What specifications and layouts does Pump It Up provide for a Pump It Up Business?
Pump_It_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ite in writing during this time period, we will be deemed to have rejected the site. (Franchise Agreement, Section 5.A.(7))
(3) Provide to you mandatory and suggested specifications and layouts for a Pump It Up Business, including requirements for dimensions, design, image, interior layout, décor, fixtures, equipment, signs, furnishings, and color scheme. (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.A.(1))
(4) Review, for our purposes only, design and construction plans and specifications or other plans before you begin constructing the Franchised Business. (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.A.(2))
(5) Provide you with a list of approved suppliers (the PIU Vendors) and the start-up items that include products and services that must be purchased and utilized from the PIU Vendors such as furniture, fixtures, equipment, inventory, supplies, marketing materials and signage. (Franchise Agreement, Section 6.A(1) and 6.C)
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISORS'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 30–41)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Pump It Up's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Pump It Up provides franchisees with mandatory and suggested specifications and layouts for their businesses. These specifications include requirements for dimensions, design, image, interior layout, décor, fixtures, equipment, signs, furnishings, and the color scheme. Pump It Up will also review design and construction plans and specifications before construction begins.
These specifications and layouts are part of the System Standards that Pump It Up prescribes for the operation of a Pump It Up Business. The System Standards are found in the manuals. The manuals contain information and knowledge that is unique, necessary, and material to the Pump It Up system, including brand guidelines.
Prior to opening, Pump It Up also provides site selection guidelines and criteria, which include factors such as population density, demographic characteristics, visibility, traffic flow, competition, accessibility, parking, size, and other physical and commercial characteristics. Pump It Up also identifies sources for franchisees to obtain demographic information on proposed sites. Pump It Up must approve or disapprove proposed sites within 30 days of receiving a completed site evaluation package or after an on-site evaluation, if applicable.