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Is Healthsource Chiropractic or its affiliates permitted to be approved suppliers or distributors?

Healthsource_Chiropractic Franchise · 2025 FDD

Answer from 2025 FDD Document

orm services at your Clinic, and products authorized for sale at your Clinic. We have approved, and will continue to periodically approve, specifications and/or suppliers and distributors of the above items, services and products, which may include us or our affiliates, that meet our standards and requirements. These specifications include standards and requirements relating to product quality, prices, consistency, reliability, financial capability, labor relations and customer relations. You must (1) purchase products for sale by your Clinic in the quantities we designate; (2) use those formats, formulae, and containers

for products that we prescribe; and (3) purchase all products, services and other materials only from distributors and other suppliers we have approved.

We may approve a single distributor or other supplier (collectively, "supplier") for any product or service, and may approve a supplier only as to certain products or services. We may concentrate purchases with one or more suppliers to obtain lower prices or the best advertising support or services for any group of Clinics franchised or operated by us. Our approval of a supplier may be conditioned on requirements relating to the frequency of delivery, concentration of purchases, standards of service (including prompt attention to complaints), and other similar criteria, and may be temporary, pending our continued evaluation of the supplier.

You are required to use our designated supplier for site selection assistance and construction project management. You must acquire a site for your Clinic that meets our site selection criteria and that we approve. If you occupy the Clinic according to a commercial lease, the lease must contain terms that we specify.

You must obtain the customer management, accounting, and billing software for the Computer System, (see Items 7 and 11), that you must use in operating your HealthSource Chiropractic franchise from HSWorx, or such other supplier as we may designate in the future.

We currently require our franchisees to enroll in and maintain certain human resources and payroll services provided by Paychex, Inc. The required services consist of payroll processing, payroll tax filing, human resource solutions, benefits administration services, hiring and employee onboarding. Paychex, Inc. may also provide additional services at the option and cost of the franchisee.

If you would like to purchase or lease any items from any unapproved supplier, then you must submit to us a written request for approval of the proposed supplier or the proposed supplier may submit its own request. We may inspect the proposed supplier's facilities, and require that product samples from the proposed supplier be delivered for testing either directly to us or any independent certified laboratory that we designate. We also may require you (or the proposed supplier requesting the evaluation) to pay us an evaluation fee (not to exceed the reasonable cost of the inspection and the actual cost of the test (see Item 6) to make the evaluation. We will approve or disapprove your proposed supplier within 60 days of receiving all of the information that we require for the evaluation. We reserve the right to periodically re-inspect the facilities and products or services of any approved supplier, and revoke our approval if the supplier does not continue to meet any of our criteria.

HealthSource Chiropractic and Our Affiliates as Approved Suppliers

We may designate us and/or our affiliates as an approved supplier, or the only approved supplier, from which you may or must lease or purchase certain products or services in developing and operating your HealthSource Chiropractic franchise.

Source: Item 8 — Restrictions on Sources of Products and Services (FDD pages 28–32)

What This Means (2025 FDD)

According to Healthsource Chiropractic's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Healthsource Chiropractic or its affiliates may be designated as approved suppliers or the only approved suppliers for certain products or services. This means that franchisees may be required to lease or purchase specific items from Healthsource Chiropractic or its affiliates to develop and operate their Healthsource Chiropractic franchise. Healthsource Chiropractic and its affiliates may profit from these sales, potentially selling items at prices exceeding their costs.

Healthsource Chiropractic reserves the right to designate itself or its affiliates as approved or exclusive suppliers for various categories of products, services, and equipment. However, the FDD states that Healthsource Chiropractic is currently not an approved supplier for any other product, service, or equipment.

The FDD also indicates that Healthsource Chiropractic and its affiliates reserve the right to receive revenue or other material consideration from suppliers for goods or services that franchisees are required or advised to obtain from approved suppliers. These revenues may include promotional allowances, rebates, volume discounts, and other payments, ranging from zero to 50 percent of the purchase amount. In 2024, Healthsource Chiropractic's revenue totaled $6,893,645, with $335,649 (4.9%) derived from franchise purchases or leases, including services provided by Healthsource Chiropractic and products/services from third-party suppliers that pay rebates. Additionally, its affiliate, Octalean, received $245,418 from the sale of services to Healthsource Chiropractic franchisees in 2024.

Disclaimer: This information is extracted from the 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document and is provided for research purposes only. It does not constitute legal or financial advice. Consult with a franchise attorney before making any investment decisions.