2008 Franchise 500 Rankings

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Rank	Franchise	Startup Costs
51	CleanNet USA Inc. Commercial cleaning	$5.8K-91.2K
52	Fantastic Sams Hair Salons Full-service hair salon	$118K-230.8K
53	Choice Hotels Int'l. Hotels	$2.5M-15.3M
54	Instant Tax Service Retail tax preparation & electronic filing	$39K-89K
55	Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc. Fish & chicken	$879.5-1.3M
56	Carl's Jr. Restaurants Hamburgers	$1.3M-1.9M
57	Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shops Gourmet sandwiches	$304.5K-420.5K
58	Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership Furniture, electronics, computer & appliance leasing & sales	$233.7K-602.98K
59	Papa Murphy's Take-&-bake pizza	$203.7K-348.6K
60	Budget Blinds Inc. Window coverings	$82.4K-173K
61	AAMCO Transmissions Inc. Transmission repair & total car care	$204.8K-260.4K
62	Hardee's Burgers, chicken, biscuits	$1.1M-1.5M
63	Vanguard Cleaning Systems Commercial cleaning	$8.2K-38.1K
64	Sylvan Learning Supplemental education	$188.6K-304.7K
65	Merry Maids Residential cleaning	$25K-59.5K
66	Keller Williams Realty Real estate	$174.6K-557.5K
67	Candy Bouquet Request Info Floral-like designer gifts & gourmet confections	$9.9K-52.4K
68	Coffee News Request Info Weekly newspaper distributed at restaurants	$9.4K
69	Results! Travel Travel services	$25-10.7K
70	Minuteman Press Int'l. Inc. Request Info Full-service printing & graphics center	$72.7K-243K
71	LA Weight Loss Centers Health services & weight-loss counseling	$84.6K-149.8K
72	Brooke Insurance Insurance & financial services *	$170.7K-385.8K
73	Home Helpers/Direct Link Request Info Nonmedical care services	$46.2K-84.8K
74	Sport Clips Men's sports-themed hair salon	$153.2K-276.9K
75	Anytime Fitness Fitness center	$30K-292.6K
76	ActionCoach Business coaching, consulting & training	$83.8K-102.5K
77	Express Employment Professionals Request Info Staffing & HR solutions	$153.8K-241.5K
78	Fitness Together Personal fitness training	$141.8K-234.1K
79	Hot Stuff Foods LLC Fast-food systems for nontraditional markets	$43.9-98.5K
80	Meineke Car Care Centers Exhaust systems, shocks, brakes, struts, oil changes	$182.3K-426.8K
81	Molly Maid Residential cleaning	$66.7K-112K
82	Massage Envy Therapeutic massage services	$291.9K-469.8K
83	Auntie Anne's Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels Request Info Hand-rolled soft pretzels	$197.9K-444.1K
84	Sign-A-Rama Inc. Request Info Signs	$84.6K-154.8K
85	Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits New Orleans-style fried chicken, seafood, biscuits	$658K-971K+
86	Aussie Pet Mobile Mobile pet grooming	$62.9K-125.5K
87	Home Instead Senior Care Request Info Nonmedical senior-care services	$95K-105K
88	Heaven's Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Carpet & upholstery cleaning	$44.9K-65.9K
89	Cost Cutters Family Hair Care Request Info Family hair salon	$94.5K-210.3K
90	Cold Stone Creamery Request Info Ice cream, Italian sorbet	$292.4K-438.98K
91	La Quinta Franchising LLC Hotels	$4.99M-7.6M
92	CiCi's Pizza All-you-can-eat pizza buffet	$448.5K-712.9K
93	Rita's Italian Ice Italian ices, frozen custard, gelati	$198.4K-385.4K
94	Qdoba Mexican Grill Fast-casual Mexican food	$454K-738K
95	Maid Brigade Residential cleaning	$35.5K-132.5K
96	Snap Fitness Inc. 24-hour fitness center	$77.4K-272.8K
97	Comfort Keepers Nonmedical in-home care	$49.7K-73.8K
98	Yogen Fruz Frozen yogurt & soft-serve ice cream	$133.1K-469.6K
99	Postal Annex+ Packaging, shipping, postal & business services	$138.8K-200.1K
100	CertaPro Painters Ltd. Request Info Residential & commercial painting	$129K-154K