Slovenia , Croatia , Rep.Srpska , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Hungary , Romania ,Bulgaria , Macedonia , Montenegro
Hungary
400 franchsor
20.000 outlets
120.000 employed
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Slovenia
106 franchisor
980 outlets
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Romania
170 franchisor
1.300 outlets
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Bulgaria
75 franchisor
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Croatia
75 international franchisor
30 domestic franchisor
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
not avilable
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***The data that we have used does not reflect the current situation regarding the number of franchises and has been published on the pages of local franchise web sites.
Should you have more recent data, please contact us.
FRANCHISE, a growing business
The growth in the franchise business operations of more that 10% per year is present in the former Eastern Bloc countries, with Russia, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary leading the way. As for the immediate surroundings, the franchise is one of the ways to ease the unemployment trend in the countries in transition, which resulted in the opening of a large number of franchise chains, both foreign and domestic. The share of the domestic franchise in Hungary and the Czech Republic is 50% and in Croatia around 30%. It is interesting that Croatia is not just a franchisee but also a franchiser. By opening retail chains in the Scandinavian countries, the Scandal Company extended its operations also to the EU countries. There is no data about Macedonia, the Republic of Srpska, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In comparison with the neighbouring countries, Serbia is at the very bottom of the list. There is no valid data about the number of franchises, either domestic or foreign.
This is exactly why we decided to create a portal, where information, experiences and recommendations would be made available to potential users of franchise.
