Network Health Starts With Franchisee Entities
Each franchisee is a separate entity that you do not control, yet its status affects your brand, your royalties and your other franchisees. A cancelled ABN, a change of directors or a security interest can signal trouble well before royalties stop. MonitorHQ monitors franchisee entities across your network and alerts you quickly.
What Goes Unnoticed
The changes nobody tells you about
Franchisee ABN cancelled
A franchisee's ABN is cancelled while the outlet is still operating under your brand. Royalty invoicing and compliance are both affected.
Franchisee enters administration
An administrator or liquidator is appointed to a franchisee company. You want to act on step-in rights and customer continuity early.
Control changes without approval
Directors change at a franchisee company, which may mean a transfer of control that your franchise agreement requires you to approve.
Security interests against the entity
A PPSR registration is lodged against a franchisee company, which can affect assets and equipment used in the outlet.
How It Fits Your Work
One profile per entity, watched continuously
ABN, ACN and business name monitoring in one place, plus PPSR for ACN, ARBN and ARSN-registered entities
Import every franchisee
Bulk import franchisee and master franchisee ABNs and ACNs from your network list, one profile per entity.
Alerts to network managers
Team seats let the network or compliance manager responsible for a region receive the relevant alerts.
Feed your franchise systems
On higher plans, webhooks and the REST API can push changes into the systems you already use to manage the network.
Guides
Worth reading for franchisors
How to monitor an Australian company for changes
What changes on an Australian company record, what each change can signal, and how to build a simple review routine or automate the monitoring.
Business namesBusiness name renewal: what happens when a name lapses
Business names are registered separately from your ABN or company. Learn how renewal works, what a lapse means and the risks of trading on an expired name.
PPSRPPSR security interests: what they are and why monitoring them matters
What the PPSR is, how security interests work, and why a new registration against a counterparty is an early risk signal for lenders and landlords.
Questions Franchisors Ask
Straight answers
Is this practical for a network of hundreds of outlets?
Bulk import loads the whole network at once, and cost scales with the number of entities. You can start with master franchisees or the outlets you consider highest risk.
Does it cover franchisees who are sole traders?
ABN and business-name monitoring apply. PPSR security-interest monitoring only applies to ACN, ARBN and ARSN-registered entities.
Does it tell us whether a franchisee is performing?
No. It reports public register changes, such as status, officeholders, address and names. Those can be early indicators, but performance data stays in your own systems.
Can we show franchisees that we are monitoring?
Whether and how you tell franchisees is a matter for your franchise agreement. Take advice if you are unsure.
Pricing
Plans for every need
From sole practitioners to enterprise portfolios
Start with a 15-day free trial - up to 10 entities, no charge unless you confirm.
Starter
Sole practitioners & small accounting/conveyancing/real estate offices.
billed annually ($1,068/yr) · $129/mo month-to-month · save 31%
- 30 entities included, then $2.50/entity/mo
- Standard 24h checks, 5 slots for 4-hourly priority monitoring
- Email alerts
- ABN, ACN & business-name change alerts
Practice
Mid-size accounting, law, brokerage & agency firms - the AML/CTF Tranche 2 core.
billed annually ($2,748/yr) · $299/mo month-to-month · save 23%
- 150 entities included, then $1.20/entity/mo
- Real-time email alerts
- 25 slots for 4-hourly priority monitoring
- Ongoing-CDD trigger export, 3 seats
- Bulk import (UI & API)
Portfolio
Larger firms, lenders, corporate services providers.
billed annually ($6,588/yr) · $649/mo month-to-month · save 15%
- 500 entities included, then $0.60/entity/mo
- Webhook + API access
- 100 slots for 4-hourly priority monitoring
- Unlimited seats, priority support
- Bulk import (UI & API)
Enterprise
Integrators, large lenders & white-label partners
from ~$15,000/yr · 24-month term for best rate
- Custom entity volume & SLA
- SSO, dedicated infra, white-label
- Named account manager
- SLA guarantee
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Add Your First Entity
See what has already changed on an entity before you pay for anything - no charge unless you confirm during the 15-day trial.