Regional Franchise Benchmark Report

<h2>Who this is for</h2> <p>Multi-unit franchise operators—or their master franchisees in Korea—who need defensible peer comparisons before regional expansion, royalty renegotiation, or a franchise advisory council meeting. Typical clients operate between eight and forty units in food service, personal services, or specialty retail.</p> <h2>What you receive</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Cohort definition memo</strong> naming matched peers, exclusion criteria, and minimum sample size achieved</li> <li><strong>Unit economics dashboard</strong> as high-resolution print charts: labour ratio, COGS band, rent-to-sales, same-store sales variance</li> <li><strong>Quartile positioning</strong> for each KPI—not a single industry mean—with confidence intervals where sample size allows</li> <li><strong>Regional heat maps</strong> showing where your units over- or under-index relative to provincial peers</li> <li><strong>Written variance commentary</strong> flagging units that merit field audit vs accounting reconciliation</li> <li><strong>Ninety-minute review session</strong> with your designated ops or finance lead; notes circulated within three business days</li> </ul> <h2>What is excluded</h2> <ul> <li>POS system integration or live data feeds (you submit summarised P&amp;L extracts)</li> <li>Legal or tax advice on royalty structures</li> <li>Mystery-shopping or customer satisfaction measurement</li> <li>Benchmarking of units outside the Republic of Korea unless separately scoped</li> </ul> <h2>Process and timeline</h2> <ol> <li><strong>Scoping call</strong> (week 0): Confirm regions, categories, KPI list, and unit count. We issue a cohort feasibility letter.</li> <li><strong>Data intake</strong> (weeks 1–3): You provide anonymised unit summaries via our secure upload. We validate completeness.</li> <li><strong>Peer assembly</strong> (weeks 3–5): Matching against our verified operator panel. If cohort size falls below threshold, we pause and discuss options.</li> <li><strong>Draft charts</strong> (week 6): Internal QA against prior periods for your network.</li> <li><strong>Final report &amp; review</strong> (weeks 7–8): Bound PDF, print copies on request, scheduled walkthrough.</li> </ol> <h2>Preparation required from you</h2> <p>Aggregated monthly P&amp;L summaries per unit for the trailing twelve months, store format classification (mall, street, transit hub), and opening date. We provide a standard intake template—no proprietary software required.</p> <h2>Pricing basis</h2> <p>Starting at ₩18,500,000 for networks of 8–40 units in a single province. Multi-province scope, additional KPI modules, or rush delivery (under six weeks) are quoted separately. A 40% deposit is due at cohort confirmation; balance on draft delivery.</p> <h2>Next step</h2> <p>Submit a brief describing your network size, provinces, and category. We respond within two business days with a feasibility note before any deposit is requested.</p>