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Rank	Franchise Name/Description	Startup Costs
31	Days Inn Hotels & inns	$394.7K-5.7M
32	Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites Midprice hotels	$3.6M-10.8M
33	ServiceMaster Clean Request Info Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration	$21.1K-116K
34	Supercuts Request Info Hair salon	$95.6K-219.2K
35	ampm Mini Market Convenience store & gas station	$2.5M-6.4M
36	Papa John's Int'l. Inc. Pizza	$250K
37	Merle Norman Cosmetics Request Info Cosmetics studio	$33.1K-168.7K
38	Miracle-Ear Inc. Hearing instruments	$111.5K-356.5K
39	Cartridge World Request Info Printer/fax cartridge replacements & sales	$117.1K-181.6K
40	Midas Auto repair & maintenance services	$265.9K-365.9K
41	GNC Franchising Inc. Vitamin & nutrition store	$132.7K-182K
42	Maids Home Service, The Residential cleaning	$105K-155K
43	ERA Franchise Systems LLC Real estate	$42.7K-205.9K
44	Jazzercise Inc. Dance/exercise classes	$2.99K-33.1K
45	Century 21 Real Estate LLC Real estate	$11.8K-522.8K
46	WSI Internet Request Info Internet services	$58.4K-163.2K
47	Denny's Inc. Full-service family restaurant	$1.3M-2M
48	Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC Real estate	$23.5K-490.5K
49	Edible Arrangements Int'l. Inc. Request Info Floral-like designs from sculpted fresh fruit	$147.5K-307.98K
50	Snap-on Tools Professional tools & equipment	$19.8K-276.4K
51	CleanNet USA Inc. Commercial cleaning	$3.9K-35.6K
52	Fantastic Sams Request Info Full-service hair salon	$100.5K-230.1K
53	Choice Hotels Int'l. Hotels, inns, suites, resorts	$2.3M-12.6M
54	Instant Tax Service Retail tax preparation & electronic filing	$39K-89K
55	Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc. Fish & chicken	$1.1M-1.7M
56	Carl's Jr. Restaurants Hamburgers & chicken sandwiches	$945.5K-1.4M
57	Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shops Gourmet sandwiches	$289.9K-386.5K
58	Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership Furniture, electronics, computer & appliance leasing & sales	$269K-574K
59	Papa Murphy's Take-&-bake pizza	$209K-300K
60	Budget Blinds Inc. Window coverings	$79.7K-153.1K

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