Screen before you sign
Personality tests for franchise systems — built to catch the franchisee mismatch before contract
DISC, Big Five Conscientiousness, Values, Grit-style motivation. Same constructs specialist screeners charge a per-applicant fee for. Free to take for individuals — paid plans cover invited screening and the system dashboard.
In Brief
JobCannon provides 139 assessments for franchise systems running franchisee selection and unit-level hiring. The franchise-relevant battery: DISC for operator vs builder behavioural fit, Big Five Conscientiousness for manual-following prediction, Values for territory-flipper detection, SDT Motivation for year-2 retention signal, Conflict Styles for franchisee-corporate dynamics, EQ for unit-level leadership. Flat-per-system pricing: free tier with 10 candidate invites; Team at $79/mo for 80 candidates a month covering franchisor-side screening or a dozen unit owners; Scale at $199/mo adds the Assessment API to embed the battery in FranConnect or any franchise management platform plus white-label PDFs for franchisee onboarding packets. Compared to FranchiseGrade-style consulting (priced per cohort) or in-house I/O psychologist engagements, JobCannon is structurally cheaper because the price is flat per franchise system rather than per applicant or per cohort. Typical use: 15-minute battery (DISC + Big Five + Values + Conflict Styles) sent after the discovery call and before the FDD review.
Plans for franchise systems
Free (10 candidate invites) for testing the screening workflow. Team ($79/mo, 80 candidates a month) for an active franchisor-side recruiter or unit-owner cohort. Scale ($199/mo) when you run both franchisor screening AND unit-level hiring at scale.
Free
For micro-teams trying the platform
- ▸10 candidate invites/month (resets the 1st of each month)
- ▸All 139+ assessments
- ▸Premium result for every candidate you invite
- ▸Every candidate profile fully open — nothing blurred
- ▸Share link via email or Slack
- ▸Free trial of the coordinator dashboard
Starter
For solo coaches and small HR
- ▸30 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸All 139+ assessments
- ▸Premium report (archetype + blind spots + work-style brief)
- ▸Coach notes per candidate
- ▸PDF export (client-ready)
- ▸Session prep recommendations
- ▸Candidate progress tracking
Team
For startups, teams and HR
- ▸80 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Starter
- ▸Team DNA dashboard
- ▸Compatibility matrix
- ▸Conflict-pattern detection
- ▸Compare 2-3 team members
- ▸Manager prep briefings
- ▸Shared admin access (2 seats)
Scale
For agencies, L&D and scale-ups
- ▸200 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Team
- ▸Integrity + social-desirability scales (fake-good detection)
- ▸White-label PDFs (your logo)
- ▸Full assessment API (start, score, retrieve results)
- ▸Custom assessment builder (beta)
- ▸Unlimited admin seats
- ▸Priority email support
Growth
For high-volume screening without a contract
- ▸1,000 candidates/mo included; extra candidates are $2 each
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸Invoice / PO billing, not just card
- ▸Named support contact with a response-time target
- ▸Annual billing option
Enterprise
For 200+ person companies
- ▸Unlimited candidates, all assessments
- ▸Everything in Scale
- ▸SLA (99.9% uptime)
- ▸Dedicated Customer Success
- ▸Custom integrations built against your tenant (Greenhouse and Ashby ship today)
- ▸Annual billing, invoice payments
Self-serve checkout via Stripe — major cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link. Cancel anytime; 14-day money-back on every paid plan. Enterprise via the contact form below.
How franchise systems use JobCannon
Two screening loops: franchisor-side to qualify prospective franchisees, unit-side to help owners hire crew.
Recommended tests by franchise use case
Click any test to take it yourself before sending it to franchisee candidates.
What franchise systems typically pay for the same battery
For a system screening 80 franchisee candidates and 200 unit-level hires per year
What franchise systems get
Need FMS integration or franchisor-side branding?
Tests work instantly — no form needed. For FranConnect / NaranjaCRM API pulls, branded franchisee onboarding packets, or a custom validation study for your system:
Yes — franchisor-side screening of prospective franchisees is a permitted use of personality assessment, distinct from employment hiring and not subject to the same EEOC framework (franchisees are business owners, not employees). That said, document your reasoning, apply the criteria consistently across all candidates, and treat results as one input alongside financial qualification, prior business experience, and FDD-disclosure conversations. If a state franchise regulator (CA DFPI, NY DOS, MN, MD, WA) asks about your selection criteria, you want a clean record of the framework.
The franchise-success literature converges on a narrow profile: high Big Five Conscientiousness (will follow the operating manual), moderate-to-high Openness (will adapt to local conditions without going off-brand), high Grit / Self-Direction (will push through year 2 when the honeymoon ends), and a DISC profile that matches the operating model (high-D for cold-territory builders, high-S high-C for established-area operators). High-Openness low-Conscientiousness candidates are the structural risk pattern — they will deviate from the system and underperform.
Most franchise systems run two assessment loops: one franchisor-side to screen prospective franchisees, and one unit-side to help owners hire crew, shift leads, and assistant managers. The unit-side battery is short (DISC + Conflict Styles + Values, 10 minutes) and franchisor-light — you give your unit owners a magic-link template, and they invite candidates from their dashboard without involving corporate.
Yes — the dealer-acquisition use case is structurally identical to franchisee screening. Several of our users are franchise-adjacent: dealer networks for home-improvement products, multi-level distributor lines, licensed-territory operators. DISC + Big Five + Values is the battery that surfaces whether a dealer applicant is in it for the territory or for the resale flip.
Flat per organisation, not per applicant. Free (10 candidate invites) for testing the workflow. Team at $79/mo for systems with 5-30 active unit owners or one franchisor-side recruiter. Scale at $199/mo for systems running both franchisor-side screening AND unit-level hiring at scale — includes the Assessment API to embed the battery in your own onboarding flow (FranConnect, NaranjaCRM, custom) and store scored results against each applicant. No per-applicant fees regardless of volume.
Specialist franchisee-screening tools and consulting engagements are priced per cohort and embed the personality test inside a broader services bundle. Our equivalents (DISC + Big Five + Values + Conflict Styles) use the same constructs at flat-per-org pricing: a monthly plan per franchise system rather than a fee per applicant. The trade-off: we do not provide consultant-led territory-validation studies or franchisee mentorship programs. For most growing franchise systems under 100 units, the $79/mo Team plan covers the screening workflow.