The Body Shop
Rank: 40
Total Units: 2045
Industry: Health and Beauty: Other
Year established: 1976
Year franchising: 1978
Country: United Kingdom
Total Countries: 54
Website: www.thebodyshopinternational.com
Description: The Body Shop opened in 1976 in Brighton. It proved so popular that by 1978 its first overseas shop was opened in Brussels. There has always been huge demand to franchise the Body Shop, in 1990 there was 2,500 applications to franchise The Body Shop. There are now 2,045 franchises in 54 countries.
