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title: "Upstate Business Journal: Dairy Queen Seeking Franchisees For South Carolina Development"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7bf5e280-dde2-41c7-864a-3f3c77ebaa58
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/upstate-business-journal-dairy-queen-seeking-franchisees-for-south-carolina-development-3857
category: "Snacks & dessert"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Snacks & dessert"
published: 2016-03-07T14:09:21.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:05:27.143Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4b4a8eaea6bad2ec5d2489bb7651635a5059160307092521.jpeg
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# Upstate Business Journal: Dairy Queen Seeking Franchisees For South Carolina Development

**TL;DR:** Dairy Queen is seeking franchisees to open multiple locations in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of South Carolina. The brand is targeting the Upstate South Carolina region for development, with 15-20 locations available.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-03-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/upstate-business-journal-dairy-queen-seeking-franchisees-for-south-carolina-development-3857).*

## Story

*Dairy Queen®* is targeting Upstate South Carolina for development in 2016, and the *Upstate Business Journal* spoke with vice president of franchise development Jim Kerr about the brand and their South Carolina expansion plans.

According to the article, *Dairy Queen* is currently looking for franchisees to open multiple locations, and the brand is looking at 15-20 locations for the Greenville-Spartanburg area.

“We have markets available for strong multi-unit operators with QSR experience or strong business-minded people. It’s a strong corridor [between Charlotte and Atlanta] that’s growing substantially,” Kerr said.

The article also links to the franchising section of the *Dairy Queen* website and includes a quick fact sheet of all the franchisee requirements for the brand.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- Dairy Queen (company)
- location targeting (topic)
- Upstate South Carolina (location)
- Greenville-Spartanburg area (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/upstate-business-journal-dairy-queen-seeking-franchisees-for-south-carolina-development-3857). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7bf5e280-dde2-41c7-864a-3f3c77ebaa58).