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2005 Franchise 500 Rankings

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Rank Franchise Startup Costs
1 Subway
Submarine sandwiches & salads
$78.6K-238.3K
2 Curves
Women's fitness & weight-loss center
$38.2K-44.6K
3 Quiznos Sub
Submarine sandwiches, soups, salads
$24.1K-341.8K
4 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Tax preparation services
$48.6K-91.8K
5 The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc.
Postal, business & communications services
$154.95K-293.5K
6 Sonic Drive In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurant
$1.2M-3.2M
7 Jani-King
Commercial cleaning
$11.4K-35.1K+
8 7-Eleven Inc.
Convenience store
Varies
9 Dunkin' Donuts
Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
Varies
10 RE/MAX Int'l. Inc.
Real estate
$35K-200K
11 KFC Corp.
Chicken
$1.2M-1.8M
12 ServiceMaster Clean
Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration
$21.2K-126K
13 McDonald's
Hamburgers, chicken, salads
$950.2K-1.8M
14 Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc.
Fast oil change
$214K-273K
15 Liberty Tax Service
Income-tax preparation
$56.8K-69.9K
16 Domino's Pizza LLC
Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings
$119.95K-461.7K
17 Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Supplemental education
$30.96K-129.4K
18 Chem-Dry Carpet Drapery & Upholstery Cleaning
Carpet, drapery & upholstery cleaning; tile & stone care
$25.3K-120.8K
19 Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$3.3K-54.3K
20 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
Real estate
$23.5K-490.5K
21 InterContinental Hotels Group
Hotels
Varies
22 GNC Franchising
Vitamin & nutrition store
$165K-205K
23 Merle Norman Cosmetics
Cosmetics studio
$33.3K-168.7K
24 Super 8
Hotels
$285.4K-5.3M
25 Snap-on Tools
Professional tools & equipment
$17.6K-281.96K
26 Jazzercise Inc.
Dance fitness classes
$2.98K-38.4K
27 Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Real estate
$11.8K-522.8K
28 Taco Bell Corp.
Quick-service Mexican restaurant
$1.3M-2.5M
29 CleanNet USA Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$5.8K-91.2K
30 Dairy Queen
Soft-serve dairy products & sandwiches
$700K-1.3M
31 Baskin-Robbins USA Co.
Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages
$121.3K-419.6K
32 Days Inn
Hotels
$406.9K-6.7M
33 Supercuts
Hair salon
$110K-239.7K
34 Servpro
Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning
$100.3K-161.2K
35 Matco Tools
Tools
$81.1K-183.1K
36 Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites
Midprice hotels
$3.7M-13.1M
37 Great Clips
Hair salon
$109.4K-202.5K
38 Fantastic Sams Hair Salons
Full-service hair salon
$118K-230.8K
39 Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
New Orleans-style fried chicken, seafood, biscuits
$658K-971K+
40 Midas Int'l.
Auto repair & maintenance services
$265.9K-365.9K
41 ERA Franchise Systems LLC
Real estate
$42.7K-205.9K
42 Hot Stuff Foods LLC
Fast-food systems for nontraditional markets
$43.9-98.5K
43 Choice Hotels Int'l.
Hotels
$2.5M-15.3M
44 Help-U-Sell Real Estate
Real estate
$64.5K-190.5K
45 Merry Maids
Residential cleaning
$25K-59.5K
46 Coverall Cleaning Concepts
Commercial cleaning
$6.3K-35.9K
47 Arby's
Sandwiches, chicken, salads
$336.5K-2.4M
48 MRINetwork
Permanent placement & contract staffing services
$76.5K-125.4K
49 Papa Murphy's
Take-&-bake pizza
$203.7K-348.6K
50 Budget Blinds Inc.
Window coverings
$82.4K-173K
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