If I operate a Focalpoint Coaching franchise from my residence, can I operate other businesses from the same office?
Focalpoint_Coaching Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Your Office may be located in your residence. Your Office must primarily be used for the operation of the Franchised Business, but you may operate businesses that are not a competitive business (defined below) from your Office. If you choose to locate your Office in a non-residential location, the site location must meet our criteria for demographic characteristics; parking; character of neighborhood; competition from, proximity to, and nature of other businesses; size; appearance; and other physical and commercial characteristics. We may use reasonable efforts to assist you in designating the location of the Office, although we will not conduct site selection activities for you. If an Office has not been approved in writing by us as of the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement, you agree to locate an Office acceptable to us and obtain our written approval of the location within 60 days following the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement. We do not anticipate a situation where we would own the Site and lease it to you for the Office. If we and you cannot agree on an acceptable site and you do not open your Office within 60 days following the Effective Date of the Franchise Agreement, we may terminate the Franchise Agreement. (Franchise Agreement − Sections 1.D. and 14.B.)
Source: Item 11 — Franchisor's Assistance, Advertising, Computer Systems, and Training (FDD pages 28–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Focalpoint Coaching's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you operate your Focalpoint Coaching franchise from your residence, you are permitted to operate other businesses from the same office, provided those businesses are not competitive with Focalpoint Coaching. The FDD specifies that your office must primarily be used for the operation of the Focalpoint Coaching franchise.
If you choose to locate your Focalpoint Coaching office in a non-residential location, the site must meet Focalpoint Coaching's criteria regarding demographic characteristics, parking, neighborhood character, competition, proximity to other businesses, size, appearance, and other physical and commercial characteristics. Focalpoint Coaching may offer assistance in designating the location of the office, but they will not conduct site selection activities for you.
If you and Focalpoint Coaching cannot agree on an acceptable site for a non-residential location, and you do not open your office within 60 days of the Franchise Agreement's effective date, Focalpoint Coaching has the right to terminate the Franchise Agreement.