For M&A & Roll-up Firms
Source franchise acquisition targets before they're in a banker's book
The best roll-up targets are owner-operated franchise clusters that haven't been shopped yet. Franchismo maps franchise ownership — who owns which units, in which markets — so your deal team can source proprietary deal flow directly.
Use cases
Where Franchismo fits in your prospecting stack.
Target sourcing by geography and unit count
Filter operators by MSA, brand, and number of units owned.
Ownership mapping for outreach
See full multi-brand portfolios of each operator before you call.
Market sizing by brand
Quantify total addressable units in any franchise system instantly.
How deal teams run this play
Roll-up sourcing on Franchismo follows a simple pattern: pick the brand or vertical, filter operators by unit count and geography, and build the target list before any banker does. A 9-territory Mr. Rooter operator in Tennessee who also holds Mosquito Joe territories is a textbook home-services platform seed — and unless they've hired a banker, no one else is calling. Multi-brand portfolios matter here: they signal an operator who thinks like a portfolio builder and may be open to a partial sale or recap. Deal teams also use brand-level unit maps for market sizing before committing to a vertical thesis.
Franchise ownership data for deal sourcing
Private equity firms and franchise roll-up platforms use franchise ownership data to identify and contact acquisition targets at the operator level — before those operators are represented by a banker or business broker. A franchisee ownership database maps which individuals or entities own multiple locations of a given franchise brand and in which geographies, enabling deal teams to build proprietary target lists by unit count, MSA, and brand. The underlying records are compiled from Franchise Disclosure Document Item 20 listings and state registration filings — the same primary sources used by franchise attorneys and M&A bankers. Franchismo tracks approximately 165,000 active multi-unit franchisee operators.
Franchise M&A data — questions, answered
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