Monday, December 9, 2013

Franchise Information

Question

I'm trying to measure the impact of franchise businesses/locations across the economy. I'm interested in knowing the number, what industry they are in, how many people they employ, their financial information, etc. It looks like this information is available in the various Annual Survey of Service Industries (food services, travel arrangement services, etc), but these don’t seem to be available via the DLI, how can I access this information?

Answer


Try the Canadian Franchise Association: http://cfa.ca/Publications_Research/FastFacts.aspx
There's also a Daily release for an Annual Survey of Service Industries, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-877-801-3282; 613-951-4612; servicesind@statcan.gc.ca).