Top 10 Fastest-Growing Franchises
From cleaning services to fast food, here are the companies that are expanding their franchise footprint.
Soaring. Sky rocketing. Surging. Call it what you want. The companies on our list of this year’s fastest-growing franchises — gleaned from Entrepreneur‘s 2011 Franchise 500® list — have exploded in size despite a difficult economic climate.
The rankings are based on growth as measured by the number of open and operating units in the U.S. and Canada during the 12 months ending July 31, 2010. A majority of the franchises on our list of 10 are commercial cleaning companies.
You could say that market is, well, cleaning up.
1. Stratus Building Solutions
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Stratus Building Solutions
2. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l Inc.
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Jan-Pro
3. Subway
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Subway
4. CleanNet USA Inc.
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: CleanNet USA
5. Anago Cleaning Systems
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Anago
6. Pizza Hut Inc.
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Pizza Hut
7. Liberty Tax Services
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Liberty Tax Service
8. Vanguard Cleaning Systems
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Vanguard Cleaning Systems
9. Bonus Building Care
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Bonus Building Care
10. System4
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: System4Soaring. Sky rocketing. Surging. Call it what you want. The companies on our list of this year’s fastest-growing franchises — gleaned from Entrepreneur‘s 2011 Franchise 500® list — have exploded in size despite a difficult economic climate.
The rankings are based on growth as measured by the number of open and operating units in the U.S. and Canada during the 12 months ending July 31, 2010. A majority of the franchises on our list of 10 are commercial cleaning companies.
You could say that market is, well, cleaning up.
1. Stratus Building Solutions
Total franchises: U.S./Canada franchise growth: Franchising since: Startup costs: 2011 Franchise 500 rank: Stratus Building SolutionsThe rest of this article is locked.
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