2014 Year End Overview | M&A in Franchising
The McLean Group
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Mergers & Acquisitions in Franchising
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Growth of the Multi-Brand Franchisor Platform
While there are certainly single brand franchisors of scale, there is an inherent opportunity to create
scale through creating a multi-brand franchisor platform. There are several successful examples that
exist, but they represent a relative minority compared to the estimated 770,000 US franchise
establishments (according to the International Franchise Association). A few successful examples of
multi-brand platforms include the following:
Home Services
The Riverside Company
Public
Private Ownership
Private
Ownership
Restaurant and Food Services
Roark Capital
Public Company
Levine Leichtman Capital
Partners
Health and Wellness
TZP Group
Children and Family Entertainment
Tregaron Capital
Consumer and Retail
Harvest Partners
Nine Ten Capital Management
Private Ownership
