Marital Status Appears as Key Factor for Aspiring Franchisees
Above-Average Marriage Rate May Signal Financial Stability, Value of Family Support
Sept. 24, 2020 – Nearly two-thirds of prospects interested in buying a franchise are married, an above-average rate that may add extra financial flexibility and the value of family stability to the startup process.
The current marriage rate is 63.2% for entrepreneurs contacting franchises to explore ownership, according to 2020 data from the FranchiseVentures network of franchise directories. That’s notably higher than the national rate of 55.7% for adults aged 24 and older.
While correlation doesn’t mean causation, marital status can affect financial assets and stability, particularly in two-income households, and not surprisingly it changes dramatically with age. While prospects under 30 are more likely to be single (64.4%), the marriage rate for Millennial prospects is still higher than the national average for the age cohort, at 47% vs. 45%. Baby Boomers have a greater marriage-rate gap, at 71.3% for franchise prospects, vs. 62.4% for the national average.
For this analysis, Franchise Insights combined proprietary data from the FranchiseVentures’ demand-generation platform with demographic data from Alliant, a leading provider of U.S. consumer audience targeting and data enrichment and predictive analytics.
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Published on Thursday, September 24th, 2020.