What name is used to refer to the businesses in the FocalPoint Coaching system within the disclosure document?
Focalpoint_Coaching Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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We grant franchises for businesses operating under the "FocalPoint Coaching®" name and other Marks. (For reference purposes in this Disclosure Document, we call the businesses in our system "FocalPoint Franchised Businesses"; we call the FocalPoint Franchised Business that you will operate the "Franchised Business." FocalPoint Franchised Businesses offer business coaching, training and consulting services to small businesses and professionals (collectively, the "Services"). FocalPoint franchisees are responsible for soliciting and obtaining these small businesses and professionals as clients in their respective territories.
The Services are performed utilizing the Franchise System (as defined below) and products and equipment produced or manufactured using the designs and/or Marks developed by us (the "Proprietary Products"). These Services are provided by FocalPoint franchisees operating FocalPoint Franchised Businesses, which use our business formats, methods, procedures, signs, designs, layouts, standards, specifications and Marks (the "Franchise System"), all of which we may improve, further develop or otherwise modify.
Source: Item 1 — The Franchisor and any Parents, Predecessors, and Affiliates (FDD pages 9–10)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to FocalPoint Coaching's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the businesses within the FocalPoint Coaching system are referred to as "FocalPoint Franchised Businesses." The document also clarifies that the specific business the franchisee will operate is called the "Franchised Business." These FocalPoint Franchised Businesses provide business coaching, training, and consulting services to small businesses and professionals.
This distinction is important for prospective franchisees as it sets the context for understanding the broader network of FocalPoint Coaching franchises versus their individual operation. The FDD uses these terms consistently to differentiate between the overall franchise system and the franchisee's specific business.
Furthermore, the FDD states that FocalPoint Coaching began offering franchises for FocalPoint Franchised Businesses in August 2011. This indicates the period during which the company has been actively involved in expanding its franchise network. The document also mentions that FocalPoint Coaching offers franchises for area representative businesses ("FocalPoint AR Businesses") under a separate disclosure document, highlighting different franchise models within the FocalPoint Coaching system.