2008 Franchise 500 Rankings

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Rank Franchise Startup Costs
51 CleanNet USA Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$5,425 - $91,150
52 Fantastic Sams Hair Salons
Full-service hair salon
$118,000 - $230,850
53 Choice Hotels Int'l.
Hotels
$1,369,800 - $15,499,000
54 Instant Tax Service
Retail tax preparation & electronic filing
$39,000 - $89,000
55 Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc.
Fish & chicken
$879,500 - $1,256,000
56 Carl's Jr. Restaurants
Hamburgers
$1,325,000 - $1,766,000
57 Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shops
Gourmet sandwiches
$304,500 - $420,500
58 Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership
Furniture, electronics, computer & appliance leasing & sales
$233,870 - $607,580
59 Papa Murphy's
Take-&-bake pizza
$171,655 - $353,225
60 Budget Blinds Inc.
Window coverings
$89,240 - $173,070
61 AAMCO Transmissions Inc.
Transmission repair & total car care
$204,841 - $260,361
62 Hardee's
Burgers, chicken, biscuits
$1,182,000 - $1,583,500
63 Vanguard Cleaning Systems
Commercial cleaning
$8,125 - $38,100
64 Sylvan Learning
Supplemental education
$179,069 - $305,090
65 Merry Maids
Residential cleaning
$24,750 - $59,450
66 Keller Williams Realty
Real estate
$174,647 - $557,495
67 Candy Bouquet
Floral-like designer gifts & gourmet confections
$9,920 - $52,380
68 Coffee News
Weekly newspaper distributed at restaurants
$8,925 - $9,250
69 Results! Travel
Travel services
$25 - $10,425
70 Minuteman Press Int'l. Inc.
Full-service printing & graphics center
$64,750 - $226,828
71 LA Weight Loss Centers
Health services & weight-loss counseling
$84,600 - $149,800
72 Brooke Insurance
Insurance & financial services
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$170,700 - $385,800
73 Home Helpers/Direct Link
Nonmedical care services
$46,150 - $84,800
74 Sport Clips
Men's sports-themed hair salon
$153,200 - $276,900
75 Anytime Fitness
Fitness center
$33,074 - $298,074
76 ActionCoach
Business coaching, consulting & training
$68,820 - $360,600
77 Express Employment Professionals
Staffing & HR solutions
$153,750 - $241,500
78 Fitness Together
Personal fitness training
$131,887 - $311,687
79 Hot Stuff Foods LLC
Fast-food systems for nontraditional markets
$54,600 - $119,500
80 Meineke Car Care Centers
Exhaust systems, shocks, brakes, struts, oil changes
$182,534 - $387,155
81 Molly Maid
Residential cleaning
$67,825 - $113,100
82 Massage Envy
Therapeutic massage services
$300,875 - $512,220
83 Auntie Anne's Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels
Hand-rolled soft pretzels
$197,875 - $439,100
84 Sign-A-Rama Inc.
Signs
$64,850 - $225,667
85 Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
New Orleans-style fried chicken, seafood, biscuits
$658,000 - $971,000
86 Aussie Pet Mobile
Mobile pet grooming
$108,000 - $246,350
87 Home Instead Senior Care
Nonmedical senior-care services
$94,100 - $120,100
88 Heaven's Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Carpet & upholstery cleaning
$44,900 - $65,900
89 Cost Cutters Family Hair Care
Family hair salon
$94,495 - $210,295
90 Cold Stone Creamery
Ice cream, Italian sorbet
$292,375 - $438,975
91 La Quinta Franchising LLC
Hotels
$4,990,000 - $7,600,000
92 CiCi's Pizza
All-you-can-eat pizza buffet
$448,510 - $712,860
93 Rita's Italian Ice
Italian ices, frozen custard, gelati
$193,400 - $374,400
94 Qdoba Mexican Grill
Fast-casual Mexican food
$454,000 - $738,000
95 Maid Brigade
Residential cleaning
$41,000 - $132,500
96 Snap Fitness Inc.
24-hour fitness center
$77,343 - $272,743
97 Comfort Keepers
Nonmedical in-home care
$57,000 - $79,370
98 Yogen Fruz
Frozen yogurt & soft-serve ice cream
$135,565 - $472,065
99 Postal Annex+
Packaging, shipping, postal & business services
$138,800 - $200,050
100 CertaPro Painters Ltd.
Residential & commercial painting
$129,000 - $154,000
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