Exclusive representation

A protected trade.
A defined project market.

One exclusive represented contractor per expressly protected trade in each approved protected market.

Your market center.
Agreed in writing.

You select a desired market center, which need not be your shop. Approval depends on Iris’s capacity, existing commitments, and territorial overlap checks. Your written Schedule A defines the center, protected trade, and territory.

The protected radius applies to project locations, measured as straight-line distance from the written approved market center. A competing contractor’s headquarters does not determine whether a project is inside the market.

  • Local Exclusive25-mile radius
  • Regional Exclusive50-mile radius
  • Expanded ExclusiveCustom agreed territory
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Illustrative example · not an actual client

One market can serve
different trades.

ABC Masonry has Iris’s exclusive masonry representation in an approved Columbus-area market. Iris may still represent a concrete and a framing contractor on projects there, but it won’t promote a different Iris masonry client for competing masonry work inside ABC’s protected market.

Same approved project market

  • MasonryABC Masonry’s protected trade
  • ConcreteSeparate noncompeting trade
  • FramingSeparate noncompeting trade
  • Competing masonryNo promotion of another Iris masonry client

Protection follows the specified trade and project location.

The commitment

Focused representation.
Independent competition.

What Iris commits to.

Inside a protected project market, Iris will not actively solicit, promote, or coordinate a competing represented client for the same protected trade contrary to an existing exclusive commitment.

Separate noncompeting trades can be represented in the same area. Multitrade contractors must specify exactly which services are protected.

What remains independent.

A protected market does not grant ownership of GCs, bid lists, projects, or construction work. GCs and other contractors remain independent and free to invite, bid, and hire whom they wish.

Outside your market.

Iris may pursue opportunities for a client outside its exclusive territory only insofar as this does not violate another client’s protection. Out-of-market representation is not unlimited.

Conflicts handled openly.

For specific GC requests and competing bids, Iris follows its written conflict policy, protects client confidential data, and never coordinates competing prices or bids. We do not misrepresent a contractor’s interest to a GC.

Changes require agreement.

Your territory is fixed for the signed term. Moving or adding a market requires a written amendment. Multiple separate markets require separate agreement and pricing.

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A focused partnership

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your next market.

Start with a conversation about your trade, your territory, and where you want to go.

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