Franchise Factbook

Business Services — USA

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

$87K
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%
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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%
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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
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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–$159K——854?
Coastal Angler MagazinePartial FDD data$29K–$35K——50?
Coffee NewsPartial FDD data$6–$12K——936?
Complete Weddings + EventsFull FDD data$69K–$81K——79?
Craters & FreightersFull FDD data$207K–$390K+0.8%—128?
DDSmatchPartial FDD data$145K–$328K+5.7%—140?
DecimalPartial FDD data$60K–$1.1M——6?
Dill Dinkers FranchisingPartial FDD data$178K–$866K———?
DIMENSIONAL SEARCHPartial FDD data$104K–$132K———?
Doxa TalentPartial FDD data$87K–$120K——10?
DVMmatchPartial FDD data$78K–$129K——36?
Exit FactorFull FDD data$64K–$90K——167?
Express Employment ProfessionalsPartial FDD data$92K–$599K——786?
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–$60K——78?
GigWorxPartial FDD data$115K–$151K——4?
Global Recruiters NetworkFull FDD data$33K–$45K——476?
GooseheadPartial FDD data$66K–$112K———?
H&R BlockPartial FDD data$32K–$149K———?
Happy Joe'sPartial FDD data$547K–$1.4M———?
HommatiPartial FDD data$1K–$834K——216?
How To Manage A Small Law FirmPartial FDD data$83K–$121K———?
Intelligent AssistantFull FDD data$168K–$395K———?
InXpressPartial FDD data$87K–$169K——83?
Jackson Hewitt Tax ServiceFull FDD data$71K–$105K———?
JTEFull FDD data$438K–$618K———?
Keystone Insurers GroupPartial FDD data$27K–$99K——570?
Kwik KopyPartial FDD data$220K–$246K———?
Labor FindersPartial FDD data$129K–$218K——7?
Leadership Management InternationalPartial FDD data$20K–$28K——218?
LEADING EDGE MARKETINGFull FDD data$956K–$979K———?
LedgersPartial FDD data$155K–$314K———?
Metal Supermarkets Franchising AmericaFull FDD data$398K–$671K——180?
Minuteman PressPartial FDD data$86K–$132K——5?
Money MailerDirectory only————?
N2 PublishingPartial FDD data$975–$6K———?
NextaffPartial FDD data———48?
NowlogyFull FDD data$71K–$262K———?
NTV 360Partial FDD data$50K–$114K——74?
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–$193K——30?
Pickleman'sFull FDD data$646K–$1.1M+8.0%—68?
PIRTEKPartial FDD data$247K–$690K——178?
Postal ConnectionsFull FDD data$134K–$239K——72?

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