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title: "FBR Survey Puts Numbers to Franchisee Satisfaction and Brand Performance"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5ed088aa-bc9f-4cba-a327-57688b8cb426
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/fbr_survey_puts_numbers_to_franchisee_satisfaction_and_brand_performance.html
author: "Art Coley"
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2018-08-20T06:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:37:01.137Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/4002_plate.jpg
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# FBR Survey Puts Numbers to Franchisee Satisfaction and Brand Performance

**TL;DR:** Franchise Business Review's survey of over 23,000 franchisees shows that franchisee satisfaction is crucial to brand performance. The survey, compiled from 180 brands with a minimum of 100 outlets, provides data on franchisee satisfaction and its connection to actual performance.

*By Art Coley, originally published in Franchising.com on 2018-08-20. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/fbr_survey_puts_numbers_to_franchisee_satisfaction_and_brand_performance.html).*

## Story

I've never met a franchise executive who said, "Franchisee satisfaction doesn't make a difference in growing our brand." But sometimes I wonder if this is a politically correct reply, especially after taking a look at the results in the disclosure documents. But rather than going on a wild chase with bunch of words and opinions, I asked my friends over at Franchise Business Review for help.

For years, Eric Stites, Michelle Rowan, and the FBR team have been focused on measuring franchisee satisfaction and connecting the dots back to actual performance. FBR's "2018 Annual Franchisee Satisfaction Study" was compiled from surveying more than 23,000 franchisees from 180 brands with a minimum of 100 outlets and franchise disclosure documents. If increasing your unit count is critical, then invest some time with this report and what it means for your future.

"Satisfaction" in this column and the FBR study is *not* a soft, subjective, touchy-feely metric. I subscribe to FBR's definition of franchisee satisfaction: "It's about achieving a franchise company's strategic and financial goals. Satisfaction is dependent on how franchise owners' experiences compare with their expectations."

Take a look at the graphs and hard data comparing satisfaction and performance. Judge for yourself. As a franchise executive and leader, the job requires looking in the mirror.

If you're tracking annual franchisee satisfaction vs. unit economics and results in the FDD followed by benchmarking vs. other brands, and then building action plans and strategy...

way to go! Keep it up. If you're not, get started today!

An added benefit is that recruiting the best-quality new franchisees who will follow your system and build top-performing franchise units will be massively more efficient and effective. Franchisee satisfaction matters. Let's go to work!

***Art Coley** has been helping franchise brands, in various roles, to maximize their investment and energy for the recruitment and onboarding of new franchisees for more than two decades. Contact him at 281-658-9409 or [email protected] with any comments or questions.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchisee satisfaction (topic)
- Michelle Rowan (person)
- Eric Stites (person)
- Art Coley (person)
- brand performance (topic)
- survey results (topic)

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Originally reported by Art Coley, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/fbr_survey_puts_numbers_to_franchisee_satisfaction_and_brand_performance.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5ed088aa-bc9f-4cba-a327-57688b8cb426).