HARD ROCK CORPORATE

Franchise Opportunities

franchise & development opportunities

With venues in 68 countries, including 163 cafes, 23 hotels, 11 casinos, and 5 live concert venues, Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, Hard Rock Live performance venues and an award-winning website.

HRI owns the global trademark for all Hard Rock brands. The company owns, operates and franchises Cafes in iconic cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Dubai. HRI also owns, licenses and/or manages hotel/casino properties worldwide. Destinations include the company’s two most successful Hotel and Casino properties in Tampa and Hollywood, Fl., both owned and operated by HRI parent company The Seminole Tribe of Florida, as well as other exciting locations including Bali, Chicago, Cancun, Ibiza, Las Vegas, Macau and San Diego.

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CAFE FRANCHISE & DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES CONTACT

In which area of the world are you interested in opening a Hard Rock Cafe? We invite you to explore the map below to find out the regions and countries where we are seeking partners to open new Hard Rock Cafes.

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americas development contact
TOM PEREZ
Area Vice President of Development and Operations - Americas
+1-407-445-7625 | Email
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asia pacific development contact
STEVE D. YANG
Area Vice President of Development and Operations - Asia Pacific
+86 1590 217 7909 | Email
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emea/south asia development contact
ANIBAL FERNANDEZ
Area Vice President of Development and Operations – EMEA/South Asia
+971 50 225 79 34 | Email
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For general inquiries, please contact us at: +1-407-445-7625 x2014 Email Us

CAFE FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES FAQ

HRI owns the global trademark for all Hard Rock brands. The company owns, operates and franchises Cafes in iconic cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Dubai. HRI also owns, licenses and/or manages hotel/casino properties worldwide.

CAFES COMING SOON
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Montego Bay, Jamaica
  • Porto, Portugal
  • Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Lyon, France
  • Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Hangzhou, China
  • Shenzhen, China
  • Ushuaia, Argentina
  • Yangon, Myanmar
  • Shanghai, China
  • Reykjavik, Iceland
Thank you for your interest in acquiring a Hard Rock Franchise. Once you have reviewed the Investor qualifications profile please fill in the franchise questionnaire and we will get back to you within a few days.
The map is divided by countries and will clearly display if a city and or country is available for franchise opportunities. Some countries may already have cafes in them but still be available for further development, other might be completely taken and others might be closed to any development. This will be clearly displayed once you go to a particular country as will all existing cafes already present in that country. Check to see if what you have in mind is currently available but do not hesitate to send an email if you have a question regarding a particular site or territory.
These are outlined in the Investor qualifications section of our website. Please refer to this section for further information
The prequalification and initial approval process will take up to 6 weeks. Letter of intent and final contracts up to an additional 20 weeks. A detailed orientation of potential time lines and the necessary steps are covered in the Approval Process and legal time line section of our website.
There are various investment ranges and they vary greatly depending on the size of your cafe and the country you are proposing the franchise for. There are a series of ranges and cost breakdowns in our Initial Investment section.
Hard Rock has many support departments available to assist you from HR & Training, Sales & Marketing, Culinary support, Supply Chain, Merchandise, Quality Assurance, Business Management and Strategic Analysis to Design and Construction. We will assist you with site selection process and support you throughout your build out process all the way to opening and on an ongoing basis.
Hard Rock has signature core menu items that are available worldwide but also allows for the flexibility to regionalize and localize menus in certain markets if this is warranted. Our culinary support and Franchise Operations Departments will assist you in determining what is best for your guest and or business/market.