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Financial Services

Business financial services
Expense Reduction Analysts
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 124
Total cost: $65.1K-81.3K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 206/0

Check cashing
Mr. Payroll Check Cashing
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 347
Total cost: $75.3K-151K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 130/5

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Tax services
Liberty Tax Service
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 3
Total cost: $53.8K-66.9K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 2,579/85

Miscellaneous financial services
Property Damage Appraisers
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 262
Total cost: $21.9K-43.5K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 266/0

Food/Quick Service

Baked goods - bagels
Bruegger’s
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 306
Total cost: $376.6K-563.6K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 95/185

Baked goods - cookies
Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 232
Total cost: $152.3K-420K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 107/0

Baked goods - donuts
Dunkin’ Donuts
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 36
Total cost: Varies
Total franchises/co.-owned: 8,082/0

Baked goods - pretzels
Auntie Anne’s Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 73
Total cost: $197.9K-444.1K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 979/10

Baked goods - miscellaneous
Cinnabon
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 114
Total cost: $192.2K-317K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 763/4

Chicken - wings
Buffalo Wild Wings
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 87
Total cost: $842.2K-2.98M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 363/197

Chicken - miscellaneous
KFC Corp.
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 14
Total cost: $1.2M-1.8M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 11,553/3,339

Coffee
Scooter's Coffeehouse
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 340
Total cost: $38K-444.5K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 78/0

Hamburgers
McDonald’s
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 2
Total cost: $950.2K-1.8M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 25,465/6,502

Ice cream & frozen desserts
Baskin-Robbins USA Co.
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 13
Total cost: $121.3K-419.6K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 5,889/2

Juice bars
Smoothie King
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 67
Total cost: $148K-299K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 563/1

Mexican quick service
Taco Bell Corp.
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 20
Total cost: $1.3M-2.5M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 4,516/1,304

Pizza
Pizza Hut
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 7
Total cost: $638K-2.97M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 10,239/2,638

Pizza - take & bake
Papa Murphy’s
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 51
Total cost: $203.7K-348.6K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 1,166/56

Salad-only restaurants
Saladworks
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 272
Total cost: $238.9K-558.2K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 101/2
Sandwiches - philly cheesesteak

Charley’s Grilled Subs
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 132
Total cost: $146.5K-554.5K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 329/32

Sandwiches - pita
Pita Pit Inc.
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 157
Total cost: $220.7K-357K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 267/6

Sandwiches - submarine
Subway
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 1
Total cost: $78.6K-238.3K
Total franchises/co.-owned: 29,612/0

Sandwiches - miscellaneous
Arby’s
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 18
Total cost: $336.5K-2.4M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 2,558/1,169

Miscellaneous quick service
Long John Silver’s Restaurants Inc.
2009 Franchise 500 ranking: 32
Total cost: $879.5-1.3M
Total franchises/co.-owned: 791/328

 

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