Is the business site for a Clear Pest Pros franchise required to be approved?
Clear_Pest_Pros Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
.A of the Franchise Agreement). Your business site, whether you operate from your commercial location, must be located within the Territory, and will be approved by us. To approve your site, we will consider several factors, such as its size, condition, orientation within the Territory, its co-tenants, traffic patterns, and other details about the location (Section 1.D of the Franchise Agreement). There is no time limit for us to approve sites, but it will not be unreasonably delayed. Failure to select a site and open within the prescribed time period is a default of the franchise agreement, any may result in a termination of your franchise agreement.
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- Provide to you an Initial Package that includes logo-wear, tablet, backpack sprayer, radar, printed material, and consumables. The items in the Initial Package are provided by us and by designated suppliers named by us. (Section 2.B of the Franchise Agreement).
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- Provide you with four (4) months of targeted marketing in your Territory. (Section 2.B of the Franchise Agreement).
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- Loan to you a copy of our copyrighted Operations Manual and System Standards, and other proprietary materials or manuals as we may publish and distribute to you periodically (Section 3.C of the Franchise Agreement). The Operations Manual is approximately 303 pages. The Operations Manual will include recommended price ranges for the services, but you will set your own prices.
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Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 40–49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Clear Pest Pros's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the franchisor requires approval of the franchisee's business site. The location, whether a commercial space or home office, must be within the designated territory. Clear Pest Pros will consider factors such as size, condition, orientation within the territory, co-tenants, and traffic patterns when evaluating a proposed site. The FDD states that there is no specific time limit for site approval, but it will not be unreasonably delayed.
Site approval is a crucial step, and failure to secure an approved location and commence operations within the specified timeframe could result in the termination of the franchise agreement. This underscores the importance of working closely with Clear Pest Pros to identify and secure a suitable site promptly.
While Clear Pest Pros does not provide assistance with selecting a business site or negotiating the lease or purchase of any site, the franchisor's approval is mandatory. Franchisees must select their business office site within the territory, and Clear Pest Pros must approve the site in its sole discretion. The franchisee may not locate their office outside of the territory without express written consent from Clear Pest Pros.
If a Clear Pest Pros franchisee purchases the territory where the franchisee's office site is located, or if a company store is opened, the franchisee will need to move the location of their office site to another site approved in writing by Clear Pest Pros, unless they have obtained written authorization from Clear Pest Pros, as well as from the new Clear Pest Pros franchisee.