The Joint Corp. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

On January 1, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement under which the Company repurchased the right to develop franchises in various counties in Georgia. The total consideration for the transaction was $1,388,700. The Company carried a deferred revenue balance associated with this transaction of $35,679, representing the unrecognized fee collected upon the execution of the regional developer agreement. The Company accounted for the termination of development rights associated with unsold or undeveloped franchises as a cancellation, and the associated deferred revenue was netted against the aggregate purchase price. The Company recognized the net amount of $1,353,021 as reacquired development rights in January 2021, which is amortized over the remaining original contract period of approximately 13 months.

On April 1, 2021, the Company recognized $2,571,727 and $1,195,245 of reacquired franchise rights and customer relationships, respectively, from the acquisitions (reference Note 3).

Intangible assets consist of the following:


	As of September 30, 2021
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Reacquired franchise rights	$	5,818,621	$	(2,841,022)	$	2,977,599
Customer relationships	2,547,220		(1,477,187)		1,070,033
Reacquired development rights	4,406,221		(3,173,829)		1,232,392
	$	12,772,062	$	(7,492,038)	$	5,280,024


	As of December 31, 2020
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
Intangible assets subject to amortization:
Reacquired franchise rights	$	3,246,894	$	(2,107,730)	$	1,139,164
Customer relationships	1,351,975		(1,130,800)		221,175
Reacquired development rights	3,053,201		(1,548,534)		1,504,667
	$	7,652,070	$	(4,787,064)	$	2,865,006

Amortization expense related to the Company’s intangible assets was $939,505 and $351,114 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Amortization expense was $2,704,974 and $1,058,848 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for 2021 and subsequent years is as follows:


	Amount
2021 (remainder)	$	931,145
2022	2,042,537
2023	988,325
2024	468,505
2025	203,738
Thereafter	645,774
Total expected amortization expense	$	5,280,024