For a Body Brain Center franchise, are all owners required to be directly involved in supervising the business?
Body_Brain_Center Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
All Owners of the franchise must be directly involved in and supervise your Business. All of the Owners must successfully complete the initial training program. Any Owner that fails training on his or her third attempt must sell his or her interest in the franchise. The Owner(s) will be actively involved in the day-today management and operation of your Business. By signing the Franchise Agreement, each Owner agrees to be bound by all of its terms.
If you purchase more than 1 franchise, you must have at least 1 Owner or manager who manages each franchise. An Owner or manager cannot manage more than 1 franchise. If you purchase more franchises than you have Owners, we may require that you hire a person to assume responsibility for the daily supervision and operation of one of your franchised businesses. We may also allow you to hire a manager to assist the Owner with the operation of the Center as long as the Owner remains actively involved (we do not allow passive owners). Each manager must: (i) be approved by us (we have the right to require that the manager visit our headquarters for an interview); (ii) successfully complete the initial training program (and you pay us the initial training fee); and (iii) sign a Brand Protection Agreement. We do not require that the manager own any equity interest in franchisee if the franchisee is an entity.
Source: Item 15 — OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE BUSINESS (FDD page 34)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body Brain Center's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, all owners of a Body & Brain Center franchise must be directly involved in and supervise the business's operations. The FDD specifies that owners must be actively involved in the day-to-day management.
This requirement means that Body Brain Center does not allow passive ownership. Each owner must successfully complete the initial training program. If an owner fails the training program on their third attempt, they must sell their interest in the franchise.
If a franchisee purchases more than one Body Brain Center franchise, they must have at least one owner or manager for each franchise. An owner or manager cannot manage more than one franchise location. If the number of franchises exceeds the number of owners, Body Brain Center may require the franchisee to hire a manager to oversee the daily operations of the additional franchised businesses. Even with a manager in place, the owner must remain actively involved in the center's operation.