When must a Spray Net franchisee acquire additional equipment, supplies, and training for Ancillary Services?
Spray_Net Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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- Once you have launched your Franchised Business and been operating in compliance with your Franchise Agreement for a period of one (1) year (or other period of time we agree to in a separate writing outside our standard franchise offering), you may request the right to provide one (1) or more of the Ancillary Services that we generally allow only our more experienced Business operators promote and perform on behalf of Clients. As of the Issuance Date, we may condition our approval of any request you make to provide a given Ancillary Service on the following (the "Current Ancillary Service Conditions" or "CASCs"):
- o Your operation of the Franchised Business over the one (1) year period disclosed above;
- o You demonstrating to us that the Franchised Business has otherwise been able to timely provide the Approved Services and progress Client Projects without Client complaint, or any reporting or other issue;
- o Acquiring any additional equipment and/or other operating supplies we designate as necessary to commence offering the Ancillary Service(s) at issue (total cost of this is approximately $20,000 to $30,000), as well as any additional or supplemental training we require and additional marketing expenditures for such Ancillary Service(s) (approximately $25,000), at your expense and prior to you offering or providing such Ancillary Service(s) via your Franchised Business in any manner;
- o Your Franchised Business generating Gross Sales necessary to meet and exceed your thencurrent Minimum Gross Sales under the Franchise Agreement by 15% for a period of at least three (3) consecutive months;
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD pages 55–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Spray Net's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, a franchisee may need to acquire additional equipment, supplies, and training for Ancillary Services under two main circumstances. First, a franchisee may request to provide Ancillary Services after operating in compliance with the Franchise Agreement for one year (or another time period agreed to in writing). If Spray Net approves this request, it may condition its approval on the franchisee acquiring necessary equipment and supplies (estimated to cost between $20,000 and $30,000), completing additional training, and incurring additional marketing expenditures (approximately $25,000). These expenses must be borne by the franchisee before offering the Ancillary Services.
Second, even if a franchisee does not request to provide Ancillary Services, Spray Net may require a franchisee to commence providing certain Ancillary Services after the franchisee has been operating for two years. In this case, the franchisee would also need to acquire the necessary equipment and training.
Therefore, a Spray Net franchisee should be prepared to invest an additional $45,000 to $55,000 for equipment, supplies, training, and marketing to offer Ancillary Services, either upon request after one year of compliant operation, or if required by Spray Net after two years of operation. This investment is in addition to the initial franchise fees and startup costs.