Available Franchise Territories
Ellery ADU Studio runs on a protected territory model. That means one owner per market, with a defined service area nobody else under our brand can enter. You are not competing with the owner two counties over for leads, and you are not paying to build a name that someone else dilutes. The markets listed below are open now. The first qualified owner to sign reserves the territory, and it comes off the board. In most of these states, ADU law has changed within the last five years and the demand is now outpacing the number of shops that can actually design, permit, and build one under a single contract. First movers get the referral relationships and the review base before the market crowds.
Open Markets
These twelve states currently have open territory for an Ellery ADU Studio owner. A few notes on why they matter:
- Texas – Austin, Dallas, and Houston have all passed ADU-friendly ordinances since 2020, and the permitting backlog is where the real business is.
- Florida – Hurricane code complexity scares off general contractors, which is exactly why a design-build studio with one contract wins here.
- California – The state that created the modern ADU market. Statewide mandates since 2017 have made ADUs a standing order, not a trend.
- Georgia – Atlanta’s intown neighborhoods are adding ADUs to lots that have no room for a traditional addition.
- North Carolina – Raleigh, Durham, and Charlotte have rewritten zoning to allow ADUs by right in most residential districts.
- Arizona – Phoenix and Tucson are growing faster than their single-family inventory, and ADUs are the pressure valve.
- Tennessee – Nashville’s accessory dwelling ordinance passed in 2022 and the build-out is still in its early phase.
- Ohio – Columbus and Cleveland have both loosened ADU rules, and the price point per square foot makes the ROI story very easy to tell.
- Pennsylvania – Philadelphia’s ADU pilot expanded citywide, and the Main Line suburbs are a second market hiding in plain sight.
- Colorado – Denver and Boulder both lead with ADU-friendly code, and the homeowner base skews toward exactly the buyer who wants a written price before work starts.
- Washington – Seattle has been an ADU leader for a decade, and the surrounding counties are now following.
- Virginia – Richmond, Arlington, and Fairfax County each have ADU policy on the books, and the contractor base is still sorting out how to deliver one cleanly.
How Territories Work
A protected territory means your market is yours. No other Ellery ADU Studio owner can advertise, bid, or operate inside it, and no corporate lead generated in that geography goes anywhere but to you. The territory is defined by county or metro boundaries, agreed to in writing before you sign, and it stays yours as long as you are actively operating under The Haven Standard. Reserving a territory is straightforward: you apply, we review your background and capacity, and once approved, your territory is held for you during the onboarding period. Nobody else can take it while you are in process. Onboarding covers the operating system: the one-contract design-build model, the documented photo record system, the written pricing standards, and the brand standards that make an Ellery ADU Studio recognizable from the first estimate. What we do not do is pretend you are a faceless branch of a corporation. Your license, your trucks, your name on the permit. What we contribute is The Haven Standard and the systems that prove it, including Clause 1: a written price before any work starts, every time. The local business is yours. The standard you work to is not negotiable.
Claim Your Territory
Call (971) 497-2402 or submit the form below to check current availability in your market. A live person answers, and you’ll know where you stand by the end of the call.
Written by Nadia Ellery, Principal at Ellery ADU Studio, building ADUs to The Haven Standard since 2015.