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 51–58.

BrandTotal to openNet growthUnits lost/yrUnitsScore
Sea GlassFull FDD data$34K–$273K6?
Set the StagePartial FDD data$204K–$261K226?
ShowhomesFull FDD data$49K–$205K30?
Summit Property Group Canada IncDirectory only?
TitleEaseFull FDD data$36K–$215K24?
UNITED COUNTRYFull FDD data$11K–$19K?
United Country Real EstateDirectory only$26K–$44K?
Whole Property ManagementFull FDD data$110K–$320K?

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