Closures in the fashion sector, lower performance for supermarkets and household equipment farnchised stores, which underperformed the market... In France, the number of franchises fell by 1.4% in 2024. A first in 5 years.
According to Banque Populaire and the French Franchise Federation, the number of franchised stores in France fell by 1.4% last year (a reduction of 1,293 units). These figures, published on March 4, 2025 as part of the 21st annual survey of franchising, showed a greater decline than that of Covid-19. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of stores had fallen by 0.2%. This is a significant slowdown, following increases of 9% in 2023 and of 6.8% in 2022. “This trend is closely linked to fashion store
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Sophie Baqué
Chief Editor of mind Retail