2018 Annual Franchise Development Report

The 2018 Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) delivers data collected from 142 franchisors representing 85,734 units, with responses organized by industry, unit investment, system-wide sales, and more. The annual report provides franchisors with the ideal tool for studying their development practices, benchmarking their sales and recruitment budgets against their own industry categories, and setting goals and budgets for the year ahead. The report also includes research into online recruitment practices, the growing use of mobile and social tools by prospects, and best practices by franchisors.

The AFDR, the only sales and lead generation benchmark report available in franchising, identifies industry sales trends and top lead generation sources for meeting sales goals.

The In-Depth Research Report Covers:

• Lead generation budgets
• Cost per lead
• Cost per sale
• Top producing lead sources
• Top producing digital lead sources
• Industries exceeding goals
• Lead to deal close ratios
• Application to close ratios
• Discovery day to close ratios
• Development personnel compensation structure
• Broker results and commissions
• Resale percentages
• ……… and much more.

Further Segmentation Includes:

• Industry category:    
  • Food
  • Retail Food
  • Retail non-food
  • Service brick & mortar
  • Service without brick & mortar
• Cost per unit
• Investment range
• Annual systemwide revenues

The AFDR Offers Benchmarking Opportunities:

• How does your sales budget compare with other brands in your segment?
• Are your closing ratios in line with your industry and investment level?
• What conversion rates should you expect from your website?
• Is your online spending paying off? How do you know?
• Are your brokers delivering—and is their price per deal too high?
• Are you using referrals, and how much are you paying for them?
• How are franchisors using social media to recruit candidates?
• Some franchisors are exceeding their sales goals. What are they doing differently from those falling short?

The 2018 AFDR is packed with timely information and benchmarking data that can help your franchise system grow faster and close more deals—while saving thousands of dollars in cost per sale. Based on in-depth surveys from 142 franchise companies, this thoroughly researched report reveals the success drivers that are sure to boost the output and quality of your sales department.

Filled with the most comprehensive sales and lead generation data in franchising, the 2018 AFDR, at more than 250 pages, is a must-buy tool for franchisors, development consultants, and advertising, marketing, and technology suppliers—and is ideal for benchmarking and building budgets and media plans.