Most Stable Business Services 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. 1Paramount Tax & Accounting1.4%200 units
2. 2Interstate All Battery Center1.9%266 units
3. 3Exercise Coach2.4%434 units
4. 4BCC2.5%80 units
5. 5Intelligent Office2.9%168 units
6. 6AlphaGraphics3.0%458 units
7. 7DISCOVERY MAP4.6%232 units
8. 8Sculpture Hospitality5.0%344 units
9. 9Venture X5.7%201 units
10. 10Grasons5.9%130 units
11. 11First Choice Business Brokers6.6%256 units
12. 12FLOWERAMA6.8%58 units
13. 13We Sell Restaurants6.9%114 units
14. 14Restoration 17.9%556 units
15. 15PrideStaff8.6%130 units
16. 16Commission Express9.1%75 units
17. 17WSI9.7%306 units
18. 18Winzer10.2%256 units
19. 19FranNet10.4%116 units
20. 20Payroll Vault11.4%124 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.