Franchise Factbook

Real Estate

58 brands · every figure from official FDD filings, source linked

$58K
median start-up
+2.9%
median net growth
9.2%
median units lost/yr

Growing fastest

Openings minus closures, per year
  1. 1Red Barn Homebuyers+80.4%
  2. 2The Agency Real Estate+48.7%
  3. 3Corcoran+11.7%
  4. 4All County Property Management+9.4%
  5. 5Epcon Communities+4.0%
Top 11

Fewest units lost

Terminations, non-renewals and closures as a share of units at year start

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. 1Compass$9K
  2. 2UNITED COUNTRY$11K
  3. 3NextHome$17K
  4. 41 Percent Lists$22K
  5. 5Casago$23K
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 1–50.

BrandTotal to openNet growthUnits lost/yrUnitsScore
All County Property ManagementFull FDD data$86K–$118K+9.4%0.9%16283
The Agency Real EstateFull FDD data$120K–$896K+48.7%4.3%15480
1st Class RealestatePartial FDD data$31K–$43K19874
CorcoranPartial FDD data+11.7%7.3%21665
Blue Moon EstatesalesPartial FDD data$90K–$113K26662
Property Management IncFull FDD data$93K–$166K+2.9%9.2%81262
Coldwell Banker CommercialFull FDD data$0–$400K+1.2%5.0%26861
Red Barn HomebuyersPartial FDD data$56K–$258K+80.4%10.5%25057
National Property InspectionsFull FDD data$41K–$55K38654
1 Percent ListsPartial FDD data$22K–$60K9953
Howard HannaFull FDD data$45K–$259K-5.8%7.3%8053
ERAFull FDD data$0–$105K86848
NextHomePartial FDD data$17K–$237K1,17447
SVNPartial FDD data$37K–$85K22738
Epcon CommunitiesFull FDD data$3.8M–$6.4M+4.0%15.4%16034
Better Homes and GardensPartial FDD data-2.9%11.6%72431
LegacyPartial FDD data$565K–$1.7M3630
National Hunting Lease NetworkFull FDD data$25K–$43K-11.4%11.4%2226
Weichert Real Estate AffiliatesPartial FDD data$77K–$360K-6.8%12.0%52623
Realty ExecutivesPartial FDD data$55K–$444K43119
1800 StriperFull FDD data$290K–$519K?
CAITS ESTATE SERVICESFull FDD data$82K–$111K?
CasagoPartial FDD data$23K–$378K227?
Century 21Partial FDD data?
Century 21 Canada Limited PartnershipDirectory only?
Charlwood Pacific GroupDirectory only?
Christie's International Real EstateFull FDD data$64K–$443K76?
City2ShorePartial FDD data$51K–$152K16?
Coldwell BankerPartial FDD data?
CompassPartial FDD data$9K–$44K200?
ERA Real EstatePartial FDD data?
EXIT RealtyPartial FDD data$63K–$212K?
Exit Realty Upper MidwestPartial FDD data$61K–$209K?
Forum™Flexible OfficesDirectory only?
HomeSmartPartial FDD data$66K–$205K402?
HomeVestorsPartial FDD data$150K–$477K?
HomeVestors of AmericaPartial FDD data$150K–$477K?
Infinium RealtyPartial FDD data$30K–$68K37?
Iron Valley Real EstatePartial FDD data$59K–$207K?
JPAR Real EstatePartial FDD data$27K39?
Keller Williams RealtyPartial FDD data$184K–$336K?
Keyrenter FranchiseFull FDD data$119K–$244K152?
MaxWell Realty Inc.Directory only?
New Again FranchiseFull FDD data$124K–$22M?
Property SellwisePartial FDD data$1162?
PropertyGuys.com Inc.Directory only?
RE/MAXPartial FDD data$40K–$221K?
Real Property ManagementPartial FDD data$99K–$244K890?
Realty ONE GroupPartial FDD data$43K–$225K?
REALTY WORLDPartial FDD data$7K–$110K?

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