2007 Franchise 500 Rankings

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Rank Franchise Startup Costs
1 Subway
Submarine sandwiches & salads
$84,300 - $258,300
2 Dunkin' Donuts
Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
$537,750 - $1,765,300
3 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
Tax preparation services
$48,600 - $91,800
4 7-Eleven Inc.
Convenience store
$40,500 - $775,300
5 The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc.
Postal, business & communications services
$154,947 - $293,473
6 Domino's Pizza LLC
Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings
$119,950 - $461,700
7 Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc.
Fast oil change
$229,000 - $323,000
8 Sonic Drive In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurant
$1,209,300 - $3,413,800
9 McDonald's
Hamburgers, chicken, salads
$995,900 - $1,842,700
10 Papa John's Int'l. Inc.
Pizza
$113,823 - $528,123
11 RE/MAX Int'l. Inc.
Real estate
$40,000 - $191,000
12 InterContinental Hotels Group
Hotels
$5,136,370 - $93,855,035
13 Jani-King
Commercial cleaning
$11,400 - $35,050
14 Cold Stone Creamery
Ice cream, Italian sorbet
$292,375 - $438,975
15 Curves
Women's fitness & weight-loss center
$28,170 - $39,595
16 Century 21 Real Estate LLC
Real estate
$22,010 - $523,207
17 Liberty Tax Service
Income-tax preparation
$56,800 - $69,900
18 Ace Hardware Corp.
Hardware & home improvement store
$238,500 - $1,566,250
19 Midas Int'l.
Auto repair & maintenance services
$323,000 - $418,880
20 Super 8
Hotels
$285,445 - $5,396,983
21 Merle Norman Cosmetics
Cosmetics studio
$33,300 - $168,700
22 Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Supplemental education
$32,958 - $131,070
23 Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$3,145 - $50,405
24 Matco Tools
Tools
$79,926 - $187,556
25 Servpro
Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning
$102,250 - $161,150
26 Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites
Midprice hotels
$3,716,000 - $13,148,800
27 Chem-Dry Carpet Drapery & Upholstery Cleaning
Carpet, drapery & upholstery cleaning; tile & stone care
$25,600 - $121,450
28 Days Inn
Hotels
$406,945 - $6,704,617
29 Budget Blinds Inc.
Window coverings
$89,240 - $173,070
30 Supercuts
Hair salon
$111,000 - $239,700
31 Bonus Building Care
Commercial cleaning
$9,000 - $15,000
32 GNC Franchising
Vitamin & nutrition store
$125,794 - $228,550
33 Cartridge World
Printer/fax cartridge replacements & sales
$120,100 - $194,600
34 ServiceMaster Clean
Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration
$20,926 - $132,623
35 Jazzercise Inc.
Dance fitness classes
$2,980 - $75,500
36 CleanNet USA Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$5,425 - $91,150
37 Brooke Insurance
Insurance & financial services
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$170,700 - $385,800
38 The Maids Home Service
Residential cleaning
$106,345 - $157,095
39 Fantastic Sams Hair Salons
Full-service hair salon
$118,000 - $230,850
40 Heaven's Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Carpet & upholstery cleaning
$44,900 - $65,900
41 Choice Hotels Int'l.
Hotels
$1,369,800 - $15,499,000
42 WSI Internet
Internet services
$60,350 - $166,650
43 Great Clips
Hair salon
$109,400 - $202,500
44 Keller Williams Realty
Real estate
$174,647 - $557,495
45 Denny's Inc.
Full-service family restaurant
$1,071,325 - $2,623,601
46 Merry Maids
Residential cleaning
$24,750 - $59,450
47 Help-U-Sell Real Estate
Real estate
$64,500 - $190,500
48 Assist-2-Sell
Discount real estate services
$50,000 - $101,500
49 Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership
Furniture, electronics, computer & appliance leasing & sales
$233,870 - $607,580
50 Papa Murphy's
Take-&-bake pizza
$171,655 - $353,225
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