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2009 Franchise 500 Rankings

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Rank	Franchise	Startup Costs
1	Subway Submarine sandwiches & salads	$84,300 - $258,300
2	McDonald's Hamburgers, chicken, salads	$995,900 - $1,842,700
3	Liberty Tax Service Income-tax preparation	$56,800 - $69,900 Request Info
4	Sonic Drive In Restaurants Drive-in restaurant	$1,209,300 - $3,413,800
5	InterContinental Hotels Group Hotels	$5,136,370 - $93,855,035
6	Ace Hardware Corp. Hardware & home improvement store	$238,500 - $1,566,250 Request Info
7	Pizza Hut Pizza, pasta, wings	$316,500 - $2,974,000
8	The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc. Postal, business & communications services	$154,947 - $293,473 Request Info
9	Circle K Convenience store	$161,000 - $1,353,000
10	Papa John's Int'l. Inc. Pizza	$113,823 - $528,123
11	Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc. Fast oil change	$229,000 - $323,000
12	Instant Tax Service Retail tax preparation & electronic filing	$39,000 - $89,000
13	Baskin-Robbins USA Co. Ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen beverages	$41,450 - $373,595
14	KFC Corp. Chicken	$1,379,900 - $2,422,500
15	Jani-King Commercial cleaning	$11,400 - $35,050 Request Info
16	Dairy Queen Soft-serve dairy products & sandwiches	$372,802 - $1,771,860
17	Super 8 Hotels	$285,445 - $5,396,983
18	Arby's Sandwiches, chicken, salads	$336,500 - $2,400,000
19	Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc. Commercial cleaning	$3,145 - $50,405 Request Info
20	Taco Bell Corp. Quick-service Mexican restaurant	$1,324,300 - $2,465,500
21	Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites Midprice hotels	$3,716,000 - $13,148,800
22	Days Inn Hotels	$406,945 - $6,704,617
23	GNC Franchising Vitamin & nutrition store	$125,794 - $228,550
24	Snap Fitness Inc. 24-hour fitness center	$77,343 - $272,743
25	Denny's Inc. Full-service family restaurant	$1,071,325 - $2,623,601
26	Hardee's Burgers, chicken, biscuits	$1,182,000 - $1,583,500
27	Kumon Math & Reading Centers Supplemental education	$32,958 - $131,070 Request Info
28	Servpro Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning	$102,250 - $161,150
29	Supercuts Hair salon	$111,000 - $239,700 Request Info
30	7-Eleven Inc. Convenience store	$40,500 - $775,300
31	Midas Int'l. Auto repair & maintenance services	$323,000 - $418,880
32	Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc. Fish & chicken	$879,500 - $1,256,000
33	ServiceMaster Clean Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration	$20,926 - $132,623 Request Info
34	Merle Norman Cosmetics Cosmetics studio	$33,300 - $168,700
35	ampm Mini Market Convenience store & gas station	$1,835,823 - $7,615,065
36	Dunkin' Donuts Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods	$537,750 - $1,765,300
37	Snap-on Tools Professional tools & equipment	$17,619 - $281,959
38	Stratus Building Solutions Commercial cleaning	$3,450 - $57,750
39	Matco Tools Tools	$79,926 - $187,556
40	Edible Arrangements Int'l. Inc. Floral-like designs from sculpted fresh fruit	$154,920 - $298,005
41	Domino's Pizza LLC Pizza, breadsticks, buffalo wings	$119,950 - $461,700
42	Jazzercise Inc. Dance fitness classes	$2,980 - $75,500
43	Vanguard Cleaning Systems Commercial cleaning	$8,125 - $38,100
44	RE/MAX Int'l. Inc. Real estate	$40,000 - $191,000
45	Bonus Building Care Commercial cleaning	$9,000 - $15,000 Request Info
46	Cold Stone Creamery Ice cream, Italian sorbet	$292,375 - $438,975 Request Info
47	Anytime Fitness Fitness center	$33,074 - $298,074
48	The Maids Home Service Residential cleaning	$106,345 - $157,095
49	Choice Hotels Int'l. Hotels	$1,369,800 - $15,499,000
50	Quiznos Sub Submarine sandwiches, soups, salads	$24,100 - $341,800