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For the President of the AEF, " the increase registered in the number of national and foreign chains is a faithful reflection of the confidence that exists in the system of franchise, like a formula of valid expansion and that it offers manifolds advantages, even in times of crisis". Number of establishments Another one of the statistics that the report picks up of the AEF is that, to 31 of December of 2010, in Spain there was a total of 56,444 abiertos establishments, of which 14,011 were own and the 42,433 remaining franchise-holders. That is to say, that worked 695 the premises less than at the end of 2009 (date in that there were 57,139 operative establishments), which supposes a reduction of the 1.2%. In this respect, the tendency that is observed is that the central franchisors are betting abrir establishments in property, since at present there are the 611 own premises more working of those than it had at the end of 2009, whereas the points of sale franchise-holders have descended in 1.306 comparing both periods. For Xavier Vallhonrat, the cause of this reality is necessary to look for it in the fact that " the banking organizations follow without doing their work that is to grant credits, and before this problematic local tax exemptions they choose to continue growing abriendo propios". Number of employees With respect to the jobs that generate the tax exemption in Spain, at the end of 2010 the system employed 231,603 people, 3,472 less (a 1.5%) who in 2009.

Of this number, 70,602 worked in the own premises (3,163 more than in 2009) and the 161,001 rest in establishments franchise-holders (6,635 less than when concluding exercise 2009). According to Eduardo Abbey, Manager of the AEF, " a reduction of only a 1.5% in the number of employees, considering that the number of unemployed increases month after month in our country, clearly demonstrates that the tax exemption continues attracting enterprising, investing and people whom they look for to so autoemplear in these times difciles". Independent communities Of the 934 chains that integrate the system of franchise in Spain, the Independent Community that agglutinates a greater number of central franchisors continues being Madrid, with 303 (6 more than in 2009), followed by Catalonia, with 248 (3 more), the Valencian Community, with 104 (5 more), and Andalusia, with 90 (the same number that in 2009). Between Madrid (32.4%), Catalonia (26.5%) and Valencia (11.1%) monopolize 70% of the total of standards of this model of business. As well, the Madrilenian region is the one that registers a greater invoicing of the set of its power stations, reaching the 11,410, 8 million Euros (155.4 million more than in 2009), by the 6,387, 9 million Catalonia (253 million more), and by the 1,781, 7 million Andalusia (218.3 million less than in 2009). Note for the journalists: In order to extend information, the management of interviews or the shipment of graphical material, you do not doubt in contacting with our Cabinet of Press.