Benchmarking 2021: Franchise Fees Were Mostly Unchanged
November 17, 2021 – Almost two-thirds (64.9%) of active U.S. franchisors surveyed by Franchise Insights in November, 2021 reported no changes to their fees in 2021. Exactly one-third (33.3%) increased fees in 2021, and a small percentage (1.75%) actually reduced their initial franchise fees this past year.
More franchises increased their fees by more than 50% (1.8%) than reduced them (1.75%). All of the franchises increasing at that level had 11-75 units in 2021, clearly in the high growth phase of franchise development.
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The next chart presents the 2021 franchise fee increases in bars for easy comparison.
Those increasing fees did so in the face of a global pandemic, likely buoyed by very strong franchise interest as seen in our monthly surveys of startup sentiment. Download a copy of the full October 2021 Small Business Startup Sentiment Index™report here. See excerpts from prior SSI™ surveys and subscribe to receive the Small Business Startup Sentiment Index™ monthly report when it is released.
Franchises responding to the benchmarking survey hailed from a representative spectrum of categories and system sizes as seen in the following charts.
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Published on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021.