When did Focus Cfo begin offering licensing agreements to CFOs?
Focus_Cfo Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The Company was formed for the purpose of offering FocusCFO franchises to Area Presidents and CFOs, which it began offering as of April 2, 2018. Effective April 2, 2018, the Company also began providing outsourced Chief Financial Officer Services ("CFO Services") primarily to small and medium size businesses on a fractional, or part-time basis. Effective April 1, 2023, the Company determined due to the evolution of its model that it could begin offering licensing agreements to CFOs allowing licensees to use the FocusCFO Marks to provide CFO services to FocusCFO clients. Franchises are still offered to those joining as Area Presidents.
Source: Item 23 — Receipts (FDD pages 37–126)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Focus Cfo's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company began offering licensing agreements to CFOs on April 1, 2023. This allowed licensees to use the Focus Cfo Marks to provide CFO services to Focus Cfo clients. Prior to this date, the company focused on offering franchises to Area Presidents.
This shift indicates an evolution in Focus Cfo's business model, expanding beyond traditional franchising to include licensing. This offers prospective CFOs an alternative entry point into the Focus Cfo system, potentially with different requirements and investment levels compared to becoming an Area President franchisee.
Franchises are still offered to those joining as Area Presidents. Clients who are brought into the Focus Cfo System enter into contracts with Focus Cfo, the franchisor. Licensees join Focus Cfo as independent contractors and operate as CFOs, with the opportunity to provide CFO Services directly to Focus Cfo clients.