Maine

As a result of the franchise business model, 2,844 local businesses provide 27,100 jobs to the Maine economy and account for $2.3 billion of the state's economic output, and $883 million of private sector payroll. Nationally, nearly 733,000 franchise businesses provide 7.6 million jobs, $674.3 billion of economic output and $404.6 billion of GDP, which is 2.5% of U.S GDP.*

* Economic Impact of Franchised Businesses, Vol IV, Sept. 2016