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title: "The 10 Most Promising International Markets for U.S. Franchises"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/fd6bc981-2acd-4b21-af6d-5532b1b7aac0
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-10-most-promising-international-markets-for-us-franchises-2708141
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2018-10-10T20:15:17.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:39.556Z
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# The 10 Most Promising International Markets for U.S. Franchises

**TL;DR:** The University of New Hampshire's Rosenberg International Franchise Center developed a tool to assess international development opportunities for U.S. franchises, ranking 131 countries. The top 10 most attractive markets include the U.K., Germany, and Canada.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-10-most-promising-international-markets-for-us-franchises-2708141).*

## Story

The University of New Hampshire’s Rosenberg International Franchise Center (RIFC) recently announced it has developed a proprietary tool to assess development opportunities overseas. The RIFC analyzed 131 countries to create its index that was designed to help U.S. franchise brands assess the potential of foreign expansion markets.

The analysis found the most attractive international markets to be the U.K., Germany, Canada, Australia, France, Poland, Ireland, Korea, Sweden, and Spain. “Key microeconomic variables” were used to determine the full 131-country ranking, RIFC director E. Hachemi Aliouche said.

“These are factors such as the country’s labor force availability and quality, education levels, urbanization, occupancy costs, wage rates, cost of inputs, quality of infrastructure, etc.,” Aliouche continued. “Potential revenues and profits from each priority country can then be estimated.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- international expansion (topic)
- canada (location)
- U.K. (location)
- Germany (location)
- market assessment (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-10-most-promising-international-markets-for-us-franchises-2708141). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/fd6bc981-2acd-4b21-af6d-5532b1b7aac0).