The Franchise 500

The Franchise 500® includes 500 companies that together generated a total of $305 billion in revenue worldwide. “Those that made it to the Franchise 500® demonstrate their leadership in the franchise world and the excellent opportunities franchising offers entrepreneurs,” says Rieva Lesonsky, editorial director/senior VP of Entrepreneur.

Each of the franchises considered for the ranking went through extensive research and analysis, and only the top-ranking made it to the final list. The 500 companies and their rankings are determined by using an exclusive formula that takes into account objective and quantifiable factors for all companies. All franchises are given a cumulative score, and the 500 franchises with the highest cumulative scores become the Franchise 500® in ranking order.

Over its 29 years in existence, the Franchise 500® has become both a dominant competitive measure for franchisors and a primary research tool for entrepreneurs.

To view the full ranking, visit http://www.entrepreneur.com/franchise500. Results can also be seen in the January issue of Entrepreneur magazine available on newsstands now

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