Fransmart
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| Private | |
| Industry | Franchising |
| Founded | Alexandria, Virginia, US (2000) |
| Founder | Dan Rowe |
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Number of locations
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Alexandria, Virginia Irvine, California Fransmart Europe Stuttgart, Germany |
| Brands |
Five Guys Burgers & Fries Qdoba Mexican Grill Freshii Elevation Burger The Halal Guys zpizza |
| Website | fransmart.com |
Fransmart is a leading franchise development company responsible for the rapid growth of many globally recognized restaurant brands. Founded in 2000 and has corporate headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia and Irvine, California. Fransmart specializes in restaurant development and franchising of emerging brands that grow from one to five units to national and global chains.
Among Fransmart’s most notable successes are Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Qdoba Mexican Grill, and zpizza. Fransmart formed FranInvest, a private equity firm, in 2013 to make early-stage investments in emerging restaurant concepts.
Late in 2013, Fransmart expanded its operations with the opening of its first market partner. The market partner operates as Fransmart Europe with its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Fransmart Europe is focused on developing the full portfolio of brands Fransmart represents as well as recruiting brands based in Europe to join the portfolio.
Dan Rowe is Fransmart’s CEO and has served in this capacity since founding Fransmart in 2000.
Fransmart’s current and past portfolio brands have opened over 3,000 restaurants in 45 states and more than 35 countries. Fransmart primarily targets emerging restaurant concepts that have the potential for expansion. It serves area and master developers, chain operators, and high-net-worth individuals.
Fransmart services included but is not limited to management advisory, franchise program development, franchise sales, development of an ideal franchisee profile, franchise lead generation & marketing, branding, compliance and legal, geographic growth strategy, unite economics, and franchise systems.
Fransmart is responsible for building out many emerging restaurant franchise brands from single units to multi-unit chains found throughout the world.
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