Must a Clear Pest Pros business site be located within the Territory?
Clear_Pest_Pros Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You must also select your business office site within the Territory (the "Office Site"), and we must approve such Office Site in our sole discretion. You may not locate your office outside of the Territory without our express written consent. If your Office Site is located outside of the Territory (pursuant to our prior permission), you agree that if a Clear Pest Pros franchisee purchases the Territory where your Office Site is located, or if a Company Store is opened, you will move the location of your Office Site to another site approved in writing by us, unless you have obtained written authorization from Clear Pest Pros, as well as from the new Clear Pest Pros franchisee. Your Office Site may be your home or a commercial space.
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, franchisees must select a business office site within their designated territory. Clear Pest Pros retains the right to approve the site in its sole discretion. While the office site can be a home or commercial space, franchisees cannot locate their office outside the territory without express written consent from Clear Pest Pros.
If a franchisee's office site is located outside of the territory with permission and a new Clear Pest Pros franchisee purchases the territory where the office site is located, the franchisee must move their office site to another approved location. This is unless they obtain written authorization from both Clear Pest Pros and the new franchisee. This condition ensures that each territory is properly managed and that any overlap or conflict between franchisees is resolved.
Clear Pest Pros will consider factors such as size, condition, orientation within the territory, co-tenants, and traffic patterns when approving a site. While there is no specific time limit for site approval, Clear Pest Pros states that approval will not be unreasonably delayed. Failure to select a site and open within the prescribed time period constitutes a default of the franchise agreement and may result in termination. This requirement emphasizes the importance of timely site selection and opening to maintain the franchise agreement's validity.