Top 10 franchises

posted in Financial Information by Admin on July 23rd, 2010

Top 10 franchises
The Entrepreneur Magazine publishes a list of the top ten franchise opportunities available each year. The magazine compiles and presents a short history, capitalization information, number of franchises and contact information for each of the franchises ranked. For the year 2006, forty percent of the top ten rankings went to food-related franchises, three more of the top ten are business or tax-related franchises and the remaining 3 slots go to real estate, health and fitness and cleaning franchises. Subway was the top scorer. It has been around since 1965 and has been franchising since 1974. Subway was also ranked number one in 2004 and 2005. Quizno ranked number two on the ”Top Ten list. The ranking was up from its third place ranking in 2005. In 2004, Quizno Subs was also in third place. Quizno was established in 1981 and has been franchising since 1983. 2006 rankings of the top 10 franchises show Curves, the women’s health and fitness facility in third place. This is down one position from both 2004 and 2005. Curves has been in operation since 1992 and began franchising in 1995. Fourth position in 2006 belongs to The UPS Store/Mailboxes Etc. In 2005 it was in 5th position and in 2004 in 6th position. The business was established in 1980 and began franchising immediately. The success seems to be largely due to the Mailboxes Etc portion, although the entire store moved to the franchise mode of operation in 2001 when UPS acquired Mailboxes Etc. Jackson Hewett Tax Service is 5th position in 2006, down from 4th position in 2005. The business was also in 5th position in 2004. Jackson Hewett began operations in 1960 and has been offering franchises since 1986 at the same time as the federal government instituted electronic tax filing. In position #6 for 2006 is Dunkin’ Donuts, another food contender. Dunkin Donuts was ranked at position #9 in 2005 and in 2004. Dunkin’ Donuts has been in business since 1950 and began franchising in 1955. Position #7 for 2006 is held by Jani-King, a commercial building cleaning service. In 2005 it stood at position number 7 as well, up from position #8 in 2004. Jani-King was founded in 1969 and has been franchising since 1974. Re-Max Int’l Inc is in position #8, up two places for position #10 in 2005. Re-Max Int’l Inc did not make the top ten in 2004, but did rank at #19, so there was a very significant jump during that time period. RE-Max Int’l Inc has been doing business since 1973 and offering franchise opportunities since 1975. 9th place ranking is held by the 7-Eleven Inc company in 2006. It was in 8th place in 2005 and in 4th place in 2004. 7-Eleven has been in business since 1927 and began franchising in 1964. The final ”Top Ten ranking for 2006 goes to Liberty Tax Service. Liberty Tax Service is the only new entrant in the field for 2006. Although they began operations in 1972 and started the franchise component in 1973, they did not appear in the top 25 franchise opportunities. Looking at the standardized information available for franchises business can do much to help in selecting a good choice if you are interested in becoming a franchisee.

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