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2009 Franchise 500 Rankings

Displaying 1 - 50 of 498
Rank
Franchise
Startup Costs
1
Subway
Submarine sandwiches & salads
$84.8K - 258.8K
2
McDonald's
Hamburgers, chicken, salads
$1.07M - 1.89M
3
Liberty Tax Service
Individual & online tax prep
$56.8K - 69.9K
4
Sonic Drive In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurant
$1.1M - 3.05M
5
InterContinental Hotels Group
Hotels
$5.14M - 93.86M
6
Ace Hardware Corp.
Hardware & home improvement store
$750K - 1000K
7
Pizza Hut Inc.
Pizza, pasta, wings
$295K - 2.15M
8
The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc.
Postal, business & communications services
$150.2K - 371.02K
9
Circle K
Convenience store
$171K - 1.88M
10
Papa John's Int'l. Inc.
Pizza
$115.82K - 549.52K
11
Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc.
Fast oil change
$196.5K - 331.5K
12
Instant Tax Service
Retail tax preparation & electronic filing
$39K - 89K
13
Baskin-Robbins USA Co.
Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages
$45K - 377.6K
14
KFC Corp.
Chicken
$1.31M - 2.47M
15
Jani-King
Commercial cleaning
$13.15K - 93.15K
16
Dairy Queen
Soft-serve dairy products & sandwiches
$382K - 1.83M
17
Super 8
Hotels
$169.27K - 3.57M
18
Arby's Restaurant Group
Roast beef, chicken, sandwiches, fries, salads, shakes
$357.5K - 2.4M
19
Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc.
Commercial cleaning
$3.15K - 50.41K
20
Taco Bell Corp.
Quick-service Mexican restaurant
$1.32M - 2.47M
21
Hampton Hotels
Mid-priced hotels
$3.75M - 13.11M
22
Days Inn
Hotels
$202.17K - 6.76M
23
GNC Franchising
Vitamin & nutrition store
$160.15K - 274.35K
24
Snap Fitness Inc.
24-hour fitness center
$76.11K - 361.7K
25
Denny's Inc.
Full-service family restaurant
$1.13M - 2.4M
26
Hardee's
Burgers, chicken, biscuits
$1.09M - 1.58M
27
Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Supplemental education
$67.76K - 145.32K
28
Servpro
Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning
$132.05K - 180.45K
29
Supercuts
Hair salon
$106.05K - 199K
30
7-Eleven Inc.
Convenience store
$30.8K - 611.1K
31
Midas
Auto repair & maintenance services
$88.5K - 390.97K
32
Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc.
Fish & chicken
$833K - 1.43M
33
ServiceMaster Clean
Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration
$48.86K - 161.13K
34
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Cosmetics studio
$33.3K - 168.7K
35
ampm
Convenience store & gas station
$1.85M - 7.76M
36
Dunkin' Donuts
Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
$368.9K - 1.74M
37
Snap-on Tools
Professional tools & equipment
$17.93K - 289.08K
38
Stratus Building Solutions
Commercial cleaning
$3.45K - 57.75K
39
Matco Tools
Mechanics' tools & service equipment
$82.38K - 191.82K
40
Edible Arrangements Int'l. Inc.
Floral-like designs from sculpted fresh fruit
$148.21K - 285.22K
41
Domino's Pizza LLC
Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings
$119.95K - 461.7K
42
Jazzercise Inc.
Dance fitness classes, apparel & accessories.
$2.98K - 76.5K
43
Vanguard Cleaning Systems
Commercial cleaning
$8.08K - 38.1K
44
RE/MAX LLC
Real estate brokerage
$35K - 194K
45
Bonus Building Care
Commercial cleaning
$9.02K - 41.92K
46
Cold Stone Creamery
Ice cream, Italian sorbet
$292.4K - 438.9K
47
Anytime Fitness
Fitness center
$46.3K - 321.9K
48
The Maids
Residential cleaning
$92.55K - 120.3K
49
Choice Hotels Int'l.
Hotels
$1.27M - 14.64M
50
Quiznos Sub
Submarine sandwiches, soups, salads
$24.1K - 341.8K
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