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A non-compete agreement restricts an employee from working for a competitor or starting a competing business for a defined time and geographic area after leaving a job.
This generator creates a non-compete agreement covering the restricted activities, geographic scope, duration, and consideration exchanged for the restriction.
How it works
Enter the employer and employee names and addresses, describe the restricted activities and geographic scope, set the duration in months, and describe the consideration the employee receives in exchange. The tool calculates the restriction's expiry date and assembles a complete agreement as a downloadable PDF.
- Enter the employer and employee names and addresses.
- Describe the restricted activities, geographic scope, and duration.
- Enter the consideration (what the employee receives in exchange) and governing law.
- Generate the agreement and download the signature-ready PDF.
Examples
Restricting a departing software engineer
A 12-month non-compete preventing a departing engineer from joining a directly competing company within 50 miles, in exchange for continued employment and a signing bonus.
Who should use it
- Protecting a business's client relationships or trade secrets when a key employee leaves.
- Documenting agreed-upon restrictions as part of a new hire's offer or a departing employee's severance.
Industry applications
- Human resources and employment law
- Technology, sales, and other client-facing industries
Advantages
- Covers all the essential elements: restricted activities, geography, duration, and consideration.
- Automatically calculates the restriction's expiry date from the effective date and duration.
Limitations
- A general template — doesn't account for the wide variation in state-specific non-compete law.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Setting an excessively long duration or overly broad geographic scope, which courts in many states will refuse to enforce or will narrow significantly.
- Not confirming whether non-compete agreements are even enforceable in the relevant state before relying on one.
Best practices
- Keep the restricted activities, geographic scope, and duration as narrow as reasonably necessary — overly broad restrictions are the most common reason courts strike these agreements down.
Tips
- Check whether non-compete agreements are enforceable at all in the relevant state before relying on one — some states ban them for most employees regardless of how the agreement is written.