Our Services and Areas of Expertise
Fairness Initiatives
The AAFD’s mission is to achieve Total Quality Franchising. We do this by promoting fair and equitable franchising and dealer practices and empowering effective independent franchise associations.
Franchise Associations
Many voices speaking together are hard for a franchisor to ignore. Use your collective power to win a seat at the table and to fight for fair treatment from your franchisor. It all starts with forming a franchisee chapter.
Association Management
AAFD is the most efficient and cost effective way to form a Franchise Association! Our goal is to help your franchisee chapter get off the ground, provide value to your members, and succeed in your mission.
Franchise Attorneys
Do you need a franchise attorney to review your franchise agreement, assess a potential case, or just answer pressing legal questions? Our Franchisee LegaLinesm members are the best in the biz!
Buying a Franchise
Thinking of buying a franchise?
Before you commit your time, effort, and life savings into a franchise business, learn the facts, as well as the true risks that franchisors don’t want you to know about!
Form a Chapter for your Franchise System
The AAFD can help build an Independent chapter for your franchise system and provide management and support services in a simplified, cost-effective way. Your Association will be officially formed, and you will be on your way to achieving a more fair and equitable relationship with your franchisor.
AAFD Branded and Gold level Suppliers
From the Franchisee Voice Blog
AAFD White Paper Series: The New NLRB Joint Employer Rule—Unpacking the Conundrum for Franchisees: Why AAFD Accreditation can eliminate the Joint Employer Threat in Franchising
We are pleased to link the AAFD’s new White Paper on the Association’s position with respect to the NLRB’s revised Joint Employer Rule that will be going into effect on March 11, 2024. ...
Welcome Ask April Porter – New AAFD Supplier Member
Helping business owners recover sanity, command wealth, and live in gratitude.™ We are excited to announce that April Porter with Ask April Porter, a valued colleague, and longtime fair franchising ...
Early bird registration now open
We are excited to announce that we have opened registration for our 2024 Summit themed, “Success through Collaboration”, where our franchising community comes together to focus on collaboration, education, and ...
We need your help nominating Total Quality Franchising Award Recipients!
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN The AAFD Awards Committee is pleased to invite you to nominate exemplary members of the franchising community for the 2024 Total Quality Franchising (TQF) Awards. ...
Welcome Wealth Design Group – AAFDs Newest Supplier
Empowering business owners to protect, grow and eventually exit the business. The AAFD is pleased to introduce our latest Supplier, Michael Ringel with Wealth Design Group. Through their personalized coaching ...