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Every franchise files a 200+ page disclosure document packed with financial data. We extract, structure, and analyze it so you don't have to.
Revenue, expenses, and profit data from Item 19 -- the financial performance representation most people never see. Know what franchisees actually earn.
The full initial investment breakdown from Item 7 -- franchise fees, buildout, equipment, working capital, and every hidden cost in between.
Unit openings, closures, and transfers from Item 20 -- the real growth trajectory and the closure rates that sales reps will never mention.
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A Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) is a legal document that every franchisor in the United States is required to provide to prospective franchisees at least 14 days before any agreement is signed. It contains 23 items covering the franchisor's financial history, fees, obligations, and -- most importantly -- data on unit economics, initial investment costs, and franchisee turnover.
You absolutely can, and we encourage it. But FDDs are dense, legalistic documents designed for compliance -- not for decision-making. FDDIntel extracts the key data points, structures them for comparison, and adds analysis like closure rate calculations, fee benchmarking, and risk flagging that would take hours to do manually.
Our data is extracted directly from official FDD filings using a combination of automated parsing and AI-assisted extraction. Every data point carries a confidence score, and low-confidence extractions are flagged for human review. We always recommend reading the full FDD and consulting with a franchise attorney before making an investment decision.
Yes. FDDs are public disclosure documents. Many states (including Minnesota and Wisconsin) make them freely available through their commerce department websites. We source FDDs from publicly available state regulatory filings and analyze the data contained in these public documents.
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