How Does the Patrice & Associates Franchise Work?

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Operating model answer

A Patrice & Associates franchise operates one P&A Agency that develops employer accounts, sources and screens Applicants, and completes Placements through the shared P&A Database. The franchisee performs recruiting and relationship work; Patrice Franchising, LLC controls Client contracts, invoicing, collections, core technology, brand standards, and system data under the April 30, 2026 FDD.

Data basis: Legal franchisor: Patrice Franchising, LLC. FDD issuance date: April 30, 2026. Applicable offer: one P&A Agency under the Franchise Agreement, normally home-based with an optional commercial office. Evidence reviewed: Items 1, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19 and 20; Franchise Agreement Sections 2 through 16; Brand Standards Manual table of contents. Item 20 period: 2023-2025, reported through December 31, 2025. Official pages checked August 1, 2026, including the official U.S. franchise website.

1 P&A Agency license Home office or optional office within the Territory.

194 Systemwide franchised outlets Item 20 count at December 31, 2025.

51% Managing Owner stake Minimum ownership unless the franchisor waives it.

500 / 10 / 1 Monthly activity alternatives Outgoing Calls, Submissions, or one Placement.

Offering and demand

What does a Patrice & Associates franchise sell, and who buys it?

The P&A Agency sells direct-hire and executive-search services to Clients seeking management and leadership candidates. Applicants receive recruiting support, but the Client contracts and pays the Placement Fee.

A Client seeks to fill a position; an Applicant is the job seeker; a Recruiter works for the P&A Agency; and a successful hire is a Placement. The primary market is restaurant, hospitality, hotel, casino and retail management, with other industries permitted. The public brand site provides employer and job-seeker entry points through its official recruiting website and job-search channel.

Contingent placement

The Client pays after a successful Placement. The franchisee develops the account, sources Applicants, screens candidates and coordinates hiring. The official employer guide distinguishes this model from retained search.

Executive search

Retained or partially retained executive recruiting is an authorized path only after the required executive recruiting training and certification. The brand describes this service on its executive-search page and its contingent-versus-retained explanation.

Customer and payment distinction

The franchisee may negotiate rates and terms with a Client, but every Client contracts with Patrice Franchising, LLC. The franchisor invoices and collects the Placement Fee, deducts percentage-based system charges and other authorized amounts, and remits the balance weekly. A franchisee may not invoice or collect directly without prior written approval.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Item 1, pages 1-2; Item 11, pages 16-17; Franchise Agreement Sections 2, 6.6 and 6.7.

Transaction workflow

How does work move from demand generation to payment?

A Placement cycle combines local account development, a shared recruiting database and centralized billing. The sequence reflects contractual actors and systems; the FDD specifies neither a universal sales script nor a fixed search time.

Generate demand and relationships

Actor: Managing Owner, Manager or Recruiter.
Action: Solicit Clients, Applicants and Referral Sources through approved outreach, job boards, the Microsite and permitted social channels.
Required system or asset: Approved marketing, Patrice & Associates email, call-tracking and text-to-hire tools.
Output: A Client opportunity, Applicant lead or referral relationship.

Open the Client role

Actor: Franchisee and Patrice Franchising, LLC.
Action: The franchisee develops the account and may negotiate commercial terms; the Client contract is signed and managed by the franchisor.
Required system or asset: Client procedures in the Brand Standards Manual and P&A Database.
Output: A credited Client and an available job position.

Source and screen Applicants

Actor: Managing Owner and trained Recruiters.
Action: Recruit, interview and screen Applicants against the Client role, including direct outreach to employed or passive candidates.
Required system or asset: P&A Database, approved job boards, Call Mantra and the designated text-to-hire platform.
Output: A qualified candidate package.

Submit and coordinate

Actor: Recruiter or Managing Owner.
Action: Enter the candidate profile or resume into the P&A Database, send the Submission to the Client and coordinate interviews.
Required system or asset: P&A Database and franchisor-owned email accounts.
Output: A documented Submission and Client hiring decision.

Complete the Placement

Actor: Client, Applicant and franchisee.
Action: The Client hires the Applicant and the Placement is recorded in the designated systems. Split Placement rules apply when one franchisee owns the Client relationship and another places the Applicant.
Required system or asset: P&A Database and Client contract.
Output: A Placement Fee receivable and guarantee-period obligation.

Bill, collect and report

Actor: Patrice Franchising, LLC and franchisee.
Action: The franchisor invoices, collects and remits the weekly balance; the franchisee maintains QuickBooks Online, records activity and supplies required reports.
Required system or asset: Billing service, QuickBooks Online, P&A Database and call-tracking records.
Output: Weekly remittance, auditable records and Minimum Performance Standard evidence.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Items 1, 6, 8 and 11; Franchise Agreement Sections 6.2, 6.6, 6.7, 10.3, 11.1 and 15.3.

Owner role and staffing

Can the P&A Agency be manager-run, and who performs each function?

The model can be manager-run, but it is not contractually absentee. A franchisor-approved Managing Owner must retain overall responsibility and at least 51% ownership; either that Managing Owner or a trained Manager must provide direct, full-time, day-to-day supervision.

Managing Owner

Completes required training, has authority to bind the franchisee and works full time unless a trained Manager is installed. The Managing Owner must still monitor the Manager.

Manager

Optional. Must complete initial training within 45 days, work full time and have general management authority. The Manager supervises operations and may supervise Recruiters.

Recruiter

Optional and scalable by franchisee decision. Each Recruiter must complete required training, sign the Brand Protection Agreement and work under the Managing Owner or Manager.

Owner participation

Patrice Franchising, LLC sets qualifications, training and supervision requirements, but the franchisee is the sole employer. The franchisee chooses staffing levels, hiring, firing, pay, benefits, schedules, assignments and working conditions. The franchisor states that it does not control employees' day-to-day activities.

The public franchise FAQ describes the choice to work personally or add Recruiters. Contractually, full-time supervision and Managing Owner accountability remain. The training and support page supplements the FDD's mentoring description.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Items 11 and 15, pages 16-17 and 27; Franchise Agreement Sections 8.1 through 8.4.

Technology and suppliers

Which systems and supplier relationships are mandatory?

The operating model depends on franchisor-controlled data, communications and billing infrastructure. The franchisee may select compliant computer hardware, but must use designated software, branded marketing sources and the franchisor's exclusive Microsite, P&A Database, and billing-and-collection services.

P&A Database

Stores job positions, Applicant and Client data, Submissions and Placement records; supports shared and Split Placement work.

Exclusive license from franchisor

Microsite and email

Provides the local web presence and business communications. The franchisor owns the Microsite, domain, email accounts and related social accounts.

Franchisor-owned channels

Call Mantra and text-to-hire

Records telephone activity and handles text-based hiring communications. Only logged activity counts toward the Minimum Performance Standard.

Designated platforms

QuickBooks Online

Maintains accounting records and required financial reports. The franchisor receives independent, unlimited access to the account data.

Required third-party software

Marketing and job boards

Branded materials must come from approved or designated suppliers. Job boards may be used, and specified vendors are required for grand-opening placements.

Approved or designated sources

The named provider describes its recruiting communications platform at CallMantra; Intuit describes the accounting service on the official QuickBooks site. The FDD does not name the text-to-hire supplier. Patrice Franchising, LLC may change Technology Systems, require updates, inspect equipment and retrieve Business Data without a contractual access limit.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Item 8, pages 11-13; Item 11, pages 21-22; Franchise Agreement Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 11.4, 11.6, 15.2, 15.3 and 16.1.

Operating authority

What does the franchisor control, and what remains a franchisee decision?

Patrice Franchising, LLC controls the branded operating system, Client contracting, data, technology, approved offerings, marketing approval and billing. The franchisee controls local execution: developing relationships, recruiting and screening Applicants, staffing the P&A Agency, negotiating Client terms within system rules and managing employment decisions.

Franchisee

Develop demandSolicit Clients, Applicants and Referral Sources within channel rules.

Execute recruitingSource, screen, submit and coordinate candidates.

Employ the teamChoose staffing, compensation, schedules and work assignments.

Maintain complianceKeep licenses, insurance, books, reports and data safeguards.

Patrice Franchising, LLC

Control the SystemSet and revise the Brand Standards Manual and authorized services.

Own core channelsProvide the P&A Database, Microsite and business email accounts.

Contract and collectSign Client contracts, invoice, collect and remit.

Audit operationsAccess Technology Systems, records, data and operating participants.

Third parties

Communication platformsCall-tracking and designated text-to-hire infrastructure.

Accounting platformQuickBooks Online maintenance and updates.

Marketing inputsApproved job boards, printers and designated social-media suppliers.

Client decisionThe Client interviews, selects and employs the Applicant.

Franchisor control

The Brand Standards Manual can be changed during the term, and mandatory revisions become binding after notice. The franchisor may add, modify or remove authorized services, disapprove advertising or social posts, require equipment and technology changes, own Business Data, and inspect a home office with at least three days' notice.

Territory and channels

Does the Territory give the franchisee exclusive customers?

No. The Territory protects the designated operating location and blocks other P&A Agencies from Targeted Marketing into that area, but it does not reserve every Client, Applicant or Placement located there. Leads may cross boundaries when they were not obtained through prohibited targeted solicitation.

ProtectedNo second designated P&A Agency location or franchisor-authorized Targeted Marketing inside the Territory during the term.

Not exclusiveOther P&A Agencies may work with Clients, Applicants and Referral Sources located inside the Territory if the relationship was not solicited through Targeted Marketing into it.

Channel-limitedThe franchisee uses the franchisor-provided Microsite and approved social media. Other websites, digital advertising and ecommerce require prior approval.

Territories usually consist of adjacent ZIP codes and often contain about 250,000 people, with no minimum population. A franchisee may work outside the Territory under the Client Development Policy but may not direct Targeted Marketing into another assigned or open territory. The franchisor reserves alternative channels inside the Territory without compensation to the franchisee.

Sources: 2026 FDD, Item 12, pages 23-25; Franchise Agreement Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 10.3.

System footprint

What does Item 20 show about the operating network?

Item 20 shows a predominantly franchised network that ended 2025 with 194 franchised outlets. Openings exceeded recorded exits in 2023 and 2025, while 2024 was flat; the reported population had no company-owned outlet at any year-end from 2023 through 2025.

Franchised outlet openings and recorded exits

United States and Canadian system totals reported in Item 20, calendar years 2023-2025

The 2025 reconciliation is 188 starting outlets + 21 openings - 15 recorded exits = 194 ending outlets.

Source: 2026 FDD, Item 20, Tables 1 and 3, pages 33-37. Recorded exits equal terminations + non-renewals + reacquisitions + ceased operations for other reasons.

Dated population difference

Item 20 reports zero company-owned outlets at December 31, 2025, while Item 1 states that parent company Patrice Holdings, LLC currently operates a company-owned P&A Agency. The FDD does not provide its opening date. The timing may indicate a post-year-end change, but that should be verified rather than assumed.

Buyer verification

Which operating questions remain undisclosed or subject to change?

The FDD sets the control structure but leaves day-to-day dependencies in the Brand Standards Manual,supplier list and Client contracts. These items affect execution after opening.

Current technology stackConfirm the named text-to-hire provider, CRM components, integrations, data-export rights and upgrade schedule.

Client Development PolicyReview current rules for national accounts, lead credit, cross-territory outreach, Split Placements and disputed Client ownership.

Placement guarantee termsIdentify the guarantee period, replacement or refund process and responsibility when an Applicant leaves early.

Supplier listObtain the current approved and designated suppliers for social media, job boards, marketing materials, insurance and Technology Systems.

Company-owned agency interactionVerify when the parent-operated P&A Agency began, which Client roles it works and how candidate sourcing opportunities are allocated to franchisees.

Operating-model synthesis

Patrice & Associates earns its Client relationship through successful direct-hire Placements and executive-search engagements; the franchisee's central responsibility is consistent Client development and Applicant sourcing, screening and follow-through. The strongest dependency is franchisor control of Client contracts, the P&A Database, billing, communications and Business Data. Territory protection limits targeted solicitation rather than reserving customers. The largest verification gap is the current Brand Standards Manual detail governing lead ownership, technology configuration, supplier assignments and Placement guarantees.