ESL Schools and the Franchise Growth

The list of ESL schools in Brazil is huge -- most of these are very small, but some have grown exponentially.  The number of schools belonging  to a franchise keeps going up as well.  In 1950 the first Language School franchise was born in Sao Paulo under the name of "Instituto de Idiomas Yazigi" and the brand name "House of English".  In 1954 it became Yazigi Internexus, and is currently part of the group Multi, which oversees Wizard and Skill, with at least 420 units. http://www.wizard.com.br/en/About-Wizard

Another big name in the language franchise market is FISK, which started its first unit in 1962.  Today it boasts some 894 schools in Brazil and approximately 107 abroad.http://www.memesgestao.com.br/jportal/portal.jsf?post=36807