally restricted to providing Bigfoot Forestry Services at job sites located within their designated territory. However, with prior approval from Bigfoot Forestry, a franchisee may be allowed to provide services in an 'Approved Open Territory,' which is an area outside their territory but adjacent to it. Bigfoot Forestry can revoke this approval at any time, requiring the franchisee to cease operations in the approved area and transfer any ongoing projects to Bigfoot Forestry or its designee.
Bigfoot Forestry retains certain rights within the franchisee's territory, including the right to engage in acquisitions, even if those acquisitions result in competitive businesses operating within the territory. Bigfoot Forestry also has the exclusive right to enter into contracts with National Account customers, allowing them or other franchisees to provide services within the franchisee's territory for these national accounts. Additionally, Bigfoot Forestry reserves the right to sell or license others to sell competitive goods and services within the franchisee's territory through alternative channels of distribution.