Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue III, 2014 | Page 52

The 2014 Multi-Unit 50
Ranking the most multi-friendly brands
Top 50 Brands by Number of Multi-Unit Franchisees
RANK BRAND
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
22
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
33
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
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MULTI-UNIT
FRANCHISEES

SINGLE-UNIT
FRANCHISEES

TOTAL
FRANCHISEES

4,023
2,191
873
869
817
753
728
658
626
616
585
559
517
469
467
409
394
383
347
319
298
292
292
287
283
256
248
246
244
243
240
237
231
231
222
219
212
209
206
203
201
186
182
179
171
168
163
157
148
145

4,030
511
1,171
873
505
1,168
2,522
92
2,104
426
413
336
119
1,884
2,589
360
269
1,106
2,077
1,883
239
20
269
386
68
268
656
266
1,153
295
252
358
150
1,138
148
94
179
406
366
447
153
279
298
1,113
435
7
1,066
527
25
43

8,053
2,702
2,044
1,742
1,322
1,921
3,250
750
2,730
1,042
998
895
636
2,353
3,056
769
663
1,489
2,424
2,202
537
312
561
673
351
524
904
512
1,397
538
492
595
381
1,369
370
313
391
615
572
650
354
465
480
1,292
606
175
1,229
684
173
188

SUBWAY
MCDONALD’S
LIBERTY TAX SERVICE
H&R BLOCK
DUNKIN’ DONUTS
AFC FRANCHISE CORP./SOUTHERN TSUNAMI
THE UPS STORE
LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA
DAIRY QUEEN/DQ
DOMINO’S PIZZA
BURGER KING
GREAT CLIPS
JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE
RE/MAX
ACE HARDWARE
TACO BELL
WENDY’S
CENTURY 21
HEALTH MART PHARMACIES
VISION SOURCE
KFC
FIREHOUSE SUBS
JIMMY JOHN’S
PAPA JOHN’S PIZZA
COUNTRY INNS & SUITES BY CARLSON
DUNKIN’ DONUTS/BASKIN-ROBBINS COMBO
COLDWELL BANKER
SONIC DRIVE-IN
ANYTIME FITNESS
PAPA MURPHY’S
MASSAGE ENVY
FANTASTIC SAMS
ARBY’S
QUIZNOS
SPORT CLIPS
PACIFIC PRIDE SERVICES
PIZZA HUT
SNAP FITNESS
EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS
COLD STONE CREAMERY
DENNY’S
GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS
MIDAS
KUMON CENTER
POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN
FIVE GUYS
CHICK-FIL-A
BASKIN-ROBBINS
ZAXBY’S
MIRACLE EAR

Source: FRANdata Brands with 25 or fewer franchisees were excluded.

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