Franchise disclosure, redlined year over year.
FDD Redline Desk is a focused research desk for people seriously evaluating a franchise. Franchisors refile their Franchise Disclosure Document every year — and the changes between filings are where the story is: a royalty that crept up, an Item 7 range that quietly widened, outlets that stopped growing. Our multi-year redline audits diff a brand's filings line by line and cite every figure to the filing, item and page it came from. As filed — verify.
The $79 Multi-Year Redline & Risk Audit
One brand, every filing year we hold: Item 5/6 fee changes, Item 7 investment-range shifts, Item 3 litigation changes, Item 20 closures, transfers and turnover. Restatements are shown, not overwritten. Calculated figures are labeled, with formulas. Every report closes with a “What this report does not include” section, and the paid package bundles the source FDDs.
Read a complete sample audit — free (Dogtopia, 2023 vs 2026).
The $179 Category Benchmark Pack
The redline audit plus 4–5 direct competitors side by side: Item 7 buildout, Item 19 where present, three-year outlet survival. Food & beverage pack · Fitness pack
Brand library — pilot coverage
A growing library: new brands are added as their filings are verified, and an audit is sold only for a brand whose multi-year filing set we actually hold. Pilot coverage is 10 brand pages.
Start free
Every brand page carries a free Item 5/6/7 teaser, and the cross-brand cost comparison table puts all covered brands side by side. New to FDDs? Start with How to read an FDD.
Request a brand
Don't see the brand you're researching? Tell us — requests are the demand signal we use to decide which filings to verify next. New brands are added only as their filings are verified.