Does Focus Cfo grant franchisees an exclusive territory?
Focus_Cfo Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
You will not receive an exclusive territory. You may face competition from other Franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control.
You will receive a specific non-exclusive geographic territory to conduct your business. We may allow multiple Franchisees to operate within the same geographic area. You will be expected to work in a collaborative manner with other Franchisees within your geographic area. Your territory will be a seventy-five (75) mile radius of the address of your franchised business, but this territory shall not extend into neighboring states where Focus CFO is not registered to sell franchises as of the effective date of your franchise agreement. You are not authorized to perform any form of direct outreach marketing, solicitation or networking activities for lead generation or building a referral network outside of the geographic territory that we grant to you. In order to perform these activities outside of your geographic territory, you will be required to purchase an additional territory. Focus CFO reserves the right to approve or deny your request to purchase an additional territory. If you are approved to purchase an additional territory, you will be required to pay a fee equal to the then-current franchise fee and you may be required to sign the then-current Franchise Agreement or an Amendment to your current Franchise Agreement.
You may face competition from other Franchisees in your geographic area for Focus CFO clients and potential clients, however, Franchisees and Focus CFO work together to coordinate these efforts in each geographic area to minimize conflicts.
We do not reserve the right to use other channels of distribution (e.g., virtual services) to perform similar services within your geographic territory. Neither Focus CFO nor any affiliate of Focus CFO operates or plans to operate a business (including a franchise business), under different trademarks that will sell the same services as provided by Focus CFO.
Source: Item 12 — Territory (FDD pages 23–24)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, Focus Cfo does not grant exclusive territories to its franchisees. Instead, franchisees receive a specific non-exclusive geographic territory in which to operate their business. This territory is defined as a seventy-five (75) mile radius from the franchisee's business address. However, this territory cannot extend into neighboring states where Focus CFO is not registered to sell franchises as of the franchise agreement's effective date.
Because Focus CFO may allow multiple franchisees to operate within the same geographic area, franchisees may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that Focus CFO owns, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that Focus CFO controls. Franchisees are expected to collaborate with other franchisees within their geographic area to minimize conflicts.
Franchisees are restricted from performing direct outreach marketing, solicitation, or networking activities outside their assigned territory without prior written approval from Focus CFO. To conduct these activities outside their primary territory, franchisees must purchase an additional territory and pay a fee equal to the then-current franchise fee. Focus CFO retains the right to approve or deny the purchase of additional territories. Focus CFO also reserves the right to use other channels of distribution, such as virtual services, within a franchisee's territory.