Who has the right to determine the boundaries of a Bumble Roofing franchisee's territory?
Bumble_Roofing Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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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 by us we may delete the Household Limit in our sole discretion.
You may not relocate your Territory or establish additional Roofing Businesses without our prior written consent, which we may withhold in our sole discretion. Such requests are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, including consideration of whether you are currently in compliance with your Franchise Agreement, t
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 37–39)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bumble Roofing's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Bumble Roofing has the exclusive right to determine the boundaries of a franchisee's territory in its sole discretion. The 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. Bumble Roofing grants only one license to a franchisee for up to 100,000 single-family households in the designated geographical location ("Household Limit").
If a territory exceeds the Household Limit, the franchisee will need to pay Bumble Roofing an Additional Household Fee, which equals $0.25 per single-family household in the Territory in excess of 100,000 single-family households. Bumble Roofing uses the most recent population information available in the U.S. Census Data, or other statistical sources of their choosing to determine single-family household counts and densities. Franchisees maintain rights to their Territory even though the count of single-family households in their Territory may increase or decrease.
Bumble Roofing also reserves the right to change, modify, or delete the Household Limit in its sole discretion and will use its business judgment to determine whether the Household Limit makes good business sense for them and all of their 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 by Bumble Roofing, they may delete the Household Limit in their sole discretion. Franchisees may not relocate their Territory or establish additional Roofing Businesses without Bumble Roofing's prior written consent, which they may withhold in their sole discretion.