Item 6 gross royalties and mandatory supplier markups are charged on top-line revenue, not profit — they are owed whether the clinic made money that month or not. Take the free 6-point contract risk audit and score your own eye in three minutes.
Traditional medical-wellness franchise agreements often look attractive on page one. FDD Item 6 is where the ongoing costs live: gross royalties charged on your top-line revenue whether the clinic turned a profit that month or not, and required-supplier purchasing whose markup is real but never itemised for you.
The three-minute diagnostic scores your eye against six real contract patterns: top-line royalties, mandatory supplier markups, post-termination restrictions, data ownership, marketing-fund audit rights, and MSO separation.
Atlas Metabolic is a licence, not a franchise: you own the business entity, domain, patient database, and brand collateral from day one, with zero ongoing gross royalties. Verify all of it before a single conversation.