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.

Top 10 Franchises for 2010

Ranked #1 in 2009

1 Subway

Submarine sandwiches & salads

Ranked #2 in 2009

2 McDonald's

Hamburgers, chicken, salads

Ranked #30 in 2009

3 7-Eleven Inc.

Convenience store

Ranked #21 in 2009

4 Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites

Midprice hotels

Ranked #29 in 2009

5 Supercuts

Hair salon

New to Franchise 500

6 H & R Block

Tax preparation & electronic filing

Ranked #36 in 2009

7 Dunkin' Donuts

Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods

Ranked #15 in 2009

8 Jani-King

Commercial cleaning

Ranked #28 in 2009

9 Servpro

Insurance/disaster restoration & cleaning

Ranked #35 in 2009

10 ampm Mini Market

Convenience store & gas station

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