Franchise Expo List of our Exhibitors - 2008 click here The International Franchise Exhibition and BuyBrand Show in 2008 was a great success More than 110 exhibitors and 5000 visitors were present in the Hungexpo, at the International Franchise Expo and Buybrand Show, which – compared to the last year’s event - means an increase of 25% in the number of exhibitors, respectively. The great number of exhibitors coming from the developed countries showed that the international franchise networks and brand owners were interested in the Hungarian market and counted on finding business partners of developed commercial and trading culture in Hungary. The numbers: 11 Portuguese, 10 French, 9 Spanish, 7 Italian, 4 from the U.S., 3 Slovakian, 2 German and 2 British franchise concept were introduced, what is more, Malta, Austria and Romania also presented one concept each.  
Besides the international participants there were also present Hungarian exhibitors in great numbers at the show, almost 70 networks came to the show. Several national enterprises have already proved that their brand and service methods mean quality for the consumers. For these enterprises an efficient way of reaching market growth can be the selling of their brand and commercial know-how. Finding a foreign partner maintaining the quality of the trademark has the same importance for Hungarians and foreigners, since only this way a brand can uphold its commercial value.
The success of the expo gives evidence of the fact that networking and franchise business is in a significant expansion both in Hungary and in the neighbouring countries. Several hundred businessmen were looking for master-franchise possibilities in the region, for them the expo was also a great opportunity as there were around 30 international networks looking for master franchisees in Hungary. The conference day was followed by a great interest, various professional lectures and presentations were held, some franchise-networks also introduced themselves with a PowerPoint slide. Two businesses were done on the spot: the Spanish Dinamix and the U.S. Crestcom franchise-networks found their franchisees at the exhibition. You can register as an exhibitor to the next Budapest Franchise Exhibition! | 
