Who has the exclusive right to determine the boundaries of a Bumble Roofing territory?
Bumble_Roofing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Picture_0.jpeg)
ITEM 12 TERRITORY
Franchise Agreement
You will be granted a Territory in which to operate the Roofing Business under the Franchise Agreement. Your Territory is based on demographics and other characteristics including single-family household density, home values, average 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 grant only one license to a franchisee for up to 100,000 single-family households in the designated geographical location ("Household Limit"). If you are granted a Territory in excess of the Household Limit, then you will need to pay us an Additional Household Fee, which equals $0.25 per single-family household in the Territory in excess of 100,000 single-family households. We will use the most recent population information available in the U.S. Census Data, or other statistical sources of our choosing to determine single-family household counts and densities. You will maintain rights to your Territory even though the count of single-family households in your Territory may increase or decrease. We have the exclusive right to determine the boundaries of your Territory in our sole discretion. We reserve the right to change, modify, or delete the Household Limit in our sole discretion. We will use our business judgment to determine whether the Household Limit makes good business sense for us and all of our franchisees. Enforcing the Household Limit may not be practical when considering limitations on geography, housing availability, natural physical boundaries and population and demographic shifts. In the event that utilizing a Household Limit does not make good business sense as determined b
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 37–39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bumble Roofing's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bumble Roofing retains the exclusive right to determine the boundaries of a franchisee's territory. The FDD specifies that this determination is made at Bumble Roofing's "sole discretion." The territory is defined based on demographics and other characteristics, including single-family household density, home values, average income, natural boundaries, the extent of competition, and the amount and size of urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Bumble Roofing grants only one license per territory, with a limit of up to 100,000 single-family households in the designated geographical location. If a territory exceeds this household limit, the franchisee must pay an Additional Household Fee of $0.25 per household over the limit. Bumble Roofing uses U.S. Census Data or other statistical sources to determine household counts and densities. Franchisees maintain their territory rights even if the household count increases or decreases.
This arrangement means that Bumble Roofing has significant control over the potential market available to each franchisee. A prospective franchisee should carefully consider the defined territory and its demographics to assess the potential for success. The franchisee should also be aware of the potential for additional fees if the territory exceeds the 100,000 household limit and understand that Bumble Roofing can modify the Household Limit at its discretion. Furthermore, franchisees cannot relocate or establish additional Roofing Businesses without Bumble Roofing's prior written consent.