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title: "Entrepreneur: Immigrant Entrepreneurs Flock to Franchising Opportunities"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/80fe8e18-9872-4513-804d-4a6c7f757a2f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-immigrant-entrepreneurs-flock-to-franchising-opportunities-12136
category: "Franchisors"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Franchisors"
published: 2017-05-10T14:09:10.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:45.474Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8a4d7cf70b22798ceebfbd316a10bf429790.jpg
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# Entrepreneur: Immigrant Entrepreneurs Flock to Franchising Opportunities

**TL;DR:** Immigrants are the fastest-growing group of people following their dreams of business ownership, making up 27.5% of entrepreneurs, and the franchise industry can make small business ownership easier for them. The franchise industry is expected to grow 5.2% in nominal dollars in 2017.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-05-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-immigrant-entrepreneurs-flock-to-franchising-opportunities-12136).*

## Story

The fastest-growing group of people following their dreams of business ownership are immigrants, according to a recent Entrepreneur article. This group makes up 13.5 percent of the population but account for 27.5 percent of entrepreneurs. Now, data shows that immigrants have a 0.53 percent rate of entrepreneurship for immigrants compared to 0.29 for native-born Americans. The franchise industry can make small business ownership even easier to accomplish.

“As a franchisee, I just have to follow the system and rely on the support they have in place to succeed” said Macdonald Vasnani, who runs a shipping business.

The franchise industry is expected to grow 5.2 percent in nominal dollars in 2017, according to the International Franchise Association.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- International Franchise Association (company)
- business ownership (topic)
- franchise industry (topic)
- industry growth (topic)
- immigrant entrepreneurs (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-immigrant-entrepreneurs-flock-to-franchising-opportunities-12136). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/80fe8e18-9872-4513-804d-4a6c7f757a2f).