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Franchise territories and network planning

Every opening is an investment, not a bet. Decide which markets to take the brand to, split territories between your franchisees so they don't clash, and open your next unit knowing whether it overlaps the ones you already have.

Free, no card needed: the map, the residents of each area and the country view. Territories and NovaScore from Pro; routes from Advanced.

DATA-LED EXPANSION

Every decision about your network, with the data in front of you

Choosing markets, selling territories that don't overlap, opening without cannibalisation, documenting each territory and visiting the network: the whole journey, in one place.

Design your expansion plan with the nationwide zone view

We colour the whole country by region, province or municipality using the figure you choose, with a ranking of the top areas, so you can decide which regions to take the brand to first. On the free plan you can colour it by population, density, income or the share of young and older people. On the Pro plan you can also choose from more indicators.

Country view coloured by income per person, with a ranking of the top five areas

Prioritise your best locations with NovaScore plan Pro

We colour neighbourhoods by NovaScore, a 0 to 100 score for the conditions each area offers, and with the “Open a new business” guided study we rank them for your type of business, with the reasons for each one. That way you rank the markets in your expansion plan with the same yardstick. On the Advanced plan you can also upload your best units and we rank the neighbourhoods that most resemble them.

A city's neighbourhoods coloured by NovaScore, with the five highest-scoring areas

Know the real market behind every territory before you sell it plan Pro

Pick a neighbourhood or draw the territory and see for free how many people live there, their income and the share of young and older people. On the Pro plan you add 60+ indicators, the competing businesses inside it and the NovaScore, so you can show your prospective franchisee an accurate picture of the territory you are offering.

Area analysis with its residents, income, NovaScore and the businesses inside it

Split territories between franchisees with no overlap plan Pro

Divide an area, a whole country or your locations into territories balanced by population, surface area or number of units, one per franchisee, or draw them by hand. Mark each one as available, in negotiation or sold and, if you split by postcode where the country publishes them, download each territory's postcodes in Excel, ready for the contract.

City map with the areas panel and the Territories button in the sidebar

Open your next unit without cannibalising the ones you have plan Pro

Upload your units and we draw the area each one covers on foot, by bike or by car, shade in red where two of them reach the same people and tell you how many overlap and what share of your audience they compete for. On the Advanced plan, the “Second premises without cannibalisation” guided study also starts from one of your units and a minimum distance, and suggests the neighbourhoods that most resemble its own, far enough away not to take its customers.

Area around a unit, with the residents and income inside it

Hand over every territory documented in a report plan Pro

Download the PDF report for an area or a territory, with its population, income and local economy, plus its data in Excel, for your committee or for a prospective franchisee. You can show them the map through a read-only link. On the Enterprise plan, area and guided study PDF reports also carry your logo and colours.

Pages of an area PDF report: cover, summary, population profile and local economy

Visit your franchisee network in less time plan Advanced

We put your unit visits in the shortest order on foot, by bike or by car, starting from the stop you choose and with an arrival time at each one, and you can take the route with you as a GPX file or share it through a link that opens without an account. Several area managers? We split the stops between them, each with their own route already in order.

Route sheet with the order of visits, the kilometres and the minutes between each stop
How far it goes

From your first area to your whole market

Start free and upgrade when you need to. Each plan includes everything in the previous one.

Pro

Everything on this page marked Pro: NovaScore and 60+ indicators, the competitors in each market, territories with their status, your units on the map and where they overlap, the essential guided studies, PDF and Excel reports and the map shared through a read-only link. On the annual plan you can also follow the markets where you already have franchisees, and every Monday we let you know if anything has opened or closed there.

Advanced

Routes to visit the network, split between your area managers; the “Second premises without cannibalisation” study; twin areas of your best units; a heat map of your own units, weighted by one of your columns such as revenue; merging or subtracting areas; and custom metrics. On the annual plan we also email you when a figure in a market you follow crosses the threshold you set, and you can see how each area has changed over time.

Enterprise

Area and guided study PDF reports carry your logo and colours: the pack you give a prospective franchisee goes out under your brand, not ours. It includes everything in Advanced on the annual plan, plus more users from your own domain, each with their own account. Annual billing only.

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Why POINOVA

Serious data, without the price or the wait

 POINOVACorporate location platformsTraditional consulting
Detailed official dataYes, and sourced (in full from Pro)Depending on the planDepending on the project
Get startedOn your own, no sales repDemo and salesMeeting and proposal
Getting the resultIn minutesDaysWeeks
PricePublic, with a free planDepending on the providerDepending on the project
GDPR · servers in the EUYesVariesVaries

Indicative comparison by product category, not by specific brands.

Frequently asked questions

What can I do for free, and what does each plan add?
Included in the free plan: Map with basic demographic data · Population by area · Country view by areas · Draw areas (2 isochrones a day) · Up to 3 saved areas. On the Pro plan: NovaScore and the full population profile, competitors and points of interest, area comparison, your customers or locations on the map, territories, essential guided studies, PDF and Excel reports, and a read-only link to share the map. Zone monitoring with a weekly summary comes with the annual plan only. Advanced adds visit routes you can split between several people, customer lookalikes, custom metrics, a heatmap of your locations, merging or subtracting areas, and every guided study. Threshold alerts and trend history come with the annual plan only. Enterprise is annual only and includes everything above, with more users on the same email domain and PDF reports for areas and guided studies carrying your logo and colours.
How do I split territories between franchisees?
On the Pro plan you draw an area, pick a whole country or upload your units in Excel or CSV, and we divide it into territories balanced by population, surface area or number of units. You can also draw them by hand, name each one and see its population.
Can I keep track of which territories are available or sold?
Yes, on the Pro plan. Each territory has a status (available, in negotiation or sold) that is saved with the split. If you split by postcode, where the country publishes them, you download an Excel file with each territory's postcodes, ready for the contract.
Can I see whether a new unit overlaps the ones I already have?
Yes, from the Pro plan. You upload your units together with the candidate site, we draw the area each one covers, shade in red where they overlap and tell you how many overlap and what share of your audience they compete for. On the Advanced plan, the “Second premises without cannibalisation” guided study starts from one of your units and suggests the neighbourhoods that most resemble its own, far enough away not to take its customers.
Can the report for the candidate carry my network's brand?
Yes, on the Enterprise plan: area and guided study PDF reports carry your logo and colours. From the Pro plan you can already download the report for each area or territory as a PDF, plus its data in Excel, with our logo.
Where does the data come from?
From official or public sources, cited and verifiable. Each figure carries its source and date, and when a number is an estimate we say so. The level of detail varies by area; the Sources page sets them out.

Grow methodically, one market at a time

Start free, analyse your first market and decide your next opening with data from official and open sources.

Try for free
Included in the free plan: Map with basic demographic data · Population by area · Country view by areas · Draw areas (2 isochrones a day) · Up to 3 saved areas.
Not included (unlocks when you upgrade): NovaScore and 60+ indicators · Competitors and points of interest · PDF and Excel reports · Guided studies · Territories.
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