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Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 200 U.S. Franchises Growing Abroad

Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 200 U.S. Franchises Growing Abroad

The July 2018 issue of Entrepreneur magazine published a list of the top 200 U.S. franchises looking to grow abroad. Key factors in compiling the ranking included costs and fees, number of units, growth rate, support, brand strength, financial strength, and stability.

More than 1,000 franchise brands (1,023) submitted their disclosure documents and responded to an online survey conducted by the magazine. Another requirement: the list was limited to companies seeking new franchisees outside the U.S. and that already had at least five units open abroad as of July 2017.

Here are Entrepreneur’s numbers for the top 25 franchise brands, listing their rank in the listing, U.S. units, non-U.S. units, and corporate-owned units. Interestingly, seven of the top 10 are fast food brands (7-Eleven, Kumon, and RE/MAX being the two exceptions), while the next 15 on the list are dominated by service brands and contain only two food brands (Arby’s and Denny’s).

For the full list, and more information about the survey methodology and distribution of units for each of the remaining 175 brands on the list, click here.

BRAND

U.S. UNITS

NON-U.S. UNITS

CORP. UNITS

1

McDonald’s

13,186

21,093

3,007

2

7-Eleven

7,025

54,061

1,019

3

KFC U.S.

3,926

15,537

1,363

4

Pizza Hut

5,885

8,760

352

5

Subway

26,291

18,317

0

6

Kumon

1,502

24,352

27

7

RE/MAX

3,729

3,831

0

8

Dairy Queen

4,453

2,452

2

9

Dunkin’ Donuts

9,141

3,397

0

10

Baskin-Robbins

2,560

5,422

0

11

Snap-on Tools

3,368

1,328

162

12

Anytime Fitness

2,458

1,561

38

13

H&R Block

3,391

636

6,665

14

Novus Glass

168

1,799

32

15

Ace Hardware

4,260

672

101

16

The UPS Store

4,622

357

0

17

Hilton Hotels and Resorts

243

260

69

18

Keller Williams Realty

775

172

0

19

Interim Healthcare

330

231

0

20

Petland

67

109

13

21

Arby’s

2,207

133

1,077

22

Rainbow Int’l Restoration

282

89

0

23

The Little Gym

207

193

0

24

Denny’s

1,424

125

172

25

ServiceMaster

3,104

1,919

10

Source: Entrepreneur

Published: August 15th, 2018

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