Franchable MCP Connector

Connect Claude and other AI assistants directly to Franchable's franchise dataset: brand economics (fees, royalties, investment ranges), FDD Item 20 outlet tables, unit-level P&L analysis, and semantic search across Franchise Disclosure Documents — with a citation back to the source on every answer.

What you need

A paid Franchable plan (Explorer or above). Free accounts can browse franchable.com but do not have connector access — see plans.
Your franchable.com email and password. If you normally sign in with Google, set a password first via "Forgot password" on franchable.com.
On claude.ai, custom connectors require a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise).

Connect from claude.ai or Claude Desktop

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
Paste the connector URL: https://mcp.franchable.com/mcp
Leave the OAuth client ID and secret blank — Claude registers itself automatically.
You'll be redirected to a Franchable sign-in page. Log in with your franchable.com email and password, approve access, and you're connected at your plan's tier.

Connect from Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http franchable \
  https://mcp.franchable.com/mcp

Claude Code opens the same Franchable sign-in page in your browser. Partner integrations can instead authenticate with an API key we issued (Authorization: Bearer fmk_… header).

Other MCP clients

Add a remote MCP server (streamable HTTP) with the URL above. Use OAuth if the client supports it, otherwise a partner key header.

Example prompts

"What are the royalty and initial investment for Jersey Mike's, and how many outlets did it open and close over the last three years?" — brand economics + Item 20 trajectory.
"Screen for food franchises under $500K total investment with the best cash-on-cash returns, then pull the full unit P&L for the top result." — cross-brand screening + FDD Analysis tearsheet.
"What does the Tropical Smoothie Cafe FDD say about territory protection and required technology fees?" — semantic FDD text search.
"Compare AUV and unit EBITDA margins across the major boba tea franchises." — multi-brand unit economics comparison.

Available tools

Every tool is read-only — the connector looks data up; it never changes anything in your account. Tools beyond your plan's tier are simply not shown.

Tool	What it does	Plan
`search_franchises`	Find brands by name or industry	All plans
`screen_franchises`	Screen the whole database on unit count, investment, fees, royalty, industry	All plans
`get_franchise`	Fees, royalty, and investment range for one brand	All plans
`get_item20`	Outlet counts, openings and closings by year and state (FDD Item 20)	All plans
`search_fdd`	Semantic search inside a brand's FDD text	All plans
`list_franchises`	All brand names, for exact-name lookup	All plans
`get_pnl`	P&L benchmarks	Explorer+
`get_fdd_analysis`	FDD Analysis tearsheet: unit P&L with per-line provenance, AUV distribution, cash-on-cash, DSCR, franchisor Item 21 P&L	Explorer+
`screen_fdd_analysis`	Cross-brand unit-economics screen: AUV, EBITDA %, cash-on-cash, unit CAGR, franchisor margin	Explorer+
`get_competitive_geography`	Metro/CBSA share, rank, and whitespace vs category peers	Explorer+
`get_franchisee_insights`	Operator-level franchisee roster analytics	Enterprise
`get_franchisee_locations`	Unit-level locations: operator, address, lat/lon	Enterprise
`get_cross_brand_operators`	Operators holding units in more than one brand	Enterprise
`get_franchisor_intel`	FDD-mined franchisor health and deal terms (pilot vertical)	Enterprise
`get_ma_activity`	Page-verified franchisee ownership transfers and M&A (pilot vertical)	Enterprise

How results cite their sources

Every result leads with a ready-made attribution line ending in a franchable.com link, plus the FDD year and whether the record has been human-audited.
A null metric is not zero: where an FDD exhibit does not disclose operator identity, concentration figures are withheld rather than reported as 0%.
Coverage differs by asset: brand economics, FDD text, and Item 20 span ~1,500 brands; FDD Analysis ~677; roster analytics ~430; competitive geography ~180. A brand missing from one asset is not missing from the dataset.

Plans and limits

Daily request limits scale with your plan: Explorer 250, Professional 1,000, Power 2,000, Enterprise 5,000. Enterprise plans add entity-level franchisee analytics. Upgrade at franchable.com/pricing or contact us.

Data handling and support

The connector reads Franchable's own first-party dataset and never writes data. Request logging is described in our Privacy Policy. Questions or issues: info@franchable.com.