Sears Home Appliance Showroom Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD)

The Sears Home Appliance Showroom Franchise Disclosure Document is the most comprehensive record of how the company operates — financial statements, fee schedules, litigation history, and system-wide unit counts, disclosed under federal mandate. 2 filings covering 2015–2017 are available here as complete PDFs.

Under the Federal Trade Commission's Franchise Rule, Sears Home Appliance Showroom must furnish a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) to prospective franchisees and update it annually. The FDD is organized into 23 Items that describe the franchisor, its fees and the estimated cost to open, the parties' obligations, territory, financial performance representations where made, system size, and the company's financial statements.