2009 Franchise 500 Rankings

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Rank	Franchise	Startup Costs
1	Subway Submarine sandwiches & salads	$78.6K-238.3K
2	McDonald's Hamburgers, chicken, salads	$950.2K-1.8M
3	Liberty Tax Service Request Info Income-tax preparation	$56.8K-69.9K
4	Sonic Drive In Restaurants Drive-in restaurant	$1.2M-3.2M
5	InterContinental Hotels Group Hotels	Varies
6	Ace Hardware Corp. Request Info Hardware & home improvement store	$400K-1.1M
7	Pizza Hut Pizza, pasta, wings	$317K-2.97M
8	The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc. Request Info Postal, business & communications services	$154.95K-293.5K
9	Circle K Convenience store	$161K-1.4M
10	Papa John's Int'l. Inc. Pizza	$135.8K-491.6K
11	Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc. Fast oil change	$214K-273K
12	Instant Tax Service Retail tax preparation & electronic filing	$39K-89K
13	Baskin-Robbins USA Co. Request Info Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages	$121.3K-419.6K
14	KFC Corp. Chicken	$1.2M-1.8M
15	Jani-King Request Info Commercial cleaning	$11.4K-35.1K+
16	Dairy Queen Soft-serve dairy products & sandwiches	$700K-1.3M
17	Super 8 Hotels	$285.4K-5.3M
18	Arby's Sandwiches, chicken, salads	$336.5K-2.4M
19	Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc. Request Info Commercial cleaning	$3.3K-54.3K
20	Taco Bell Corp. Quick-service Mexican restaurant	$1.3M-2.5M
21	Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites Midprice hotels	$3.7M-13.1M
22	Days Inn Hotels	$406.9K-6.7M
23	GNC Franchising Vitamin & nutrition store	$165K-205K
24	Snap Fitness Inc. 24-hour fitness center	$77.4K-272.8K
25	Denny's Inc. Full-service family restaurant	$1.2M-2.6M
26	Hardee's Burgers, chicken, biscuits	$1.1M-1.5M
27	Kumon Math & Reading Centers Request Info Supplemental education	$30.96K-129.4K
28	Servpro Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning	$100.3K-161.2K
29	Supercuts Request Info Hair salon	$110K-239.7K
30	7-Eleven Inc. Request Info Convenience store	Varies
31	Midas Int'l. Auto repair & maintenance services	$265.9K-365.9K
32	Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc. Fish & chicken	$879.5-1.3M
33	ServiceMaster Clean Request Info Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration	$21.2K-126K
34	Merle Norman Cosmetics Cosmetics studio	$33.3K-168.7K
35	ampm Mini Market Convenience store & gas station	$1.8M-7.6M
36	Dunkin' Donuts Request Info Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods	Varies
37	Snap-on Tools Professional tools & equipment	$17.6K-281.96K
38	Stratus Building Solutions Commercial cleaning	$3.5K-57.8K
39	Matco Tools Tools	$81.1K-183.1K
40	Edible Arrangements Int'l. Inc. Floral-like designs from sculpted fresh fruit	$154.9K-298K
41	Domino's Pizza LLC Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings	$119.95K-461.7K
42	Jazzercise Inc. Dance fitness classes	$2.98K-38.4K
43	Vanguard Cleaning Systems Commercial cleaning	$8.2K-38.1K
44	RE/MAX Int'l. Inc. Real estate	$35K-200K
45	Bonus Building Care Request Info Commercial cleaning	$9K-15K
46	Cold Stone Creamery Request Info Ice cream, Italian sorbet	$292.4K-438.98K
47	Anytime Fitness Fitness center	$30K-292.6K
48	The Maids Home Service Residential cleaning	$105K-155K
49	Choice Hotels Int'l. Hotels	$2.5M-15.3M
50	Quiznos Sub Submarine sandwiches, soups, salads	$24.1K-341.8K