What We Do?

 

 

FRANdata works with clients on their most challenging performance issues, investing significant time and effort in developing and renewing a knowledge base that offers unique perspectives and insights. We apply our understanding of market and industry forces to develop long-term macroeconomic perspectives.

We took a central role in developing performance standards around particular areas of the franchise model and set the bar based on those standards – because of this task, certain industry measurements and standards of reporting were born: true failure rate, unit time-to-breakeven, the Bank Credit report and the franchise continuity rate.

We enable our clients to achieve lasting success in franchising. Our work is founded on a rigorous understanding of every client’s  business context, industry dynamics, and market climate. We study franchise trends and emerging best practices because we believe that in order to serve our clients, we must stay ahead of the game.

 

Highlights

1. FRANdata has worked with more than 5,000 franchise brands and 9,000+ lenders through the Franchise Registry.
2. The launching of FRANdata Australia in late 2013 paves the way for FRANdata’s international presence. 
3. FRANdata is the official issuer of the only verified unique numbering system to track franchise brands (FRUNS). 
4. The only company with access to more than 40,000 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDDs), some going as far back as 30 years
5. The unprecedented body of franchising information spanning hundreds of industries serve as the backbone for FRANdata’s extensive analytical capabilities. 

History

Remember the term UFOC? We started as a UFOC (now FDD) collection company, but soon customer inquiries came in asking us to compare them against their peers; so, we quickly became a data analysis company, expertly dissecting and analyzing data into understandable pieces of strategic information.  It was a natural transition to go from mastering the data found in the FDD to researching beyond publicly available sources. In the mid-1990s we were proudly commissioned by the IFA to create one of the earliest attempts to analyze the franchise industry as a whole, called the “Profile of Franchising” report. Shortly thereafter, as part of our entry into franchise capital access solutions, we launched the Franchise Registry.

40,000 FDDs later and more than 10,000 franchisor and supplier clients over the years, our market has embraced our robust analysis and has helped us usher in our current role as consultants and industry analysts. With our role as objective analysts comes the responsibility to have the analytical tools in place to correctly decipher and measure a franchise business’ true performance success and failure.

From the first UFOC collected over 25 years ago to the research and consulting projects of today, FRANdata has built our business from a culture of integrity and the desire to grow the industry we serve.