Franchise Times today announces 12 winners of the 2025 Franchise Times Dealmakers awards, the 13th annual project recognizing the boldest players driving mergers and acquisitions in franchising.

FBR, a market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction and employee engagement, provides the only rankings and awards for franchise companies based solely on ...

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The rest goes to the franchisee. Given the inherent profit disadvantage, fast-food companies might have chosen not to franchise at all in their early years if total control were an option.

Despite its success, Chick-fil-A charges a franchise fee of $10,000 to open a new restaurant, and the company told Business Insider it doesn't require candidates to meet a threshold for net worth ...

This is possible because McDonald’s, like many other well-known fast-food restaurant chains, operates under a franchise business model. Franchising allows companies to grow by licensing their ...

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has grown the franchise brand to an astounding 500 units in just the past five years. Often, companies that open so many locations quickly cannot maintain healthy unit economics. Still ...