Franchise Agreements with and without a No-Poaching Clause by Industry and Percentage of Franchisors with a No-Poaching Agreement
| No-Poach Agreement | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | No | Yes | Total |
| Panel A: Number of Franchise Chains by Industry and No-Hire Agreement | |||
| Automotive | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Baked goods | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Beauty-related | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Business-related | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Child-related | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Decorating & home decorating | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Education-related | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Frozen desserts | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Health & fitness | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Lodging | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Maintenance services | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Personnel services | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Printing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Publications | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Quick service restaurants | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| Real estate | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Restaurants, sit-down | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Retail food | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Retail stores | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Services, general | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Travel | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 65 | 91 | 156 |
| Pearson’s chi-squared(20) = 44.6 | p-value = 0.001 | ||
| Panel B: Percent with No-Hire Agreement by Industry | |||
| Automotive | 33.3 | 66.7 | |
| Baked goods | 25.0 | 75.0 | |
| Beauty-related | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
| Business-related | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
| Child-related | 66.7 | 33.3 | |
| Decorating & home decorating | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
| Education-related | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Frozen desserts | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
| Health & fitness | 45.5 | 54.6 | |
| Lodging | 85.7 | 14.3 | |
| Maintenance services | 38.5 | 61.5 | |
| Personnel services | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
| Printing | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Publications | 100.0 | 0.0 | |
| Quick service restaurants | 20.0 | 80.0 | |
| Real estate | 85.7 | 14.3 | |
| Restaurants (sit-down) | 0.0 | 100.0 | |
| Retail food | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
| Retail stores | 63.6 | 36.4 | |
| Services, general | 33.3 | 66.7 | |
| Travel | 33.3 | 66.7 | |
| Total | 41.7 | 58.3 | |