Most Stable Automotive Franchises

Ranked on the share of outlets that leave the system each year — terminated, not renewed, or ceased operations. Outlets the franchisor reacquires are excluded: the shop is still trading, it simply changed hands. This is the closest thing an FDD offers to a failure rate, and it is the number a prospective franchisee should read before any growth figure.

1. 1Big O Tires1.7%940 units
2. 2Grease Monkey Franchise2.2%466 units
3. 3The Doan Group2.9%56 units
4. 4BUDGET3.7%346 units
5. 5Rent-A-Wreck5.6%24 units
6. 6Maaco5.6%726 units
7. 7ProColor Collision8.5%74 units
8. 8Novus Glass10.2%246 units
9. 9Payless Car Rental16.4%22 units
10. 10Car-X17.1%92 units
11. 11LINE-X29.0%284 units

Computed from Item 20 of each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document and recomputed as coverage grows. Brands are excluded where the filing's own outlet arithmetic doesn't balance — a mis-parsed table should not outrank a correct one. This list has never been, and cannot be, paid for. How this is calculated.