Opening process
How long does it usually take to open an OsteoStrong franchise?
Official FDD estimateThe 2025 OsteoStrong FDD says a Center usually opens within six months after the Franchise Agreement is signed. That is an estimate, not a guaranteed deadline. The actual path depends on Territory selection, an accepted site, lease approval, buildout and permits, equipment and systems, successful training, staffing, insurance, and OsteoStrong Franchising, Inc.'s written permission to open.
Qualification
What do you need to qualify and apply?
The public OsteoStrong franchise page lists $250,000 net worth and $45,000 liquid assets under “Qualifications.” These figures are not contractual minimums in the 2025 FDD, so verify whether they apply per applicant, ownership group, or franchise entity. The official page also says medical or health-industry experience is not required and emphasizes business-management skills and customer service.
The application starts with the brand's franchise application and follow-up from a franchise consultant. The FDD publishes no applicant-approval deadline, minimum credit score, or education requirement. Meeting screening criteria does not obligate OsteoStrong Franchising, Inc. to award a franchise.
Sources: 2025 OsteoStrong FDD, Items 5 and 15, pp. 3–6 and 26; Franchise Agreement §5.1 and Attachment C/D-1. Current screening and experience language: OsteoStrong's official franchise page.
Disclosure and signing
What happens before you sign the Franchise Agreement?
Once OsteoStrong considers the application, the prospect must receive the FDD early enough to satisfy the federal pre-sale waiting period: at least 14 calendar days before signing a binding franchise agreement or paying the franchisor or an affiliate. This is not 14 business days or the total application timeline. See the FTC's Consumer's Guide to Buying a Franchise and Franchise Rule page.
The FDD adds a process-specific rule: the $150 Application Fee per individual applicant may be requested only after the 14-day period expires and is nonrefundable when paid. Before signing, the prospect selects one pre-determined Territory. The Franchise Agreement Summary Pages identify the Territory, Control Date, Opening Date, Managing Owner, and key fees.
Verified roadmap
What is the actual sequence from inquiry to opening?
Action: Provide the applicant information requested through OsteoStrong's U.S. franchise process.
Actor: Applicant.
Timing: No FDD approval deadline is disclosed.
Blocker: Franchisor qualification or decision not to proceed.
Action: Review the FDD, Franchise Agreement and attachments before signing or paying.
Actor: Franchisor delivers; applicant reviews.
Timing: At least 14 calendar days before a binding agreement or payment.
Blocker: Waiting period not completed.
Action: Complete financial and business screening, ownership setup, and select one pre-determined Territory.
Actor: Applicant with franchisor review.
Timing: Territory selection occurs before entering the Franchise Agreement.
Blocker: No acceptable available Territory or applicant not approved.
Action: Sign the Franchise Agreement and applicable entity, guaranty, payment-authorization, state, and related documents.
Actor: Franchisee, each Owner, and franchisor.
Timing: Summary Pages establish the Control Date and Opening Date.
Blocker: Missing signatures, state conditions, or required execution payments.
Action: Submit a franchise site application, obtain site acceptance, then obtain franchisor lease approval before signing the lease.
Actor: Franchisee leads; franchisor approves.
Timing: Site decision within 30 days after complete information; site/lease by Control Date.
Blocker: Site rejection or unacceptable lease terms.
Action: Build to OsteoStrong standards; obtain zoning, permits, licenses and insurance; install required equipment, software and systems.
Actor: Franchisee and third parties; franchisor controls standards.
Timing: Lead-time milestones begin up to about 90 days before opening.
Blocker: Construction, government approvals, supplier delivery, financing or utilities.
Action: Complete required training, hire and train personnel, run the required digital marketing period, and coordinate pre-opening assistance.
Actor: Owners, Center Manager, employees, franchisor/trainers.
Timing: Initial training is three days and generally no later than three weeks before opening.
Blocker: Unsuccessful training or insufficient opening readiness.
Action: Satisfy all opening conditions and receive OsteoStrong's prior written permission.
Actor: Franchisor authorizes; franchisee supplies proof.
Timing: By the contractual Opening Date.
Blocker: Unpaid amounts, incomplete buildout, unmet training, missing lease, authorizations or insurance certificates.
Roadmap sources: 2025 OsteoStrong FDD, Items 5, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 15; Franchise Agreement §§3.1–3.5, 5.1 and 13.2; Attachment C and Personal Guaranty.
These are disclosed timing markers, not a complete construction schedule. Bars use days only where the FDD gives a day-based or three-week lead time.
Site approval
How do Territory, site approval, and lease approval differ?
The Territory is selected from pre-determined options before the Franchise Agreement and is mapped in its attachment. The site must be inside that Territory and pass OsteoStrong's site criteria. The lease is a separate approval: if leasing, the franchisee must submit the lease for review and cannot sign it until OsteoStrong approves the required lease terms. A fully executed copy must then be delivered within 10 days.
The site application may include demographics, traffic, parking, competition, size, physical characteristics, site plan, rent or purchase price, and lease terms. OsteoStrong has 30 days after receiving all requested information to approve or refuse the site; silence is not approval. Typical Centers are about 1,100 to 1,800 usable square feet.
Missing the Opening Date also affects Territory protection: the FDD says OsteoStrong may approve another franchisee's Center inside the Territory. If that happens, the original franchisee must select another available pre-determined Territory and amend the Franchise Agreement.
Responsibilities
Who controls each opening dependency?
The FDD separates franchisee obligations, franchisor approvals, and third-party dependencies.
Opening readiness
What must be finished before OsteoStrong authorizes opening?
Under Franchise Agreement §3.5, the Center may open only with prior written permission from OsteoStrong Franchising, Inc. Permission is conditioned on amounts due to the franchisor and affiliates being paid, the Center being constructed and equipped to standards, all pre-opening and training obligations being satisfied, payment authorizations being delivered by the Control Date, the approved lease being on file, required insurance certificates being delivered, and the franchisee otherwise being in good standing.
Readiness also includes required Spectrum and approved equipment, iGo Figure/Operations Software, QuickBooks Online, compatible Windows hardware, high-speed Internet, required marketing materials and inventory, plus location-specific licenses and permits. The FDD makes the franchisee responsible for legal compliance and does not provide one universal permit list.
Training requires special attention. Item 11 describes the Managing Owner and Center Manager as required attendees, while Franchise Agreement §5.1 states that all Owners and the Center Manager must successfully complete training before opening. A multi-owner applicant should confirm how every Owner will comply and whether tuition applies beyond the first two trainees.
The official franchise page describes online training, a three-day OsteoStrong University experience, pre-sales marketing, and onsite field-trainer support. Read these descriptions with the contract: the FDD controls mandatory obligations, while some consultation and site-selection assistance is discretionary. See the official franchise training page.
Opening deadline
Which deadlines can put the franchise rights at risk?
The FDD discloses a limited equipment-refund rule if the Center does not open: equipment purchased from the franchisor may be refunded less return-related costs, subject to the stated exception for a mutually extended Opening Date. Other initial payments are generally nonrefundable unless the FDD or a state addendum says otherwise.
Multiple Centers
Can you open multiple OsteoStrong Centers under one agreement?
The current public franchise page markets a “Multi-Center Owner” model, but the 2025 FDD does not include a Development Agreement or Area Development Agreement. Item 12 says that, apart from the Territory in the signed Franchise Agreement, there is no right of first refusal for additional franchises; opening another Center requires a new Franchise Agreement and compliance with OsteoStrong's then-current franchisee requirements.
A buyer considering several Centers should not assume one Territory creates a development schedule, reserves adjacent territories, or fixes future terms. Verify the contract package for each additional Center and any current multi-Center arrangement.
Buyer verification
What should you verify before committing to an opening date?
Verify the exact Summary Page Control Date and Opening Date, then identify any state addendum changing fee timing, questionnaires, venue, or other pre-opening terms. Confirm the Territory map, site-application requirements, lease addendum, and whether the landlord can accept required provisions before the Control Date.
Reconcile procurement with construction: equipment, Operations Software, any franchisor-supplied furniture/signage/flooring, the two-full-month digital marketing start, training, insurance, and local approvals all feed into written opening permission. Use Item 20 contacts to ask how long comparable openings actually took; the FDD reported 55 signed-but-not-open franchise agreements as of December 31, 2024.
What is the verified OsteoStrong opening path?
The verified path is application and qualification, FDD review, Territory selection, Franchise Agreement execution, site and lease approval, buildout and regulatory approvals, equipment/software/marketing setup, successful training and staffing, then OsteoStrong's written opening authorization. The total timing basis is an official FDD estimate of usually within six months after signing, not a promise.
The most important applicant-controlled dependency is securing an acceptable site and compliant lease by the Control Date. The most important external dependency is coordinating landlord, permitting, construction and supplier timing while satisfying OsteoStrong's approval standards. The key contractual risk is missing the Control Date or Opening Date, both identified as termination grounds without cure; before signing, also resolve the Lease Addendum and Spectrum license attachment-letter inconsistencies in the final execution package.