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Review filings for compliance. Research and benchmark brands. Query the market. Draft like never before.Review filings for compliance. Researchand benchmark brands. Query themarket. Draft like never before.
One platform for franchise work.
Franchise teams do their best work with Dale. Run everything your practice needs on one platform.
Dale Review
Upload a filing. Dale checks every item against the FTC Franchise Rule, NASAA Guidelines, and state examiner expectations, then reconciles the document against itself.
Dale Research
Thousands of franchise brands, ready to query. Every answer cites the item and page so you can open the source.
Dale Library
Thousands of FDDs as structured data. Filter by fee, state, or outlet count, then export the table or ask a follow-up question.
Dale for Word
Ask for language in the document you are editing. Dale applies it as a tracked change, grounded in the rule.
Dale Review
Most of that work is mechanical. The same checks, the same passages, against the same rules. Dale clears it in minutes so the hours you spend on a review are the ones your judgment actually deserves.
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“…other than the information in this Item 19, we do not make any financial performance representations. Average gross sales for franchised units open two or more years were $1,284,000 in fiscal year 2025…”
Discloses an average of gross sales without the median, or the highest and lowest numbers in the range.
NASAA FPR Commentary § 19.16
Dale Research
Search across thousands of brands.
Ask anything. Every answer is cited to the item and page, with the source open beside it.
Dale Library
Market data, traced to the source.
Fees, royalties, and outlet counts across thousands of brands, structured and filterable. Hover any value and Dale shows the filing page it came from.
Dale for Word
Compliant language, drafted in Word.
Tell Dale what changed. It writes the new language in the document you have open and stages every edit as a tracked change.
FAQs
What is Dale?
Dale is software for franchise work. It checks a Franchise Disclosure Document for compliance problems before you file it, answers questions about any franchise brand's FDD, puts the fees, royalties, and unit counts from thousands of FDDs into one table you can search, and helps you edit FDD language inside Microsoft Word.
What are Dale's products?
Four products. Use one or several. Each one has Ask Dale built in, a side panel where you can ask about whatever you are looking at in plain language.
- Dale ReviewUpload your FDD and get a list of compliance problems, each tied to the page and the rule.
- Dale ResearchAsk questions about any franchise brand, such as its royalty rate or transfer terms, without uploading anything.
- Dale LibraryThe fees, royalties, and unit counts from thousands of FDDs in one table you can filter and download to Excel.
- Dale for WordAsk for new or revised FDD language while you edit in Word, and Dale inserts it as a tracked change.
Who is Dale for?
Franchise attorneys and paralegals who prepare and review FDDs, franchisor legal and compliance teams, state examiners who review registration filings, and investment and research teams that need to compare franchise brands.
How is Dale different from ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot?
Dale comes with the franchise rules, the filings, and the market data already inside it, and it works directly in your reviews, your data, and your Word documents.
- It knows the rulesEvery review runs against the FTC Franchise Rule, the NASAA Guidelines and Commentary, the requirements of the 14 registration states, and your firm's own guidance. We keep those rules current as they change.
- It reads the whole filingDale reads all 23 items, the exhibits, and the financial statements together and flags where they disagree, such as a fee that does not match between Item 5 and the franchise agreement.
- Consistent results you can stand behindEvery review applies the same checks and produces a graded list of issues that you mark accepted or dismissed. That record stays with the file.
- Every answer shows its sourceEach issue and answer cites the page in the FDD and the regulation it relies on.
- The franchise data is already thereThe FDDs for thousands of franchise brands are loaded and organized, ready to search and compare.
- It works where you doInside the review, beside the data table, and in Word as tracked changes.
- Your documents stay yoursClient documents are never used to train AI models, under contract with every provider we use.
How do I know an answer is right?
Dale shows its source every time. A compliance issue or an answer from Ask Dale cites the page in the FDD and the regulation it relies on. All claims link to the page they came from. You can check the original language before you rely on anything.
Does Dale give legal advice?
No. Dale is a tool, not a law firm. It does the first read and points out what to look at. You decide whether each issue is real and what to do about it.
Read the Terms of UseDoes Dale train AI models on my documents?
No. Your documents are used only to do the work you ask for. They are not used to train AI models, and every AI provider we use is bound by contract not to train on them.
How Dale protects your workHow is Dale priced?
Dale is offered under a custom agreement for each organization. A proposal reflects the products licensed and the number of users. To request a proposal, contact sales@dale.legal or request a demo.
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Working notes on FDD compliance, the FTC Franchise Rule, and how the franchise industry is changing.
