Franchise Territory Mapping Software
Your Fastest Path to a Franchise Territory Map
- Define the scope of your franchise. Gather ZIP codes, counties, or states into franchisee territories at a national, regional, or county level.
- Ensure territory balance by key metrics. Use Census Bureau demographic data or industry metrics to balance franchisee territory segments.
- Generate map images for franchise ownership documentation. Create compelling and informative map views that accurately describe franchise areas of accountability, minimize overlap, and document the sales transaction.
What Is Franchise Territory Mapping Software?
Franchise territory mapping software is used by franchise and franchisee organizations to create, visualize, and maintain franchisee territories. It enables the fast, easy creation of franchisee territories from ZIP codes, counties, and other common geographies. Franchisee territories are typically based on ZIP codes, counties, states, and drive-time polygons. Franchise mapping tools address franchise business requirements, such as displaying sold or available areas, controlling territory overlap, and providing proof of fair balancing.
Franchise territory maps provide clear legal territory definitions through map images that can be filed with franchisee agreements and disclosure documents.
Territory maps ensure fair franchisee territory distribution between coverage areas with clear, agreed-upon, non-overlapping boundaries. Franchisors easily create franchisee maps color-coded to display sold and available status.
Attract new franchisee investors by presenting data-rich territory profiles that display key business or demographic metrics, including population and household income estimates, business counts, and competition.
Assess franchisee territory performance using map visualizations and displayed business metrics. Share periodic sales results with your sales and franchisee teams. Review industry, demographic, and historical sales data through map analysis to establish revenue projections, set monthly and quarterly sales targets, and balance franchisee metrics.
Franchise Territory Map for Growth Planning
Identify Underserved and High-Potential Markets
Import active client locations to create customer maps that reveal coverage gaps. Identify the best-performing ZIP codes or Counties based on sales metrics and known successful demographics, then use map queries to identify the high-potential ZIP codes or Counties for long-term expansion.
Business Listings for Leads and Planning
Identify new markets and potential franchisee candidates beyond current franchisee areas. Visualize competitor business locations within the potential franchisee territory to assess area viability.
Balance Territories across Franchisees
Compare territory metrics side-by-side and adjust boundaries and metrics to ensure each franchisee has a commensurate level of sales opportunity. Territories can also be balanced for workload or equity across sales representation.
Identify Overlap and Encroachment
Franchisee territories must not overlap with competing franchisee territories. MapBusinessOnline mapping software makes it easy to identify where new territory areas overlap with existing and proposed territories on the map. Additionally, the tool enables quick checks for overlapping ZIP Codes or jurisdictions when creating new franchisee areas during expansion periods.
Share Maps for Recruitment and Franchise Sales
Generate territory maps and data summaries that can be shared as map images for sales decks, business proposals, and discovery calls with candidates. Create and share interactive map links that allow constituents to pan and zoom on the map. Set up privately shared collaborative map editing privileges for advanced map users and primary partnerships.
Analyze Territory Performance
Use MapBusinessOnline’s powerful Data Window to overlay sales or store performance data for territories and drilldown into underperforming or overperforming areas. Generate filtered analysis for sales, demographics, and general analysis. Export results to CSV files for sharing.
Track Territory Status by Region or ZIP Code
Color shade territories by availability on the map and update them as they move from available to awarded, or under offer. Using color-coding capabilities to color ZIP codes or counties by demography, product interest, medical priorities, or other key industry metrics.
Support Legal and FDD Documentation
Generate and store descriptive boundary maps, and ZIP/area lists for franchise agreement records and disclosure documents. Use MapBusinessOnline demographic data to define and register franchisee deals and commitments.
Why Use MapBusinessOnline for Franchise Territories?
Accurate and Up-to-Date National and Regional ZIP Code Maps. MapBusinessOnline includes complete, up-to-date, and accurate ZIP Code coverage with updated boundaries and point-based ZIP Codes, enabling precise franchise territory representation and easy tracking and reporting of sales by ZIP Code or aggregated by territory. The software provides built-in demographics and searchable business listings to size, balance, and validate territories based on real market potential.
Flexible territory creating and editing tools, including ZIP Code, county, and state map layers; free-form, and drive-time spatial search tools to fine-tune your franchise model. MapBusinessOnline supports hierarchical territory creation for developing regions, divisions, or zones supporting multi-layered, complex business models. The software includes powerful and fast map editing tools that enable territory adjustments in just a few clicks.
Built-In Demographics and Business Listings Data. Overlay demographics (population, income, households, age) and 22M US business listings directly on territories. Balance franchisee territory metrics fairly based on demographics or industry metrics. Assess market potential and find prospects without leaving the app.
Sharing and export of map images in popular formats, including PNG, JPEG, and PDF. Export the territory and ZIP Code data tables for use in franchise development, legal records, and cross-operation sharing.
How To Build a Franchise Territory Map
Import a territory spreadsheet with ZIPs/counties/states associated with preassigned franchisee or territory names.
Or select ZIPs, counties, or states with a point and click lasso tool. Create new territories directly on the map. Perfect for new territory models and franchisee test cases.
Or apply drive-time or radius area search tools around existing or candidate store locations. Great for large retailer franchisee territory developers that measure client driving time tolerances.
How To Import Franchise Territories from a Spreadsheet
- Import a list of franchise locations or markets with ZIP Codes and territory/franchisee fields.
- Choose the alignment layer (ZIP, county, state).
- Color-coded territory map will be auto-created based on the franchisee/territory column.
- Review the map for gaps, overlaps, and cannibalization risk; adjust boundaries as needed.
How Real Franchise Businesses Use MapBusinessOnline
"Unleashing Growth: How MapBusinessOnline added value to our Franchise Business"
"Since our franchise businesses began utilizing MapBusinessOnline seven years ago, we have experienced a remarkable added value in our operations and growth. MapBusinessOnline has provided us with an innovative, user-friendly, and powerful tool to manage and expand our franchise territory landscape. With its comprehensive mapping and data visualization capabilities, we have been able to make strategic decisions based on the data insights and effectively plan our expansion strategies. The interface and seamless integration with our existing systems have made the transition to MapBusinessOnline a smooth and enjoyable experience.
One of the most significant benefits we have experienced with MapBusinessOnline is the ability to analyze a variety of markets quickly. This has allowed us to identify new opportunities and target areas for growth, ultimately leading to increased revenue and a stronger brand presence. The customer support provided by the MapBusinessOnline team have been exceptional, ensuring that our team is well-equipped to make the most of the platform's features. We wholeheartedly recommend MapBusinessOnline to any franchise business."
Marty Flanagan
VP of Brand Growth
Franchiczar (Code Ninjas – Valhallan Esports – Iron24 Fitness+Recovery and Pinots Palette)
"MapBusinessOnline has played a major role in helping us to expand. It has helped us successfully map out our territories so that we know where we are and where we can be. With a clear picture of where we are, it has helped make it easier to locate available territory for our new Franchisees. MapBusinessOnline has even helped us keep our guarantee and carry out its promise for a five mile protection radius for each Franchisee. MapBusinessOnline has not only given us a map of where we are now, but it has also given us a map for our future."
Sine Schirmer
Franchise Support Department Head
The Tutoring Center Franchise Corp
"I have had the pleasure of using MapBusinessOnline for the past 5 years and it is an excellent and affordable tool for my clients. I am a franchise consultant, and many of my clients are just starting to get into franchising. The first main question many of them have is they don’t know the demographics around their current location, so they don’t know how to create territories for their franchisees. I am able to easily utilize MapBusinessOnline to draw a prototype territory around their existing location, do a deep dive into the many different demographics that MapBusinessOnline offers, and help the client determine the basics of their new territories, including mileage, population, household count, purchasing habits and age distributions. This tool has been so helpful that many of our clients obtain their own accounts as they begin to sell franchises and grow their business. Thank you, MapBusinessOnline, for providing such a helpful tool that is affordable and easy to use!"
Colette Bell
Director of Business Development
SMB Franchise Advisors
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I create a franchise territory map from a spreadsheet?
Upload an Excel or CSV file with ZIP codes, counties, and franchisee names. MapBusinessOnline automatically color-codes territories for easy visualization and lets you edit boundaries with a few clicks.
How do I identify and fix overlapping territories?
MapBusinessOnline highlights overlapping ZIP codes visually on the map, making it easy to spot where territories conflict. You can then reassign individual ZIP codes to eliminate cannibalization before finalizing agreements.
Can I build territories by drawing on the map instead of uploading data?
Yes. Select ZIP codes, counties, or states directly on the map using point-and-click tools, or create territories by radius or drive-time around proposed franchise locations.
Can I track which franchise territories are sold versus available?
Yes. Color-code territories to show status — for example, red for under contract and green for available. Update the map as territories move from available to awarded.
Can I share maps with potential franchisees for sales pitches?
Yes. Generate professional map images for presentations, sales decks, and legal records. Create shareable interactive map links that franchisees can view and explore online.
Does MapBusinessOnline include demographic data?
Yes. Census population, income, households, age, and 22M US business listings are built in — no additional purchase needed.
Is MapBusinessOnline free to try?
Yes. Start with a full-featured 1-month free trial with no credit card required.
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