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Which industries are growing units, which are shrinking, and which are losing as many stores as they're opening. Last-fiscal-year openings and closures from Item 20 of 2,414 active FDDs analyzed by VetMyFranchise — a real-time pulse on category health.
Source: 2022-2026 FDD filings · 2,414 brands · 484,032 units analyzed
Total franchised units
484,032
across all industries
Units opened LFY
+43,039
new franchised units
Units closed LFY
−26,886
closures + terminations + non-renewals
Net growth rate
+16,153
3.34% of total units
Sortable. Higher growth = better; higher churn = worse.
| Industry↕ | Franchises↕ | Total Units↕ | Opened LFY↕ | Closed LFY↕ | Net↓ | Growth %↕ | Churn %↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Beverage | 856 | 195,797 | 14,614 | 7,740 | +6,874 | +3.5 pts | 4.0% |
| Cleaning & Maintenance | 151 | 63,560 | 8,437 | 5,629 | +2,808 | +4.4 pts | 8.9% |
| Home Services | 268 | 26,313 | 3,282 | 1,859 | +1,423 | +5.4 pts | 7.1% |
| Business Services | 99 | 20,449 | 2,320 | 1,266 | +1,054 | +5.2 pts | 6.2% |
| Child Services & Education | 151 | 13,440 | 1,281 | 410 | +871 | +6.5 pts | 3.0% |
| Retail | 128 | 27,457 | 2,213 | 1,377 | +836 | +3.0 pts | 5.0% |
| Fitness & Wellness | 163 | 24,031 | 2,110 | 1,317 | +793 | +3.3 pts | 5.5% |
| Senior Care | 123 | 19,543 | 2,397 | 1,609 | +788 | +4.0 pts | 8.2% |
| Hospitality & Travel | 82 | 16,713 | 1,523 | 883 | +640 | +3.8 pts | 5.3% |
| Automotive | 72 | 13,969 | 1,020 | 488 | +532 | +3.8 pts | 3.5% |
| Pet Services | 58 | 3,859 | 555 | 143 | +412 | +10.7 pts | 3.7% |
| Technology | 11 | 2,384 | 240 | 97 | +143 | +6.0 pts | 4.1% |
| Other | 20 | 1,364 | 118 | 123 | -5 | -0.4 pts | 9.0% |
| Staffing & HR | 21 | 2,189 | 154 | 217 | -63 | -2.9 pts | 9.9% |
| Health & Beauty | 98 | 22,674 | 1,063 | 1,130 | -67 | -0.3 pts | 5.0% |
| Financial Services | 32 | 11,104 | 539 | 885 | -346 | -3.1 pts | 8.0% |
| Real Estate | 81 | 19,186 | 1,173 | 1,713 | -540 | -2.8 pts | 8.9% |
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Methodology
"Opened LFY" and "Closed LFY" are last-fiscal-year unit counts from FDD Item 20 — the franchisor's own published count of franchised units that opened, terminated, or were not renewed. We sum across all franchises in each industry. Net growth = opened − closed. Growth % and Churn % are normalized against total units to make small and large industries comparable. Item 20 coverage is high but not universal — some franchises report total units without the per-year flow, in which case they're excluded from "opened" and "closed" sums.
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