Scale your franchise
without lowering your standards.

Brokers shop your opportunity across competing franchisors and get paid to close fastest, not best. UnitLock generates brand-specific demand for one brand at a time, qualifies it against your operator profile, and develops candidates inside a system you own. There is no shared candidate pool and no divided loyalty.

Engagements are scoped per brand because territory count, candidate profile, FDD stage, and existing infrastructure all change the build. There is a fixed development retainer and a transparent close fee — no portal fees, no broker success fees stacked on top, no surprise pass-throughs. We share specifics on a discovery call once we've confirmed fit.

First qualified candidates typically enter the system within 14–30 days of launch. Discovery Day–ready candidates land in the 4–8 week range. Signed franchise agreements depend on the candidate's capital, FDD review timing, and territory selection — usually 60–120 days from first touch. Faster than that means we're cutting corners on qualification, which we won't do.

Yes — but only when the unit economics, FDD, brand standards, and leadership readiness can hold up to serious candidates. Emerging brands that haven't validated the model usually need operational work before development. We'll tell you in the first call whether you're ready or whether the development engine would expose more than it would close.

Senior partners run the engagement end-to-end. No junior account managers, no offshore SDR rooms, no handoffs to outside brokers. The same team that designs the candidate profile is the team on the discovery calls and in the FDD process. That's the only way the standard stays consistent.

Your pipeline, your CRM data, your candidate history, and the demand infrastructure built around your brand all stay with you. You are never renting access. The acquisition engine becomes a permanent capability inside your franchise development operation.