Entrepreneur's 2008 Franchise 500 Rankings

Rank Franchise Name/Description Startup Costs
1 7-Eleven Inc.
Convenience store
Varies
2 Subway
Submarine sandwiches & salads
$80K-310K
3 Dunkin' Donuts
Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
Varies
4 Pizza Hut
Pizza
$1.1M-1.7M
5 McDonald's
Hamburgers, chicken, salads
$950K-1.8M
6 Sonic Drive In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurant
$820K-2.3M
7 KFC Corp.
Chicken
$1.1M-1.7M
8 InterContinental Hotels Group
Hotels
Varies
9 Domino's Pizza LLC
Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings
$118.5K-460.3K
10 RE/MAX Int'l. Inc.
Real estate
$35K-200K
11 UPS Store, The/Mail Boxes Etc.
Postal, business & communications services
$170.8K-279.4K
12 Ace Hardware Corp.
Hardware & home improvement store
$400K-1.1M
13 Jani-King
Commercial cleaning
$11.3K-34.1K+
14 Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc.
Fast oil change
$214K-273K
15 Arby's
Sandwiches, chicken, salads
$336.5K-2.4M
16 Baskin-Robbins USA Co.
Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages
$156.9K-560.4K
17 Circle K
Convenience store
$648K
18 Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Supplemental education
$30.96K-129.4K
19 Great Clips Inc.
Hair salon
$110K-202K
20 Bonus Building Care
Commercial cleaning
$8.8K-14.7K
21 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Tax preparation services
$48.6K-91.8K
22 Taco Bell Corp.
Quick-service Mexican restaurant
$1.1M-1.7M
23 Liberty Tax Service
Income-tax preparation services
$45.8K-66.9K
24 Super 8
Economy motels
$278.9K-2.9M
25 Dairy Queen
Soft-serve dairy products & sandwiches
$655K-1.3M
26 Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$3.3K-49.9K
27 Blimpie
Submarine sandwiches & salads
$142.4K-391.2K
28 Servpro
Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning
$100.3K-159.2K
29 Chem-Dry Carpet Drapery & Upholstery Cleaning
Carpet, drapery & upholstery cleaning; tile & stone care
$25.3K-213.6K
30 Matco Tools
Tools
$79K-182K
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