commercial franchises with social impact beyond job creation
Adult Education
Adult Education
Pitman Training
Tutor Doctor
Care
Care
Ableworld
Bluebird Care
Caremark
Home Instead
Right at Home
SureCare Community Services
Nurseries
Nurseries
Banana Moon Day Nurseries
Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries
Employability
Employability
Ed`s Garden Maintenance
Envirocare Grounds Maintenance
Esquires Coffee Houses
Jaspers Corporate Catering
Rainbow International
The Zip Yard
VIP Bin Cleaning
Sport
Sport
Anytime Fitness
Energie
Little Kickers
Premier Sport
Sports Xtra - Coach
Sports Xtra Franchise
Tatty Bumpkin
The Little Gym
Tumble Tots
Young Minds
Young Minds
ComputerXplorers
Creation Station
Jo Jingles
Kumon Educational
Monkey Music
Pyjama Drama
Stagecoach
Tutor Doctor
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UK FRANCHISE STATISTICS
UK Franchise statistics
The following statistics are from the NatWest/British Franchise Association(bfa) Franchise Survey 2016:
Franchise industry statistics
The contribution of franchising to the UK economy is now reckoned 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. This equates to an increase of 70% over the past 10 years.
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 - 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.
A record 97% of franchisee-owned units reported profitability, with 56% saying they are ‘quite’ or ‘very’ profitable.
Ownership changes in franchisee businesses are correspondingly low (4.6%), with failure rates much lower than for other SMEs generally
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.
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BRITISH FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION
In 1977, the major franchise companies in the UK decided to set up their own association. The British Franchise Association (bfa), was formed to act in the interests of the industry as a whole in assessing and accrediting franchising companies as those which meet its criteria for the structure of the franchise business, the terms of the contract between franchisor and franchisee, the testing of the system and its success as a franchise.
On this site, we only feature franchisors who are either:
Full Members of the bfa
Full Members are established franchised businesses with a proven trading and franchising record. They are prepared to have their reputation examined by the bfa, and have an established network of franchisees.
or
Associate Members of the bfa
Associate Members have proven their ability to launch and support at least one franchised outlet for 12 months and are now in the business of building their network. There will be few franchisees whose experience you can research and a short period of time over which the business has been tested.