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2004 Franchise 500 Rankings

Displaying 1 - 50 of 469
Rank
Franchise
Startup Costs
1
Subway
Submarine sandwiches & salads
$84.8K - 258.8K
2
Curves
Women's fitness & weight-loss center
$31.83K - 39.1K
3
Quiznos Sub
Submarine sandwiches, soups, salads
$24.1K - 341.8K
4
7-Eleven Inc.
Convenience store
$30.8K - 611.1K
5
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Tax preparation services
$48.6K - 91.8K
6
The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc.
Postal, business & communications services
$150.2K - 371.02K
7
McDonald's
Hamburgers, chicken, salads
$1.07M - 1.89M
8
Jani-King
Commercial cleaning
$13.15K - 93.15K
9
Dunkin' Donuts
Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
$368.9K - 1.74M
10
Baskin-Robbins USA Co.
Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages
$45K - 377.6K
11
Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc.
Fast oil change
$196.5K - 331.5K
12
InterContinental Hotels Group
Hotels
$5.14M - 93.86M
13
Sonic Drive In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurant
$1.1M - 3.05M
14
Domino's Pizza LLC
Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings
$119.95K - 461.7K
15
Super 8
Hotels
$169.27K - 3.57M
16
Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Supplemental education
$67.76K - 145.32K
17
Chem-Dry Carpet Drapery & Upholstery Cleaning
Carpet, drapery & upholstery cleaning; tile & stone care
$27.85K - 122.65K
18
ServiceMaster Clean
Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration
$48.86K - 161.13K
19
RE/MAX LLC
Real estate brokerage
$35K - 194K
20
Snap-on Tools
Professional tools & equipment
$17.93K - 289.08K
21
Burger King Corp.
Hamburgers, fries, breakfast
$294K - 2.8M
22
Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$3.15K - 50.41K
23
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Cosmetics studio
$33.3K - 168.7K
24
Papa John's Int'l. Inc.
Pizza
$115.82K - 549.52K
25
Jazzercise Inc.
Dance fitness classes, apparel & accessories.
$2.98K - 76.5K
26
RadioShack
Consumer electronics
$149.88K - 542.35K
27
Days Inn
Hotels
$202.17K - 6.76M
28
Liberty Tax Service
Individual & online tax prep
$56.8K - 69.9K
29
Midas
Auto repair & maintenance services
$88.5K - 390.97K
30
Dairy Queen
Soft-serve dairy products & sandwiches
$382K - 1.83M
31
Supercuts
Hair salon
$106.05K - 199K
32
Matco Tools
Mechanics' tools & service equipment
$82.38K - 191.82K
33
Servpro
Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning
$132.05K - 180.45K
34
CleanNet USA Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$6.66K - 92.95K
35
Coverall Health-Based Cleaning System
Commercial cleaning
$10.61K - 37.59K
36
Great Clips
Hair salon
$108.35K - 203.5K
37
Medicine Shoppe Int'l. Inc.
Pharmacy
$74.3K - 253.4K
38
Fantastic Sams Hair Salons
Full-service hair salon
$115K - 228.6K
39
Hampton Hotels
Mid-priced hotels
$3.75M - 13.11M
40
Choice Hotels Int'l.
Hotels
$1.27M - 14.64M
41
Hot Stuff Foods LLC
Fast-food systems for nontraditional markets
$58.5K - 133K
42
Taco Bell Corp.
Quick-service Mexican restaurant
$1.32M - 2.47M
43
MRINetwork
Permanent placement & contract staffing services
$73.45K - 113.43K
44
Miracle-Ear Inc.
Hearing instruments
$122.5K - 570K
45
Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Real estate
$22.34K - 528.29K
46
Sylvan Learning
Supplemental education
$179.57K - 305.59K
47
Pearle Vision
Eye care & eyewear
$202.26K - 577.1K
49
Meineke Car Care Centers
Exhaust systems, shocks, brakes, struts, oil changes
$187.59K - 336.88K
50
Papa Murphy's
Take-&-bake pizza
$209.33K - 396.71K
51
Hardee's
Burgers, chicken, biscuits
$1.09M - 1.58M
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