Mosquito Shield Franchise Costs, Fees & FDD

Year Business Began: 2001

Franchising Since: 2013

Headquarters: North Attleboro, Massachusetts

Estimated Number of Units: 435

Franchise Description: The franchisor is Mosquito ShieldFranchise, LLC. Mosquito Shield franchisees offer and sell mosquito, tick, flea and other pest control services, as well as complementary services that may be offered from time to time, for residential and commercial customers and municipalities, and such other related goods and services as the franchisor may specify.
Training Overview: The franchisor’s current initial training program consists of 3-5 days of management and technical training. The franchisor will train up to three people at no additional charge, including franchisees (or their managing shareholder, member, or partner), their operations manager, and/or a technician, who must attend and successfully complete to the franchisor’s satisfaction the initial training program (a technician who is not also serving as operations manager need only complete the technical portion of the training). All training will take place at the franchisor’s training facility in North Attleboro, Massachusetts or at a separate location determined by the franchisor. The franchisor also reserves the right to conduct training via an on-line live web service. On the job training will take place at the franchisee’s Mosquito Shield business or at an existing Mosquito Shield business near the franchisor’s training facilities in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Franchisees or their manager must attend the regularly scheduled “huddles,” meetings, and conferences which are identified and scheduled by the franchisor as set forth in its operations manual.

Territory Granted: Franchisees will be granted a specific area of primary responsibility, or APR, in which to operate their franchise. If franchisees purchase multiple territories, they will have multiple APRs. The APR will be defined as a specific area based on the number of potential customers that meet the franchisor’s specific customer profile and will be specified in the Franchise Agreement. The franchisor anticipates that a typical APR will consist of an area that will have between approximately 50,000 single-family homes located within it, as determined by the franchisor based on the most recent U.S. census data. Franchisees may purchase a larger territory in their sole discretion. The APR is an exclusive territory and, subject to the franchisee’s attainment of minimum sales requirements, the franchisor will not establish or operate, or license another person to establish or operate, another Mosquito Shield business under the system and the proprietary marks within the APR. Franchisees may not service or solicit business outside of the APR without prior written consent.

Obligations and Restrictions: During operating hours, the Mosquito Shield business must be under the direct supervision of one of the principals or the operations manager who has satisfactorily completed the initial training program, which the franchisor reserves the right to approve in its sole discretion. Franchisees must maintain in sufficient supply, and use at all times, only those types of control materials and brands and/or models of other products, equipment (including control materials application equipment and one or more vehicle(s) for use in the franchised business, bearing the signage the franchisor requires, tools, and computer hardware and software), materials and supplies that conform to the franchisor’s written standards and specifications, and to refrain from using nonconforming items, without the franchisor’s prior written consent.

Term of Agreement and Renewal: The length of the initial franchise term is 10 years. If requirements are met, franchisees have the right to renew the Franchise Agreement for the length of our then-current initial term, provided that the renewal term will be no less than five years.

Financial Assistance: Neither the franchisor nor any agent or affiliate offers direct or indirect financing to franchisees, guarantees any note, lease or obligation of theirs, or has any practice or intent to sell, assign or discount to a third party all or any part of any financing arrangement of franchisees.

Estimated Initial Investment

Name of Fee	Low	High
Initial Franchise Fee	$54,500	$54,500
Annual Conference Registration Deposit	$1,000	$1,000
Complementary Product / Service Fee	$0	$5,000
Customized Vehicle	$1,950	$12,000
Lease and Utility Deposits	$0	$1,500
Storage-Related Expenses	$0	$1,200
Initial Inventory	$800	$1,600
Office Equipment and Supplies	$500	$1,500
Business Operations Platforms Set-Up	$1,500	$1,500
Business Management Software	$250	$250
Local Advertising Expenditure	$35,000	$50,000
Training Expenses	$775	$2,700
Insurance Premiums	$675	$900
Professional Fees	$350	$1,200
Licenses and Permits	$50	$100
Additional Funds -- 3 months	$1,500	$5,000
ESTIMATED TOTAL (for one territory)	$98,850	$139,950

 
Other Fees

Type of Fee	Amount
Royalty	7% of: actual gross sales or minimum gross sales, whichever is greater.
Brand Fund Fee	2% of gross sales.
Advertising Cooperative	Currently $0. Maximum of $25,000 per calendar year, unless a greater amount is approved by two- thirds of cooperative members.
Software / Applications and Tech Fees	Then-current rates, as established by vendors.
Accounting Software Fees	$0 to $250 per month.
Call Center Fee	Then-current fee (currently, $300-$750 per month, based on size of location), subject to increase.
Interest on Late Payments	18% or maximum allowed by law.
Additional Training Fee	Currently, $250 per 8hour day, plus our out-of-pocket expenses.
License to Offer Complementary Product / Service Line	$5,000
Per Diem Assistance Fee	Currently, $250 per 8-hour day.
Replacement of Operations Manual	Then-current charge.
Inspection Costs	Cost of inspection.
Non-Reporting Fee	$25 per day.
Auditing Costs	Cost of audit.
Insufficient Funds Fee	$100 per occurrence.
Transfer Fee	$15,000. (Note, any sales commission owed as a result of the transfer shall remain the franchisee’s obligation, in addition to the transfer fee.)
Renewal Fee	$1,000
Costs and Attorney’s Fees	Reimbursement of the franchisor’s actual costs.
Evaluation Fee	A reasonable fee not to exceed $2,500.
Annual Conference Fee	The reasonable and then-current published rate for attendance at the annual conference.

The above information has been compiled from the FDD of Mosquito Shield. Year of FDD: 2024.

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