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title: "Franchising Overview"
slug: "franchising"
description: "Franchising module overview: manage franchisees, locations, daily sales, reviews, fees, and automated billing in R365."
updated: 2026-05-15T13:40:39Z
published: 2026-05-15T13:40:39Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/franchising"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Franchising Overview

Franchising assists restaurant groups in tracking franchisees, franchise locations, contracts, daily sales, and automates franchisee billing/ACH payment collection. To learn more about how Franchising can streamline your franchise management processes, please contact your Sales Representative or [R365 Support](https://help.restaurant365.net/support/home).

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## Security

**Franchising permissions are found in the permission tree as follows:**

- Franchising
  - Franchisee Billing
    - Create Franchisee Invoices
  - Franchisee Fees
    - View Franchisee Fees
    - Edit Franchisee Fees
    - Create Franchisee Fees
    - Delete Franchisee Fees
  - Franchisee Locations
    - View Franchisee Locations
    - Edit Franchisee Locations
    - Create Franchisee Locations
    - Delete Franchisee Locations
  - Franchisee Sales
    - View Franchisee Sales
    - Edit Franchisee Sales
    - Create Franchisee Sales
    - Delete Franchisee Sales
  - Franchisees
    - View Franchisees
    - View Franchisee Reviews
    - Edit Franchisees
    - Create/Delete Franchisee Reviews
    - Create Franchisees
    - Delete Franchisees

These permissions can be added to [custom user roles](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/custom-user-roles) or [individual users](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/users-overview-and-security). The [Permission Access report](https://restaurant365.us.document360.io/doc/docs/generating-a-permissions-access-report) can be used to determine which user roles or users already have these permissions assigned. For more information, see [User Setup and Security](/doc/docs/user-setup-security-and-location-access).

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## Navigation

****Navigation steps****

1. Open the **Accounting** application.
2. Expand the **Franchising** category.
3. Select from the menu of Franchising pages.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-FJ7F6EML.png)

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### Franchisees

The Franchisee record represents the group or entity that you bill for franchise fees.

### Franchisee Locations

The [Franchisee Location record](/doc/docs/franchisee-location) represents the stores that are owned by the franchisee.

### Franchise Daily Sales

Use [this form](/doc/docs/franchisee-daily-sales) to enter or import daily sales for franchise locations.

### Franchise Reviews

Franchise reviews track details about reviews conducted on franchisee locations. More information about franchisee reviews can be found in [Franchisee Location Record](/doc/docs/franchisee-location).

### Franchising Fees

Franchising fees are assigned to each franchisee location and are billed to that location on a regular basis. Create a new sales item for any necessary franchisee fees and then assign the necessary fees to the Franchisee Additional Info tab of the [Franchisee Location record](/doc/docs/franchisee-location).

### Franchise Billing

[Franchise billing](/doc/docs/franchisee-billing-process) is the process of automatically creating AR invoices to bill your franchisees for fees incurred in a specific date range.

### Entering AP Invoices for a Franchisee

The AP invoice form can be used by a franchisor to enter and pay an expense on behalf of a franchisee. This expense is then passed onto the franchisee during franchise billing. For more information, see [AP Invoices for Franchises](/doc/docs/franchising-ap-invoices).

Access rights granted to users or user roles that dictate what actions they can perform within the system.