Entrepreneur's 2008 Franchise 500 Rankings

Rank Franchise Name/Description Startup Costs
211 Hospitality Int'l. Inc.
Hotels & motels
Varies
212 Jet's Pizza
Pizza, subs, salads
$260K
213 Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip
Cookies, baked goods, coffee, ice cream, smoothies
$165K-427K
214 National Property Inspections Inc.
Home & commercial property inspections
$30.5K-35K
215 High Touch-High Tech
Science activities for schools/children's parties
$42K-46K
216 Dunn Bros Coffee
Coffee
$203K-493.5K
217 Expense Reduction Analysts
Cost-reduction consulting
$57.1K-72.3K
218 Hollywood Tans
Tanning services & lotions
$286.6K-366.5K
219 DirectBuy Inc.
Consumer buying club
$500K-2.1M
220 Maaco Collision Repair & Auto Painting
Automotive painting & body repair
$296.5K
221 Stretch-N-Grow Int'l. Inc.
On-site children's fitness program
$23.6K
222 Screenmobile, The
Mobile window & door screening
$61K
223 Re-Bath LLC
Liners for bathtubs, showers & walls
$37.1K-257.5K
224 American Poolplayers Association
Recreational billiard league
$11.9K-14.7K
225 N-Hance
Wood floor & cabinet renewal systems
$31.5K-94.7K
226 Once Upon A Child
New & used children's clothing, equipment, furniture, toys
$158.5K-251.5K
227 MaidPro
Professional home & office cleaning
$55K-100K
228 Back Yard Burgers Inc.
Hamburgers & chicken sandwiches
$1M-2M
229 Christmas Decor Inc.
Holiday & event decorating services
$16.95K-59.4K
230 Mr. Appliance Corp.
Household appliance services & repairs
$37.7K-76.95K
231 Visiting Angels
Nonmedical home-care services for seniors
$35.4K-50.4K
232 Allegra Network
Printing center
$162.9K-441.2K
233 ComForcare Senior Services Inc.
Nonmedical home-care services
$63.5K-83.5K
234 Rapid Refill Ink
Inkjet & toner cartridge replacements
$94K-198K
235 Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Landscape & architectural lighting, home lighting automation
$82.5K-200.5K
236 Ident-A-Kid Services of America
Children's identification products & services
$33.6K-60.4K
237 Marco's Franchising LLC
Pizza & submarine sandwiches
$184K-338K
238 HomeVestors of America Inc.
Home buying, repair & selling system
$200.7K-370.3K
239 Wetzel's Pretzels
Soft pretzels, lemonade, hot dogs
$129.7K-358.8K
240 1-800-DryClean
Dry cleaning pickup & delivery
$49.9K-72.9K
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