If Degree Wellness chooses not to have the franchisee assign telephone numbers to it after termination, what is the franchisee prohibited from doing with those numbers?
Degree_Wellness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
If Degree Wellness chooses not to have you assign the telephone numbers to it, you may not assign the telephone number to any competitive business, use automatic forwarding to the telephone number of any competitive business, or otherwise make the telephone number directly or indirectly available to any competitive business.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 66–257)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Degree Wellness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if Degree Wellness does not require a franchisee to assign telephone numbers to them upon termination of the franchise agreement, the franchisee is restricted in how they can use those numbers. Specifically, the franchisee cannot assign the telephone number to any business that competes with Degree Wellness.
Additionally, the franchisee is prohibited from using automatic call forwarding to direct calls to a competing business. This prevents the franchisee from diverting potential Degree Wellness customers to a competitor by automatically redirecting calls that were originally intended for the Degree Wellness location.
Finally, the franchisee is barred from making the telephone number directly or indirectly available to any competitive business. This broad restriction aims to prevent any arrangement where a competitor could benefit from access to the phone number, ensuring that the phone number does not become a tool to support or promote a competing business after the franchise agreement ends.