Franchise Explained

Franchise may refer to:

Business and law

Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business to franchisees
Franchise, a privilege to operate a type of business such as a cable television provider, public utility, or taxicab company, sometimes requiring the filing of tariff schedules, as in:
- Television franchise, a right to operate a television network
  - Cable franchise, a right to operate a cable television network
    - Cable television franchise fee, an annual fee charged by a local government to a private cable television company
- Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain, a system of contracting out the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain
Franchise, a clause used by insurance companies as a threshold for policy payments, as in deductible
Franchise, political franchise, or suffrage, the civil right to vote
Franchise jurisdiction, in English history, a jurisdiction held as private property
Franchise Pictures, a film production company

Media franchise, a collection of related creative works, such as films, video games, books, etc., particularly in North American usage
"Franchise" (short story), a 1955 short story by Isaac Asimov
Dem Franchize Boyz, an American hip hop group from Atlanta
Franchise Times, a business magazine for franchises in the United States
"Franchise" (song), a 2020 song by Travis Scott
, a 2020 book by Marcia Chatelain that won the Pulitzer Prize for History

Franchise, a term for a team in the type of professional sports league organization most commonly found in North America; see North American professional sports league organization
- Franchise player, a player on such a team around whom an entire competitive squad can be built
- Franchise tag, a designation of a player in the US National Football League whose contract is soon to expire that binds them to the team for one year at an enhanced salary
Sports league franchise, or League franchise, a local or regional business franchising operation under a particular sporting league in activities such as pool, darts, etc.