Final rating of TOP-10 franchises* in 2023 by FRANCHISE CAPITAL

№1. The Binokl Kava  franchise is a network of modern digital self-service coffee shops. Binokl is a company of true coffee lovers who sincerely love their work, so they know everything about the world of coffee. Today, Binokl Kava is confidently gaining market share from classic street food cafes. At the moment, about 200 coffee shops are operating under the franchise scheme in Ukraine, and the company is announcing the opening of its first foreign coffee shop soon.

№2. The Vash LAVash franchise is a national chain of bakeries that uses live dough and fresh filling in an open kitchen! Vash LAVash bakeries have an open kitchen where each guest can observe the entire baking process, as well as their cheese production, and direct deliveries from meat, spices, and flour producers. The assortment includes various types of pita bread, salty and sweet pastries, cream soups, and healthy food stalls. Today, Vash LAVash chain includes up to 50 bakeries.

№3. The Invivo Clinic franchise is an international high-tech medical laboratory with a network of clinics and biological sampling points, founded in 2006. The head office of the medical holding is located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Today, there are about 100 franchised collection points in Ukraine. The network continues to expand actively.

№4. The Global Coffee franchise is a symbiosis of unsurpassed coffee taste, a successful marketing strategy, and thoughtful design. Currently, there are about 160 coffee shops in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Georgia. Thanks to hard work over the past 6 years, Global Coffee is the most successful franchise project in the Kazakhstan market.

№5. The Haircut Express franchise is a network of hairdressing salons with innovative technology for cleaning the workplace, triple disinfection of instruments, and software for quality control and business management. Haircut Express was developed in early 2013 based on the Harmony chain of hair salons, which has been successfully developing in the beauty industry since 2005. Today, the chain operates more than 160 salons (most of them in Ukraine — more than 120 salons). The chain also operates in Poland, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Germany. The chain is actively expanding and developing both in Ukraine and in the EU countries. It also plans to enter the market of new countries and continents.

№6. The Malenka Pekarnia (eng. Little Bakery) franchise is a network of small bakeries with a full production cycle, where high-quality and truly delicious pastries are kneaded and baked on-site and in the presence of visitors. Any customer will be able to see for themselves the quality and freshness of the baked goods thanks to the equipment in the open-type bakery! Currently, up to 40 bakeries are operating under the franchise scheme in Ukraine.

№7. The ÉDES franchise is a Lviv-based bakery that specializes in baking “kiurtoshkalach”. “Kiurtoshkalach” (Hungarian: kürtőskalács) is a traditional Hungarian cylindrical pastry, usually cooked over an open fire. “Kiurtoshkalach” is an integral element of Hungarian holidays and public events, such as the Christmas market. Sprinkled with sugar, “kiurtoshkalach” is most often flavored with vanilla and cinnamon. “We create and offer a truly unique product. Product quality is important to us, so we don’t use semi-finished products or flavor enhancers. We make the dough ourselves every morning from fresh ingredients and bake it individually for each order.” The bakery offers specialty fillings (chocolate paste, custard, salted caramel, banana cream), tea, coffee, delicious matcha, and other seasonal drinks. During the first two months of franchise sales, the company signed 10 agreements with partners from Kyiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, and Rivne.

№8. The MIKO — Made In Korea is a franchise of a Korean products market. The chain’s development began in 2015 with the first store in Almaty (Kazakhstan). The franchising project was announced in 2021. Currently, 19 stores and 6 own stores operate under the franchise scheme in Kazakhstan. The company has recently launched a new business line — Korean street food Taste of Korea by MIKO. So, we are looking forward to adding more quality franchises to our catalog soon!

№9. The Grill Pub franchise is a chain of affordable restaurants in the Meat&Beer format. The concept has an effective business model, as evidenced by the fact that in 2022 not a single restaurant in the chain was closed, and moreover, the chain made a profit. In 2023, the project continues to develop and enters the international market: 2 new establishments have already been opened in Ukraine and 5 more are being prepared for launch (2 in Ukraine and 3 in Germany). To date, there are more than 20 franchisees in Ukraine.

№10. The Kebab House franchise is a part of the “Na Mangal Family” chain, which has been building a street food culture in Lviv for over 6 years. The company’s success is based on fresh products, a well-practiced business model, people, and effective management. Only four months ago, the company announced the launch of a franchising project and has already managed to conclude several successful deals with investors. Recently, Kebab House franchisees opened in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv.

The RE/MAX franchise is a world-renowned real estate company. The history of RE/MAX is 50 years of outstanding results and outstanding agents. From one office that opened in 1973 in Denver, Colorado (USA), RE/MAX has grown into a global network of more than 140,000 agents and 9,000 offices operating under the franchise system in 120 countries! The company’s business model is based on attracting the best real estate agents and providing them with the necessary support, the recognizable RE/MAX brand, advanced training, and other benefits. Today, 11 franchise offices are successfully operating in Ukraine.

The OOPS School franchise is a Ukrainian network of out-of-school educational institutions, the system of education and upbringing is based on the mental health of the child. The advantages of the OOPS network of out-of-school educational institutions are that we have accumulated the achievements and experience of the best specialists in early development and preschool education and adapted them to the real needs of modern Ukrainian children. The author of the methodology is Iryna Tymkiv, a well-known expert in the field of education.

The Zvychaine dyvo (eng. Simple Miracle) franchise is not just another children’s development center, kindergarten, or educational institution. This is a space where the main values are the identity of each child, creativity and respect for the perception of the world through everyone’s own choice, nature-orientedness, and independence as the basis for successful personality development. The author of the methodology is Olena Khoma, a child and family psychologist.

The MINDY franchise is a franchise of a charitable foundation created to help communities quickly get modern rehabilitation infrastructure. Today, the foundation already operates its own system of providing free rehabilitation and psychosocial services for female and male veterans and their families, as well as for civilians affected by the military actions of Russian aggression. The model of work has proven itself in practice. The experience of the foundation’s team and the modern technologies used in the project allow for the systematic and rapid scaling of the development of a social services network in regions where such services are absent or inaccessible due to difficult logistics or poor quality.

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