How long does it take to open a MaxLiving franchise?
For a new MaxLiving Franchise Clinic, the 2025 FDD gives an official typical period from executing the Franchise Agreement to commencing business. The path combines approval, licensing, site and lease acceptance, up to six months of Initial Training, design and construction, insurance, permits, a certificate of occupancy, and written opening approval. A site change can extend the process to as much as 18 months.
Who must qualify, own the entity, and hold the clinical license?
MaxLiving does not disclose a universal minimum net worth, liquid-capital threshold, credit score, education level beyond the clinical role, or prior business-ownership requirement. Its official franchise page describes an initial contact form followed by an eligibility meeting, while the FDD says selection remains discretionary and may consider performance during Initial Training.
Meeting the stated ownership and licensing conditions does not guarantee approval. Ask Maximized Living Health Centers, LLC to identify its current applicant-screening criteria, background or credit checks, financial-capacity standard, and the point at which preliminary eligibility becomes an award decision.
What happens from initial inquiry to written opening authorization?
Submit an inquiry and complete eligibility review
- Action:
- Provide contact, ownership, clinical, personal, and financial information requested by MLHC.
- Actor:
- Applicant and Maximized Living Health Centers, LLC.
- Timing:
- No complete application-review period is disclosed.
- Blocker:
- MLHC may decline a candidate in its discretion.
Receive and review the FDD and contracts
- Action:
- Review the 2025 FDD, Franchise Agreement, state addenda, Lease Rider, Guarantee, and any conversion addendum.
- Actor:
- Applicant.
- Timing:
- At least 14 calendar days before a binding agreement or payment under the federal rule.
- Blocker:
- State law may require a longer period or effective registration.
Sign the correct agreement package
- Action:
- Execute the one-unit Franchise Agreement; entity owners execute the Guarantee; conversion candidates also sign the Existing Clinic Conversion Incentive Addendum.
- Actor:
- Franchisee, owners, and MLHC.
- Timing:
- The effective date starts the contractual term and major deadlines.
- Blocker:
- Unresolved payment timing or state addenda should be clarified before execution.
Confirm the licensed leadership team
- Action:
- Name the Operating Principal and Head Licensed Practitioner, document ownership, complete board examinations, and obtain required state licensure.
- Actor:
- Franchisee and applicable licensing authority.
- Timing:
- Names are due before Initial Training; training generally begins after necessary examinations.
- Blocker:
- Missing degree, license, ownership, or MLHC approval.
Obtain target-market, site, and lease approval
- Action:
- Use an approved site-selection vendor, submit locations in one city or metro area, obtain written site acceptance, and secure lease or purchase approval before committing.
- Actor:
- Franchisee, MLHC, vendor, and landlord.
- Timing:
- Potential locations are due 30–90 days before training; site and lease must be completed within the contractual one-year window.
- Blocker:
- Site rejection, landlord refusal to sign the Lease Rider, or missed deadline.
Complete Initial Training satisfactorily
- Action:
- Required Trainees complete centralized and on-the-job modules; the new-clinic program lists 136 classroom and 544 on-the-job hours.
- Actor:
- Operating Principal, Head Licensed Practitioner, designated staff, MLHC, and approved trainers.
- Timing:
- Offered quarterly and may last up to six months.
- Blocker:
- Unsatisfactory performance can prevent continuation or opening.
Build, equip, insure, and staff the clinic
- Action:
- Obtain permits before construction, use approved design and construction vendors, secure plan approval, install approved equipment and systems, hire staff, and provide insurance evidence.
- Actor:
- Franchisee, architect, contractor, suppliers, insurer, landlord, and government authorities.
- Timing:
- Insurance copies are due at least 30 days before opening.
- Blocker:
- Permit, financing, construction, supplier, hiring, or inspection delays.
Obtain written approval and open
- Action:
- Deliver the certificate of occupancy and show compliance with approved Plans; wait for MLHC’s written approval.
- Actor:
- Franchisee, government authority, and MLHC.
- Timing:
- No later than 90 days after training, then within 10 days after written approval.
- Blocker:
- No certificate, plan deviation, unmet opening requirement, or no written extension.
Which disclosed periods control planning and contractual risk?
The bars use different triggers and may overlap; they are not additive.
The Franchise Agreement requires construction and opening no later than 90 days after Initial Training unless MLHC grants an extension in writing. Failure to obtain an accepted site, complete required training, deliver lease documents, or open by the stated deadline is identified as an Event of Default, and termination may occur without return of fees.
Does site approval create an exclusive MaxLiving territory?
No. The Franchise Agreement is for one accepted Site and grants limited territorial protection, not an exclusive territory. After written site acceptance, MLHC identifies a radius of five miles or the radius containing 100,000 people, whichever is smaller, and the FDD says MLHC will provide a territory map within 30 days of site acceptance.
Site acceptance, lease approval, and territory designation are separate. Before a binding site commitment, MLHC must accept the location and approve the proposed lease, purchase agreement, or letter of intent in writing. Unless waived, the landlord and franchisee must sign the Lease Rider; the fully executed lease and related documents must be delivered to MLHC within 10 days after execution.
MLHC’s acceptance is not a prediction of clinic success. The protected radius starts only after the Site is accepted and documented in Schedule 1 and Appendix B, while alternative channels, differently branded clinics, and other reserved activities may still operate inside the area.
Who controls each critical opening dependency?
How is an Existing Clinic Conversion different from a new clinic?
The Existing Clinic Conversion Incentive is only for a person already owning and operating a chiropractic clinic and converting that location under a concurrently signed Franchise Agreement and addendum. It is not a home-based, mobile, nontraditional, or area-development path; the 2025 FDD does not offer those formats or a multi-unit development agreement.
| Opening issue | New Franchise Clinic | Existing Clinic Conversion |
|---|---|---|
| Location | New Site must be found, accepted, leased or purchased, designed, built, and approved. | Existing operating clinic is the Location identified in the addendum. |
| Initial Training | Up to six months; 136 classroom plus 544 on-the-job hours. | Disclosed program totals 72 virtual and 36 in-person hours; virtual-only eligibility must be confirmed. |
| Brand conversion | Full approved Plans and buildout precede opening. | Front-door “MaxLiving Chiropractic” signage within 30 days; co-branding completed within 18 months. |
| EHR platform | Required approved Computer System and software apply. | Current EHR need not be changed during the five-year Initial Term under the addendum. |
What must be complete before MLHC can authorize opening?
The franchisee must have satisfactory training, an accepted Site and approved Plans, completed construction, required permits and licenses, approved equipment and Computer System, required insurance naming MLHC as an additional insured, and a certificate of occupancy. MLHC does not hire employees, deliver or install equipment, guarantee financing, obtain permits, or guarantee landlord and contractor performance.
Item 5 says the Initial Franchise Fee and Training Fee are due upon signing, while the attached Franchise Agreement states they are due on or before 30 days before Initial Training. The buyer should obtain a written, state-specific payment schedule and confirm whether any state addendum changes when funds may be collected.
What should a buyer verify before signing or committing to a site?
Use the current FDD and signed agreement—not marketing language—to verify the applicable path. The official MaxLiving contact page states that regulated-state offers depend on applicable registration and disclosure compliance, and its clinic locator can help identify operating clinics to compare with the Item 20 contact list.
Confirm the current inquiry and eligibility sequence.
Confirm current brand and network context.
Use for disclosure-document and due-diligence concepts.
Verify the federal pre-sale disclosure timing rule.
Also ask current and former franchisees listed in Item 20 how long site acceptance, board licensing, training placement, construction, supplier delivery, inspection, and final approval actually took. Confirm with the relevant state chiropractic board and local authorities which professional licenses, facility approvals, x-ray registrations, permits, and inspections apply to the specific Site.
What is the practical MaxLiving opening decision?
The verified new-clinic path is inquiry and discretionary eligibility review, FDD receipt, Franchise Agreement and guarantee execution, licensed-role confirmation, target-market and Site approval, lease approval, Initial Training, approved design and buildout, insurance and government closeout, then MLHC’s written opening authorization.
The total timeline is an official typical estimate of 9–12 months after signing, not a promise; it can reach 18 months after a location change. The most important applicant-controlled dependency is coordinating licensure, site, training, and construction without missing the 90-day post-training Opening Deadline. The most important external dependency is timely site, lease, permit, contractor, and MLHC approval. Before signing, resolve the conflicting fee-payment trigger and obtain written confirmation of any extension standard.