Franchise Factbook

Business ServicesUSA

129 brands in the USA · every figure from official FDD filings, source linked

$86K
median start-up
+0.8%
median net growth
7.4%
median units lost/yr

Growing fastest

Openings minus closures, per year
  1. 1World Options+80.0%
  2. 2First Choice Business Brokers+30.3%
  3. 3Grasons+25.0%
  4. 4Paramount Tax & Accounting+24.4%
  5. 5We Sell Restaurants+19.2%
Top 20

Fewest units lost

Terminations, non-renewals and closures as a share of units at year start
  1. 1Paramount Tax & Accounting1.4%
  2. 2Interstate All Battery Center1.9%
  3. 3Exercise Coach2.4%
  4. 4BCC2.5%
  5. 5Intelligent Office2.9%
Top 20

Largest systems

Franchised outlets on file in the most recent year

Most company-owned

Share the franchisor runs itself

Needs 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
  1. 1PackageHub$2K
  2. 2Stroll$2K
  3. 3Sign Gypsies$4K
  4. 4Winzer$6K
  5. 5Ameriprise Financial Services$12K
Top 20

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 51–100.

BrandTotal to openNet growthUnits lost/yrUnitsScore
CMIT SolutionsPartial FDD data$106K–$159K854?
Coastal Angler MagazinePartial FDD data$29K–$35K50?
Coffee NewsPartial FDD data$6–$12K936?
Complete Weddings + EventsFull FDD data$69K–$81K79?
Craters & FreightersFull FDD data$207K–$390K+0.8%128?
DDSmatchPartial FDD data$145K–$328K+5.7%140?
DecimalPartial FDD data$60K–$1.1M6?
Dill Dinkers FranchisingPartial FDD data$178K–$866K?
DIMENSIONAL SEARCHPartial FDD data$104K–$132K?
Doxa TalentPartial FDD data$87K–$120K10?
DVMmatchPartial FDD data$78K–$129K36?
Exit FactorFull FDD data$64K–$90K167?
Express Employment ProfessionalsPartial FDD data$92K–$599K786?
Express ServicesFull FDD data$132K–$213K?
FocalPoint Business CoachingPartial FDD data$34K–$133K?
Focus CFOPartial FDD data$36K–$64K?
Freeway InsuranceFull FDD data$35K–$84K?
Fully PromotedPartial FDD data$135K–$355K?
Fundraising UniversityFull FDD data$60K–$60K78?
GigWorxPartial FDD data$115K–$151K4?
Global Recruiters NetworkFull FDD data$33K–$45K476?
GooseheadPartial FDD data$66K–$112K?
H&R BlockPartial FDD data$32K–$149K?
Happy Joe'sPartial FDD data$547K–$1.4M?
HommatiPartial FDD data$1K–$834K216?
How To Manage A Small Law FirmPartial FDD data$83K–$121K?
Intelligent AssistantFull FDD data$168K–$395K?
InXpressPartial FDD data$87K–$169K83?
JACKSON HEWITTFull FDD data$71K–$105K?
Jackson Hewitt Tax ServicePartial FDD data$15K–$105K?
JTEFull FDD data$438K–$618K?
Keystone Insurers GroupPartial FDD data$27K–$99K570?
Kwik KopyPartial FDD data$220K–$246K?
Labor FindersPartial FDD data$129K–$218K7?
Leadership Management InternationalPartial FDD data$20K–$28K218?
LEADING EDGE MARKETINGFull FDD data$956K–$979K?
LedgersPartial FDD data$155K–$314K?
Liberty Tax ServicePartial FDD data$59K–$72K?
Metal Supermarkets Franchising AmericaFull FDD data$398K–$671K180?
Minuteman PressPartial FDD data$86K–$132K5?
Money MailerDirectory only?
N2 PublishingPartial FDD data$975–$6K?
NextaffPartial FDD data48?
NowlogyFull FDD data$71K–$262K?
NTV 360Partial FDD data$50K–$114K74?
PacLeasePartial FDD data$554K–$904K?
Padgett Business ServicesPartial FDD data?
Payroll VaultFull FDD data$77K–$140K+6.0%11.4%124?
PHPPartial FDD data$96K–$193K30?
Pickleman'sFull FDD data$646K–$1.1M+8.0%68?

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