Franchise

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

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * 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
 * Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, a 2020 book by Marcia Chatelain that won the Pulitzer Prize for History

Sports

 * 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.