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What Are Master Franchising, Area Development, & Multi-Unit Agreements?

 

Master Franchise Agreements

Master franchising agreements (also known as Sub-Franchise agreements) offer the opportunity for an individual (Master Franchisee) or corporate entity to purchase the rights to sub-franchise a franchisor’s business concept within a specific territory, region, or state. These rights are secured by an initial franchise fee charged by the Franchisor. This initial investment may vary in size depending on a number of factors, including the size of the territory purchased.  

Generally, master franchising agreements not only give the Master franchisee the rights to offer and sell individual franchises, but also the rights to collect a pre-determined percentage of the franchise fees and royalties generated by each unit sold in a designated territory. The size and percentage of these fees will vary depending on the particular agreement; but in many agreements the fees are often split between the franchisor and master franchisee.  

Depending upon the agreement, the master franchisee may also be required to open a certain number of units in a specific time frame or schedule, and may also be required to open and operate one or several units of their own. In general, Master franchisees will also be responsible for providing a certain level of ongoing support (training, recruiting.) and services to the franchisees within the designated territory. 

Area Development Agreements 

In general, franchise area development agreements offer the opportunity for an individual to secure the rights to open and develop a specific number of units in a designated territory, and to solicit prospective new franchisees for the Franchisor in that territory. Unlike master franchise agreements however, the area developer dose not actually sell or award new franchises- this responsibility remains solely with the Franchisor. 

Because the Area developer’s responsibilities are not as broad as Master franchisees, depending upon the agreement, they sometimes do not receive or share with franchisor any of the royalty fees generated by each unit opened in the territory. More often then not however, the area developer will receive a portion of the initial franchise fee as compensation for recruiting a new franchisee.  

Multi-Unit Agreements 

Multi-unit franchise agreements in general allow a franchisee the rights to operate more than one franchise in a defined geographic area where population demographics will support multiple units. In general the franchisor will limit the number of units a franchisee can open from anywhere from to 2 to 5 units, however some franchisors may offer the opportunity to open much larger numbers of locations. As with any type of franchise agreement, you should seek legal counsel to review all documents before moving forward.

 
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