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Due-Diligence Checklist

The nine stages from our due-diligence guide, to tick off as you go. Your ticks stay in this browser only. Print it, or save it as a PDF from your browser's print option.

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In Brief

Updated 13 November 2026

The checklist follows the nine stages of our due-diligence guide, from verifying the franchisor to the walk-away signals.

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Stage 1: Verify the franchisorBefore any number, establish who you are dealing with.
Stage 2: Read the published numbers — and test their inclusion listsTake every figure the brand publishes and ask what it includes.
Stage 3: Read the agreement like an ownerThe franchise agreement is not paperwork that follows the decision; it is the decision.
Stage 4: Interrogate the royalty and fee mechanicsThe royalty percentage is the most quoted and least informative number in franchising.
Stage 5: Talk to existing franchiseesThe franchisor's claims have a control group: the people already paying the royalty.
Stage 6: Visit a live outlet and watch it workDocuments describe the system; an outlet shows it. One honest caveat, which applies to us: where a brand has no outlet trading yet, this stage cannot be run — the correct response is not to skip the remaining stages but to run them harder, and price the absence into your decision.
Stage 7: Check the support system — who actually does it?Support is the royalty's justification, so verify it like a purchase, because it is one.
Stage 8: Settle the site and territory questionOutlets rarely fail on the product alone; they fail on the site — which is why this is a diligence stage, not an afterthought.
Stage 9: The walk-away signalsDiligence ends in a decision, and some findings are not negotiations — they are exits.

Each stage is explained in full in How to Choose a Franchise in India: Due-Diligence Guide.

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