Retail franchises in the UK.

Explore how the sector breaks down by category and brand origin, which networks are recruiting franchisees and which belong to the British Franchise Association. Network profiles show published investment figures and location counts where available. The sector’s average starting investment uses figures from networks that publish them.

The Index assesses retail franchise networks against the Five Fibre Framework™ using publicly available evidence. This gives you a consistent way to compare the sector’s franchise readiness, operating systems, launch, network expansion and local marketing with the wider UK franchise market.