Everybody Loves a List. Here’s a Franchise List
If Every Franchise weren’t the best web site in the world for finding a franchise, then probably Franchise Direct would be.
They have just compiled a list of the 100 best franchises.
Whilst we don’t get to learn exactly how the franchises were measured, we are told that:
“This study ranks the top 100 global franchise companies from the many thousands of franchises around the world. The ranking is based on objective and measurable criteria including system size based on numbers of units, sales revenue for the system, stability and growth of the system, number of years in operation and market expansion. The ranking is also based on the implementation of best practice in the areas of franchisee support and training, environmental policy and social responsibility. Consideration was given as well to the availability of financing to franchisees, and whether it was direct financing, SBA approved or third party financing. The information was gathered from Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), email surveys, telephone interviews and published industry sources.”
Here are the top ten franchises from the list:
McDonald’s
Subway
7-Eleven
International Hotel Group
Pizza Hut
KFC
Burger King
A&W Restaurants
Ace Hardware Corp
NaturHouse Health and Beauty
These are certainly well-known and well managed-brands, although I hadn’t heard of NaturHouse, which is a weight loss franchise headquartered in Spain. There is a sprinkling of brands from Australia, Canada and Japan on the Top 100 List, but the majority are from the US.
Here is theTop 100 Franchises list
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Reader Comments
Thanks for the post. Can we call it a tie? Here’s some more info on the methodology we used for the Top 100: http://www.franchisedirect.com/top100globalfranchises/methodology/158/768/
The big-hitters are all on the list, as well as some interesting small companies, like Naturhouse, which you mentioned, ProForma and PakMail.