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How Big is the Franchise Industry?

Franchising is big business. However, most of us don't realize just how vast the franchise universe is. We've all heard of Starbucks, 7-Eleven, McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, and Subway but, in reality, most of us could count on 2 hands the number of franchise brands we're familiar with.

If you think about it, virtually everyday of your life, you require the services of or buy products from a franchise business. More often than not, if you're getting your car serviced, your hair cut, going to the gym, having pizza for dinner, need something from a convenience store or local store? Virtually, every service you require from children's services, to pet care, to business services, fitness and even buying your morning coffee likely is being provided by a franchise company.

Franchise Facts & Figures

USA Market

If numbers impress you, you will be amazed to know:

Franchising is a huge global industry that is an acceptable and respected way of doing business. In fact, franchise businesses have an affect on our ability to provide specialized services to our children, health solutions to the elderly, personal services, entertainment and business solutions to help keep our businesses running efficiently. If you want to be part of the solution, consider buying a franchise business.

The extensive research the IFA completed, no one can deny the numbers for 2015. The number of direct jobs in franchise establishments will increase 2.9%, from 8.6 million to 8.8 million jobs. The monetary output of franchise establishments will increase 5.4% in nominal dollars from $844 billion to $889 billion.

In an article by the Wall Street Journal, the percentage of women that become franchisees are 28.1% vs. the 71.9% of men. The median age of franchise owners is between 45 and 54, with 12% younger than 34 and 28% over the age of 55. When it comes to education level, 44% of franchise owners have a bachelor’s degree and a significantly less 19% hold an advanced degree.

Franchising is becoming a more appealing option for entrepreneurs who are ready to be a business owner, but don’t want to go through the hassle of beginning a business completely from scratch. After extensive research and counseling, finding a franchise can prove to be a very rewarding experience – for both your heart and wallet.

• In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 1500 franchise companies and that number is growing every day.
• The number of franchise units across America exceeds 850,000.
• The franchising industry as of 2015 in the U.S. employs more than 8.8 million people.
• In 2015, economic ouput was forecasted to be almost $889 Billion.
• The International Franchise Association submits that about 4% of America's small businesses are franchises.
• This equates to an increase of 70% over the past 10 years

UK Market

The following gives an overview from the last published report (January 2016) to give an overview of the UK franchise industry.

Management summary

Overall, the picture is of an industry sector in rude health which continues to prosper:

The contribution of franchising to the UK economy is now believed to be £15.1 billion, an increase of 46% over the past 10 years and up 10% since the last survey in 2013.

The total number of people employed in franchising in the UK is 621,000, of which 321,000 are in full-time employment.

The number of franchisee-owned businesses has increased by 14% in two years, to 44,200. On average, those businesses are also becoming larger as the sector matures:

A record 97% of franchisee-owned units reported profitability, with 56% saying they are ‘quite’ or ‘very’ profitable.

Franchisees’ satisfaction with their franchisor has never been higher, with 91% saying they are ‘mainly’ or ‘definitely’ satisfied.

Some 29% of franchisees now run multiple units.

80% of franchise brands in this country are UK-owned and developed.

One in five franchisees who launched their business in the last two years was under 30 years old when they did so.

• Average turnover continues to rise and over half now claim an annual turnover of more than £250,000
• Employment per unit continues its upwards trajectory, with one-third now employing 10 or more staff
• Ownership changes in franchise businesses are correspondingly low (4.6%), with failure rates much lower than for other SMEs generally