Fastest Growing Hospitality Franchises

Ranked on net unit change: outlets opened in a year minus outlets terminated, not renewed or closed, as a share of the outlets the system started that year with. Headline growth is the number franchisors quote and the one that flatters hardest — a system can open thirty percent and close fifteen and still call itself fast-growing. Every figure is from Item 20 of the brand's own FDD.

1. 1HomeTowne Studios+39.8%106 units
2. 2Museum of Illusions+31.8%22 units
3. 3SkyRun+19.6%82 units
4. 4Cottage Inn+7.9%110 units
5. 5HAWTHORN SUITES+3.6%164 units
6. 6Altitude Trampoline Park+3.5%142 units
7. 7TRYP Hotels Worldwide+3.0%18 units
8. 8Red Roof Franchising+3.0%1,192 units
9. 9AmericInn+2.8%460 units
10. 10LA QUINTA+2.8%1,728 units
11. 11BAYMONT+1.9%1,094 units
12. 12GrandStay Hospitality+1.1%64 units
13. 13MICROTEL INNS & SUITES-1.5%560 units
14. 14SureStay Hotel Group-2.0%436 units
15. 15Hospitality International-2.1%382 units
16. 16DAYS INNS WORLDWIDE-2.2%1,201 units
17. 17Super 8-2.5%1,344 units
18. 18HOWARD JOHNSON-4.4%266 units
19. 19RAMADA WORLDWIDE-6.0%494 units
20. 20Best Western-8.3%42 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.