Entrepreneur's 2008 Franchise 500 Rankings

Rank Franchise Name/Description Startup Costs
31 Days Inn
Hotels & inns 		$394.7K-5.7M
32 Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites
Midprice hotels 		$3.6M-10.8M
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ServiceMaster Clean
Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration 		$21.1K-116K
34
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Supercuts
Hair salon 		$95.6K-219.2K
35 ampm Mini Market
Convenience store & gas station 		$2.5M-6.4M
36 Papa John's Int'l. Inc.
Pizza 		$250K
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Merle Norman Cosmetics
Cosmetics studio 		$33.1K-168.7K
38 Miracle-Ear Inc.
Hearing instruments 		$111.5K-356.5K
39
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Cartridge World
Printer/fax cartridge replacements & sales 		$117.1K-181.6K
40 Midas
Auto repair & maintenance services 		$265.9K-365.9K
41 GNC Franchising Inc.
Vitamin & nutrition store 		$132.7K-182K
42 Maids Home Service, The
Residential cleaning 		$105K-155K
43 ERA Franchise Systems LLC
Real estate 		$42.7K-205.9K
44 Jazzercise Inc.
Dance/exercise classes 		$2.99K-33.1K
45 Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Real estate 		$11.8K-522.8K
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WSI Internet
Internet services 		$58.4K-163.2K
47 Denny's Inc.
Full-service family restaurant 		$1.3M-2M
48 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
Real estate 		$23.5K-490.5K
49
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Edible Arrangements Int'l. Inc.
Floral-like designs from sculpted fresh fruit 		$147.5K-307.98K
50 Snap-on Tools
Professional tools & equipment 		$19.8K-276.4K
51 CleanNet USA Inc.
Commercial cleaning 		$3.9K-35.6K
52
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Fantastic Sams
Full-service hair salon 		$100.5K-230.1K
53 Choice Hotels Int'l.
Hotels, inns, suites, resorts 		$2.3M-12.6M
54 Instant Tax Service
Retail tax preparation & electronic filing 		$39K-89K
55 Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc.
Fish & chicken 		$1.1M-1.7M
56 Carl's Jr. Restaurants
Hamburgers & chicken sandwiches 		$945.5K-1.4M
57 Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shops
Gourmet sandwiches 		$289.9K-386.5K
58 Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership
Furniture, electronics, computer & appliance leasing & sales 		$269K-574K
59 Papa Murphy's
Take-&-bake pizza 		$209K-300K
60 Budget Blinds Inc.
Window coverings 		$79.7K-153.1K
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