Is Bumble Roofing required to enforce the Household Limit for all territories?
Bumble_Roofing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
n 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 is not strictly required to enforce the Household Limit for all territories. While the standard franchise agreement grants a territory based on demographics with a limit of 100,000 single-family households, Bumble Roofing retains the discretion to modify or delete this limit.
Bumble Roofing states that enforcing the Household Limit may not be practical due to factors such as geography, housing availability, natural boundaries, and population shifts. The FDD indicates that Bumble Roofing will use its business judgment to determine if the Household Limit is beneficial for both the company and its franchisees. If Bumble Roofing determines that the Household Limit does not make good business sense, it reserves the right to remove it entirely.
This flexibility means that a prospective Bumble Roofing franchisee cannot rely on the Household Limit being strictly enforced. Bumble Roofing retains the right to adjust territory sizes and household limits based on its own assessment of market conditions and business needs. This could lead to variations in territory size and potential competition among franchisees if the Household Limit is not consistently applied.