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 101–129.

BrandTotal to openNet growthUnits lost/yrUnitsScore
PIRTEKPartial FDD data$247K–$690K178?
Postal ConnectionsFull FDD data$134K–$239K72?
ProformaDirectory only?
RegusPartial FDD data$1.4M–$7.8M?
Sandler TrainingPartial FDD data$124K–$164K?
Schooley MitchellFull FDD data$71K–$81K?
SFC Estate CoachingFull FDD data$41K–$51K?
Sign GypsiesPartial FDD data$4K–$10K560?
Sign-A-RamaPartial FDD data$245K–$345K1,758?
Signal 88 SecurityPartial FDD data$160K–$10M1,569?
Sir SpeedyDirectory only$252K–$299K354?
Smash My TrashFull FDD data$372K–$492K1,014?
Snelling StaffingPartial FDD data$45K–$146K?
SparkleFull FDD data$239K–$485K?
Speedy FreightFull FDD data$75K–$194K?
Supporting StrategiesPartial FDD data$77K–$102K?
The CovenPartial FDD data$213K–$465K?
The Entrepreneur's SourcePartial FDD data$87K–$111K?
The SEALSFull FDD data$101K–$147K12?
Toro TaxesFull FDD data$18K–$79K185?
Transworld Business AdvisorsFull FDD data$114K–$144K466?
UnishippersFull FDD data$17K–$233K382?
Valbridge Property AdvisorsPartial FDD data$70K–$164K?
ValentaPartial FDD data$90K–$113K?
Velox ValuationsPartial FDD data$36K–$60K22?
We InsurePartial FDD data$70K–$138K?
Wed SocietyPartial FDD data$102K–$156K40?
YESCOPartial FDD data$65K–$432K?
yorCMOFull FDD data$11K–$26K?

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