When submitting loan packages to the SBA to obtain loan guarantee numbers, lenders need to determine if the loan meets affiliation standards. Franchise loans must meet both general borrower and franchise-specific affiliation tests. Most franchisors applied for and obtained franchise-specific eligibility approval. All a lender had to do was go to the SBA’s online pull-down […]
Kate Zhang Senior Research Analyst In ranking the top franchises within the lawn care and landscape industry for Landscape Management, we began by defining the universe of brands that will be evaluated. FRANdata is the only company that collects information on every franchise brand operating in the United States (3,500+ active franchise brands, 6,000+ total brands) in […]
The Most Credit-Worthy Brands in Franchising What makes a franchised business credit-worthy? The FUND report measure a franchise brands’ credit risk by analyzing key performance indicators from a credit risk perspective. Based solely on public information, it bridges the gap in a lender’s due diligence: where once they could closely assess only a borrower, now […]
If it’s on the internet, it must be true. While we chuckle at that statement, we also know the dark side that the internet exposes. There is much more misinformation than information floating around the franchise universe. While it is easy to disregard the misinformation for what it is, it is hard to do so […]
The franchise community, media, politicians, regulators and others are starting to understand the importance of measuring outcomes in franchising as a basis with which to understand a brand’s performance. Outcomes measures have been led by lenders who assumed that a franchise system’s credit risk could, in large part, be predicted by measuring specific outcomes. Terms […]