ClearlyData for Suppliers — Find the franchise brands looking for you
A ClearlyFDD product

Find the brands who are looking for you.

Know which franchise brands to target — and what drives their buying decisions.

Structured franchise intelligence from 1,300+ brands.

Grand-opening spend · Item 7ClearlyData
BrandSpendControlled by
Jersey Mike's$10,000Franchisor
Window Genie$3,500 minFranchisee
Drybar$20,000Franchisor
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The questions you can't answer yet.

You sell into franchising. The answers are in the FDDs — but they're buried across hundreds of pages, brand by brand, in a format you can't use.

Which brands require a local marketing spend — and how much?
Which growing franchisors haven't specified a CRM yet?
Which franchisors use a third party for supply fulfillment?
Which brands don't offer franchisee financing?
Which systems leave technology, print, or signage decisions to franchisees?
Which franchise brands under 500 units grew the most last year?
Who are the 25 fastest-growing service franchises?
Is their business model transactional or membership-based?
The answers are in the FDD

Buried in hundreds of pages of disclosure.

ClearlyData transforms franchise disclosure documents into structured intelligence — helping suppliers identify the right prospects, understand their business, and do their customer homework before making the call.

Sample · Units opened & closed, last year (FDD Item 20)

BrandOpenedClosed
Great Clips110108
Cinnabon34836
School of Rock272
Every question becomes a report

Pick one off the shelf — or name your own.

Tell us the question, and we build the dataset around it. Each field traces to its FDD Item and page.

Where the growth is

Brands adding the most units, plus projected openings.

Item 20

Marketing & opening budgets

Ad funds, marketing fees, grand-opening requirements.

Items 6, 7, 11

Required tech & systems

Mandated POS, CRM, and platforms; approved suppliers.

Items 8, 11

System size & reach

Total units, franchisee counts, and states operated in.

Items 1, 20

Fees, investment & financing

Franchise fee, total investment, financing offered — or not.

Items 5, 6, 7, 10

New & emerging brands

First-time filers; reach them before the vendor list locks.

Item 1
A real report · Item 7

Grand-opening spend, and everything around it.

Ask for one number; get the owner, the timing, who controls the budget, and the exact disclosure — each traced to its page.

BrandParent / PE OwnerCategoryGrand-Opening SpendControlled bySource
Window GenieNeighborlyHome Services$3,500 minFranchiseeItem 7, p.39
Jersey Mike'sBlackstone (2024)Food & Beverage$10,000FranchisorItem 7, p.25
Tropical SmoothieBlackstone (2024)Food & Beverage$5,000–$10,000Required programItem 7, p.31
DrybarWellBiz BrandsBeauty$20,000FranchisorItem 7, p.27
9RoundIndependentFitness$11,000–$25,000Required programItem 7, p.24
Sourced to the page: "…a minimum of $3,500 on advertising during the ninety (90) days…" — Window Genie FDD, Item 7, p.39
Who controls the spend

Know who to sell to, and when to engage.

Franchisor-directed

Budget at HQ.

The franchisor collects and spends it. Sell to HQ once and reach every opening in the system.

e.g. Jersey Mike's, Drybar
Franchisee-required

The operator spends.

Each franchisee spends it directly. The opportunity is local — and it repeats with every new unit.

e.g. Window Genie
Hybrid

A required program.

Some brands mandate the spend but place it locally — a hybrid of the two models.

e.g. Tropical Smoothie, 9Round
Timing: most grand-opening spend lands in the 60–90 days around opening — a defined window to reach.
Three ways to use ClearlyData

From a target list to a custom study.

Prospect Intelligence

Find the franchise brands most likely to buy from you.

Market Intelligence

Understand spending patterns, growth trends, and category benchmarks across franchising.

Custom Intelligence

Tell us the question. We'll build the report.

Delivered as CSV exports, profile reports, benchmark studies, executive summaries, and custom research.

How ClearlyData is different

Built for suppliers, sourced from filings.

1

FDD-sourced

Built from franchise disclosure documents, not generic lead lists.

2

Structured for suppliers

Organized around the questions sales, marketing, and business development teams ask.

3

Traceable

Key data points tie back to the source document.

4

Actionable

Designed to help you prioritize outreach and start smarter conversations.

Ready to find the franchise brands looking for you?

ClearlyData helps suppliers do their customer homework before making the call. Let's build your first target report.