B
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90%
90% -- franchisee profitability rate for UK franchising sector (2026)
Trends going back to before the turn of the century consistently show around 90% of franchisees reporting profitability.
- self-reported profitability
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Evidence graded
Value
90%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
NatWest/bfa
Primary
Tier B
http://www.thebfa.org/about-franchising/the-history-of-franchising ↗
Source Article
The history of franchising
Original Research
NatWest/bfa
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Methodology
From the NatWest/bfa Franchise Survey long-term trends
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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UK franchising sector: 90% franchisee profitability rate. Source: NatWest/bfa (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-franchisee-profitability-90pct
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