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title: "Denny’s Plans to Franchise 100 Company-Owned Locations in Next 18 Months"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2de501ed-a75e-47ab-a322-5b2c05c1e367
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/dennys-plans-to-franchise-100-company-owned-locations-in-next-18-months-2708334
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-10-31T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:41:41.264Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c428caa2ae2bd4cb785925d400d2d0104055.jpg
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# Denny’s Plans to Franchise 100 Company-Owned Locations in Next 18 Months

**TL;DR:** Denny's plans to franchise 100 company-owned locations in the next 18 months, increasing its franchisee-owned percentage from 90 to 95-97 percent. The move will consolidate its corporate units to eight states from 21.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-31. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/dennys-plans-to-franchise-100-company-owned-locations-in-next-18-months-2708334).*

## Story

On a call with analysts this week, Denny’s announced plans to franchise more than 100 company-operated units over the next year and a half, according to a Restaurant Business article .

As part of a strategic transition to becoming almost entirely franchised, the move will take the 1,700-plus unit brand from being 90 percent franchisee-owned to 95-97 percent and consolidate its market area of corporate units down to eight states from 21, according to the article.

Maddie has spent her career in the media industry, serving in various editorial roles before migrating into a hybrid content strategy and PR role with No Limit Agency. Her passion for storytelling and love of writing help her create meaningful content on behalf of her clients and fulfill No Limit Agency’s mission to tell people-driven stories. Maddie is a graduate of Saint Louis University, where she studied Communications with a focus in journalism and media studies as well as Sports Business.

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## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Restaurant Business (publication)
- Denny's (company)
- franchise transition (topic)
- company-owned locations (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/dennys-plans-to-franchise-100-company-owned-locations-in-next-18-months-2708334). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2de501ed-a75e-47ab-a322-5b2c05c1e367).