The 2026 FDD’s clearest structural advantage is a defined launch system: JumpStart, 40 hours of Initial Training, required operating software, and a BFG Holdco guaranty of Patch Boys International, LLC’s obligations. The main burden is ongoing control through an 8% Royalty, escalating Minimum Gross Sales, full-time management, and conditional Territory protection. These trade-offs depend on the buyer and are not a buy-or-reject recommendation.
Legal franchisor: Patch Boys International, LLC. Evidence date: March 30, 2026 FDD. Offer reviewed: one Standard Territory for a home-based or at least 500-square-foot commercial operation. Primary evidence: Items 1, 3–8, 10–12, 15–17 and 19–22; Franchise Agreement; Promissory Note; guaranty and state addenda. Item 19 reports 2025 revenue and job-value data, not profit. Item 20 covers 2023–2025. Public materials were checked July 29, 2026.
Which The Patch Boys features can help, and which can create friction?
The most useful features are specific operating inputs—training, a defined Territory, software, prescribed service standards, and a relatively broad Item 19 population. Each comes with a corresponding burden involving attendance, performance floors, data access, supplier approval, or contractual control.
JumpStart and Initial Training
Verified fact: Patch Boys International, LLC requires JumpStart plus up to four days of Initial Training totaling 24 classroom and 16 on-the-job hours for the Managing Owner or Designated Manager.
Source: 2026 FDD, Item 11, pp. 36–38; Franchise Agreement §3.A; official support description.
Full-time Managing Owner requirement
Verified fact: The Managing Owner or approved Designated Manager must continuously devote full-time, year-round best efforts and may not pursue conflicting activity without written permission.
Source: 2026 FDD, Item 15, pp. 47–48; Franchise Agreement §§1.H and 7.A.
Protected Territory with performance conditions
Verified fact: A Standard Territory covers 250,000–350,000 people by zip code, but protection depends on compliance and Minimum Gross Sales that rise from $4,000 to $8,000 monthly after year one.
Source: 2026 FDD, Items 6 and 12, pp. 16–17 and 40–43; Franchise Agreement §§1.D, 1.E and 2.F.
Required CRM, accounting access, and approved inputs
Verified fact: Franchisees must use THE PATCH BOYS CRM, QuickBooks Online, approved websites and vehicle graphics; the franchisor has independent access to operating, customer, cash-flow, and accounting data.
Source: 2026 FDD, Items 6, 8 and 11, pp. 11, 21–25 and 33–35.
Item 19 revenue evidence
Verified fact: Item 19 includes 83 franchise owners operating 207 franchises during 2025, while excluding 57 franchises because of partial-year operation or missing reported data.
Source: 2026 FDD, Item 19, pp. 53–59.
Five-year term, renewal, transfer, and post-term limits
Verified fact: The Franchise Agreement has a five-year term and two potential five-year renewals, while transfers require approval and post-term competition is restricted for 18 months, subject to state law.
Source: 2026 FDD, Items 6 and 17, pp. 12–13 and 48–52; Franchise Agreement §§10, 11 and 13.D.
What does Item 20 show about outlet counts?
Item 20 Table 1 reports 308 franchised outlets at year-end 2023, 284 at year-end 2024, and 264 at year-end 2025. That direction is decision-relevant, but outlet counts do not establish profitability, owner satisfaction, or the cause of a departure.
Interpretation: Table 1 shows a 44-outlet reduction from year-end 2023 to year-end 2025. Table 3 separately records 2025 openings and terminations; neither table explains operating causes.
Source: 2026 FDD, Item 20, Table 1, p. 60; company-owned outlet table, p. 65.
Item 20 Table 1 and Table 3 do not fully reconcile: Table 1 reports 298, 308 and 284 outlets at the start of 2023, 2024 and 2025, while Table 3 reports 297, 307 and 283. A buyer should request a one-outlet reconciliation before using turnover rates.
How broad is the Item 19 population?
The 2025 Item 19 population covers 207 of 264 franchises, or 78.4%. That is meaningful coverage for revenue context, but the 57 excluded franchises and absence of operating-cost data prevent the disclosure from answering likely owner income.
Interpretation: The sample is broad enough to inform sales-volume questions, but excluded partial-year and nonreporting franchises may differ from the represented group.
Source: 2026 FDD, Item 19, pp. 53–54. Percentages calculated as 207 ÷ 264 and 57 ÷ 264.
Item 19 reports Revenue, Active Territories, jobs, job value and operating tenure. It expressly omits variable costs, fixed operating expenses and profit. Compare the reported cohort with a buyer’s territory, staffing plan, owner involvement and local wage structure rather than treating system medians as an earnings forecast.
Where does the buyer retain discretion, and where does the franchisor?
The model gives a local operator responsibility for execution while reserving substantial control over brand presentation, approved services, technology, customer data, advertising, Territory conduct, and National or Regional Accounts. Buyers who prefer a prescribed system may value that structure; autonomy-oriented operators may experience friction.
The franchisee hires and trains employees, manages estimates and customer response, maintains vehicles and insurance, and funds local operations. The franchisor does not select a commercial site or negotiate a lease.
Local advertising, alternative suppliers, social-media pages, out-of-Territory work, additional services and certain National or Regional Account work require approval, qualification or compliance.
Patch Boys International, LLC controls required services, System Standards, the customized website, THE PATCH BOYS CRM, approved accounting, customer data access and Alternative Distribution Channels.
Sources: 2026 FDD, Items 8, 11, 12, 15 and 16, pp. 21–25, 29–40 and 40–48.
What should a buyer verify before signing?
Verification should focus on the exact Territory, the cash effect of minimum payments, owner workload, Item 19 comparability, Item 20 reconciliation, technology dependence and exit terms. These questions separate contractual facts from assumptions about a particular market.
Obtain the Summary Page zip codes, current population source and written map. Test whether local housing stock, travel time and customer density can support the Minimum Gross Sales schedule.
Model the 8% Royalty, $349 Technology Fee, $10,000 first-year local advertising requirement, possible 2% Brand Marketing Fee, insurance, vehicle standards and minimum Royalty exposure.
Request Item 19 substantiation and compare owners with the same number of Active Territories, similar tenure, comparable geography and similar full-time or part-time operating patterns.
Ask Patch Boys International, LLC to reconcile Item 20 Tables 1 and 3 and explain 2024–2025 terminations without treating every departure as a failed business.
Interview current and former franchisees about Managing Owner hours, technician recruiting, estimating, call response, local advertising, THE PATCH BOYS CRM, field coaching and NORA work.
Have franchise counsel review renewal on the then-current agreement, transfer conditions, the right of first refusal, Michigan dispute provisions, spousal guaranties and the 18-month post-term covenant.
Which buyer profile aligns with these trade-offs?
The strongest verified structural advantage is the specified launch and reporting infrastructure backed by BELFOR Franchise Group relationships and the BFG Holdco guaranty. The most material burden is the combination of full-time management, 8% Royalty, Minimum Gross Sales and franchisor control over technology, data and Territory conduct.
The model is more aligned with a hands-on service-business operator who can recruit technicians, respond quickly to customers, follow System Standards and accept centralized software and marketing controls. It is more likely to create friction for a passive buyer, an operator who wants unrestricted digital channels or suppliers, or a buyer needing a flexible exit. The highest-priority pre-signing fact is whether the exact Territory can support the contractual sales floors after realistic labor, travel, lead-generation and rework assumptions.