Up to 67,000 franchise outlets this year

There were 1,058 franchise systems and 63,500 franchise outlets in Poland in 2014, according to a report by PROFIT System and Franchising.pl. The latter number may increase to 67,000 this year. As many as 3,000 new franchise stores were opened in Poland last year and another 3,500 are expected to be opened this year. "In 2014, a thousandth franchise system was launched and there were 80 new companies, which started the expansion through franchising, an increase of 28 year-on-year," the press release informed. According to the authors of the report, the Polish franchising market has entered the mature stage.