Franchise Brands - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Franchise Brands M&A Summary

Franchise Brands has acquired 4 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Franchise Brands’ largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Metro Rod for $43M. Franchise Brands has acquired in 1 US state, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include business services (34%) and environmental (34%).

Franchise Brands Business Overview

Where is Franchise Brands headquartered?

Franchise Brands is headquartered in Kidderminster, United Kingdom.

What sector is Franchise Brands in?

Franchise Brands is a franchising company.

When was Franchise Brands founded?

Franchise Brands was founded in 2008.

M&A Summary

M&A Total Activity3
- M&A Buy Activity3
Total Sectors Invested 3
Total Countries Invested 2
M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Franchise Brands plc

5 Edwin Avenue Hoo Farm Industrial Estate,
Kidderminster, DY11 7RA
United Kingdom,
+44 80 0012 6462
www.franchisebrands.co.uk

Franchise Brands is a group of international multi-brand franchisors with a combined network of over 400 franchisees in 12 countries, but predominantly in the UK. Franchise Brands has developed a highly professional central services platform including marketing, franchise recruitment and support services such as IT, which enables it to support the acquisition of some new franchise brands without significantly increasing its central overhead.

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year		≤ '19	'20	'21	'22	'23	'24	T
Buy (0.2/yr)	#	2	-	-	-	1	-	3
Buy (0.2/yr)	vol	$43M						$43M
Sell (0.0/yr)	#	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
								3

Most Recent M&A

Company	Date	Value	Type
Pirtek UK Ltd.	2023-05-01	-	Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.pirtek.co.uk
Metro Rod Ltd.	2017-03-23	43M GBP	Divestiture
Macclesfield, United States · www.metrorod.co.uk
Barking Mad Ltd.	2016-11-01	-	Add-on Acquisition
Cumbria, United Kingdom · www.barkingmad.uk.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector	Buy #	Value	Sell #	Value
Business Services	1 (33%)	-	-	-
Environmental	1 (33%)	43M (100%)	-	-
Franchising	1 (33%)	-	-	-
Total	3	$43M	-	-

By Geo

State/Country	Buy	Value	Sell	Value
United Kingdom	2	-	-	-
United States	1	43M	-	-
Domestic	2 (67%)	-	-	-
Cross-border	1 (33%)	43M (100%)	-	-
Total	3	$43M	-	-

Deal Values

buy	#	Total
< $100M	1	$43M
TOTAL		$43M
Largest	Metro Rod Ltd. $43M (2017-03-23)

M&A Connections

		Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)	33%	1 (33%)
Strategic(s)	33%	1 (33%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Franchising

Established

2008

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