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The UK Franchise Growth Index

Café franchises in the UK.

The Café sub-industry in Twine Growth’s UK Franchise Growth Index covers café franchise networks operating in the UK. It sits within the Café Franchise category of the Food and Drink industry. The listings include bakery cafés, chai cafés, crêperies, juice bars and board game cafés.

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13
Networks in this sector
63
Average overall score
13
Currently recruiting
3
BFA members
8 / 5
UK / international
£215,000
Average investment from

Investment figures are published by 6 of the 13 networks here, so the average describes those 6 only and should not be read as a figure for the whole sector.

About this sector

More about Café.

See which brands are recruiting franchisees, where they originated and which belong to the British Franchise Association. Individual network profiles show published starting investments, investment ranges and reported location counts where available.

Twine Growth uses publicly available evidence to assess each network against the Five Fibre Framework™. The sub-industry scores show how the café franchises listed here compare with the wider UK franchise market on franchise readiness, operating systems, launch, network expansion and local marketing.

The Five Fibre view

Where this sector is strongest. And where it isn’t.

01 Assess
12.9/20
02 Build
13.3/20
03 Launch
15.5/20
04 Grow
6.5/20
05 Amplify
14.7/20

How networks are assessed Explore this sector in the UK Franchise Data Explorer

Averaged across 13 assessed networks. Sector comparisons use the sector field only and are never mixed with another level of the taxonomy.

Networks

Every network in this sector.

13 networks, A to Z

Black Goo

Food and Drink · Café

2 locations£300,000 to £400,000Recruiting
57out of 100
Independent

Bohemia

Food and Drink · Café

1 locationsRecruiting
49out of 100
Independent

Chaaye Khana UK

Food and Drink · Café

1 locationsRecruiting
68out of 100
Independent

Chai Green

Food and Drink · Café

£120,000 to £200,000Recruiting
71out of 100
Independent

Chaiiwala

Food and Drink · Café

120 locations£180,000 to £300,000Recruiting
73out of 100
Independent

Chance & Counters

Food and Drink · Café

5 locationsRecruiting
62out of 100
Independent

Crepeaffaire

Food and Drink · Café

9 locationsRecruiting
63out of 100
Independent

Cuppa' Chaii

Food and Drink · Café

8 locationsRecruiting
74out of 100
Independent

Le Pain Quotidien UK

Food and Drink · Café

1 locationsfrom £250,000Recruiting
59out of 100
Independent

Muffin Break UK

Food and Drink · Café

79 locationsfrom £300,000Recruiting
82out of 100
Independent

The Plant Blends

Food and Drink · Café

4 locations£87,500 to £127,500Recruiting
62out of 100
Independent

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