Growing fastest
Openings minus closures, per year- 1World Options+80.0%
- 2First Choice Business Brokers+30.3%
- 3Grasons+25.0%
- 4Paramount Tax & Accounting+24.4%
- 5We Sell Restaurants+19.2%
Fewest units lost
Terminations, non-renewals and closures as a share of units at year start- 1Paramount Tax & Accounting1.4%
- 2Interstate All Battery Center1.9%
- 3Exercise Coach2.4%
- 4BCC2.5%
- 5Intelligent Office2.9%
Largest systems
Franchised outlets on file in the most recent year- 1Restoration 1556
- 2AlphaGraphics458
- 3Exercise Coach434
- 4Spherion360
- 5Sculpture Hospitality344
Most company-owned
Share the franchisor runs itselfNeeds three years of Item 20 filings that balance, and 10+ outlets — still being extracted.
Lowest cost to enter
Low end of the Item 7 total investment range, including the franchise fee- 1PackageHub$2K
- 2Stroll$2K
- 3Sign Gypsies$4K
- 4Winzer$6K
- 5Ameriprise Financial Services$12K
Rankings are computed from filings, never sold, and recompute as coverage grows. Brands whose Item 20 outlet arithmetic doesn't balance are excluded rather than ranked on a mis-parsed table.
Cost, growth and turnover side by side — the columns other directories leave out. Showing 1–50.
| Brand | Total to open | Net growth | Units lost/yr | Units | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paramount Tax & AccountingFull FDD data | $71K–$166K | +24.4% | 1.4% | 200 | 86 |
 TeamLogic ITPartial FDD data | $116K–$151K | — | — | 1,031 | 80 |
 Venture XPartial FDD data | $2.4M–$4.3M | +14.4% | 5.7% | 201 | 75 |
 FASTSIGNSPartial FDD data | $8.0M–$324K | — | — | 1,420 | 74 |
 Charles Schwab & CoPartial FDD data | $74K–$208K | — | — | 190 | 72 |
 Exercise CoachFull FDD data | $260K–$390K | +12.8% | 2.4% | 434 | 70 |
 DISCOVERY MAPFull FDD data | $29K–$363K | +0.3% | 4.6% | 232 | 63 |
 First Choice Business BrokersFull FDD data | $73K–$100K | +30.3% | 6.6% | 256 | 63 |
 GrasonsPartial FDD data | $72K–$120K | +25.0% | 5.9% | 130 | 63 |
 PostNetPartial FDD data | $240K–$307K | — | — | 611 | 63 |
 Intelligent OfficeFull FDD data | $1.5M–$2.8M | +2.5% | 2.9% | 168 | 62 |
 Sunbelt Business BrokersPartial FDD data | $61K–$115K | — | — | 250 | 61 |
 Captain D'sFull FDD data | $1.5M–$1.9M | — | — | 123 | 60 |
 AlphaGraphicsPartial FDD data | $298K–$384K | -1.1% | 3.0% | 458 | 59 |
 CrestcomPartial FDD data | $92K–$105K | — | — | 504 | 58 |
 We Sell RestaurantsFull FDD data | $106K–$151K | +19.2% | 6.9% | 114 | 58 |
| PackageHubPartial FDD data | $2K–$109K | — | — | 1,230 | 56 |
 BCCFull FDD data | $373K–$544K | -1.6% | 2.5% | 80 | 53 |
 Interstate All Battery CenterFull FDD data | $179K–$438K | -0.6% | 1.9% | 266 | 52 |
 VALPAK DIRECT MARKETINGPartial FDD data | $80K–$201K | — | — | 72 | 52 |
 The Scout GuideFull FDD data | $132K–$317K | — | — | 181 | 50 |
 Sculpture HospitalityPartial FDD data | $46K–$50K | -1.1% | 5.0% | 344 | 46 |
 ATWORKFull FDD data | $165K–$250K | +2.0% | 12.2% | 166 | 44 |
 Restoration 1Partial FDD data | $127K–$310K | -1.3% | 7.9% | 556 | 44 |
 World OptionsPartial FDD data | $81K–$93K | +80.0% | 33.3% | 34 | 43 |
 FLOWERAMAPartial FDD data | $227K–$855K | -5.8% | 6.8% | 58 | 38 |
 Commission ExpressPartial FDD data | — | -0.4% | 9.1% | 75 | 37 |
 Patrice AndassociatesFull FDD data | $105K–$121K | — | — | 388 | 34 |
 FranNetPartial FDD data | $60K–$98K | -5.4% | 10.4% | 116 | 33 |
 WSIPartial FDD data | $76K–$92K | -1.5% | 9.7% | 306 | 33 |
| PrideStaffPartial FDD data | $152K–$245K | -5.4% | 8.6% | 130 | 30 |
 WinzerPartial FDD data | $6K–$16K | -3.9% | 10.2% | 256 | 30 |
 Network In Action IntlFull FDD data | $38K–$53K | +1.2% | 19.8% | 216 | 29 |
 The Alternative BoardPartial FDD data | $77K–$95K | -7.1% | 15.5% | 264 | 29 |
 Liberty TaxFull FDD data | $50K–$71K | — | — | 3,074 | 27 |
 SpherionPartial FDD data | $133K–$301K | -5.0% | 13.1% | 360 | 24 |
 StrollFull FDD data | $2K–$12K | +4.7% | 49.3% | 270 | 24 |
 Motto MortgageFull FDD data | $56K–$245K | — | — | 308 | 16 |
 ACFN FranchisedPartial FDD data | $38K–$58K | — | — | — | ? |
 ActionCOACHPartial FDD data | $126K–$1.1M | — | — | — | ? |
| Ameriprise Financial ServicesPartial FDD data | $12K–$133K | — | — | 244 | ? |
| AmSpiritPartial FDD data | $21K–$32K | — | — | 17 | ? |
| ATAXPartial FDD data | $101K–$524K | — | — | — | ? |
| BD4Full FDD data | $695K–$953K | — | — | — | ? |
| BNIFull FDD data | $53K–$270K | — | — | 188 | ? |
| BooXkeepingPartial FDD data | $78K | — | — | 30 | ? |
 Boulder DesignsFull FDD data | $148K–$173K | — | — | 163 | ? |
| C12Full FDD data | $38K–$68K | — | — | — | ? |
 CHATIMEPartial FDD data | $293K–$480K | — | — | — | ? |
 City PublicationsPartial FDD data | $46K–$270K | — | — | — | ? |