23rd Annual Franchise 500®

Entrepreneur, Jan, 2002

RELATED ARTICLE: Top 10 Franchisses for 2002

1. Subway

2. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service

3. Curves for Women

4. 7-Eleven Inc.

5. Yogen Fruz Worldwide

6. The Quizno's Franchise Co.

7. McDonald's

8. Management Recruiters/Sales Consultants/MRI Worldwide

9. Holiday Inn Worldwide

10. Jani-King

As an additional research tool, we have broken out franchise data from the Franchise 500. [R] listings into the following quick-reference sections. In compiling these Ready Reference Listings, we only considered franchises ranked in the Franchise 500 [R].

TOP 100 FRANCHISES: The top 100 franchise operations are listed here along with their categories. We've also listed their ranking from last year. (NR=Not ranked in 2001.)

TOP 20 LOW-INVESTMENT FRANCHISES: Franchises with a minimum total investment of less than $10,000 are highlighted in this section, listed in order of their rankings.

TOP 30 FASTEST-GROWING FRANCHISES: Here we show you which franchises exhibited the most growth over the past year based on the number of new franchise units added. The number listed is the actual number of franchise units added. Ties are listed alphabetically.

TOP 30 NEW FRANCHISES: Companies that began franchising within the past five years (since 1997) are listed in order of their rankings.

TOP 100 FRANCHISES

1. Subway * Submarine Sandwiches * 1

2. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service * Tax Services * 11

3. Curves for Women Fitness Businesses * 24

4. 7-Eleven Inc. * Convenience Stores * 12

5. Vogen Fruz Worldwide * Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt & Ices * 39

6. The Quizno's Franchise Co. * Submarine Sandwiches * 6

7. McDonald's * Hamburgers & Hot Dogs * 3

8. Management Recruiters/Sales Consultants/MRI Worldwide Executive-Search Services * 36

9. Holiday Inn Worldwide * Hotels * NR

10. Jani-King * Commercial Cleaning * 10

11. Mail Boxes Etc. * Postal & Business Services * 2

12. KFC Corp. * Chicken - Miscellaneous * 44

13. RE/MAX Int'l. Inc. * Real Estate 19

14. Snap-on Tools * Hardware * 16

15. Sonic Drive In Restaurants * Hamburgers & Hot Dogs * 7

16. Kurnon North America Inc. * Tutoring * 64

17. RadioShack * Wireless Stores * 8

18. Service Master Clean * Commercial Cleaning * 18

19. Choice Hotels Int'l. * Hotels * NR

20. Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc. * Oil-Change Services * 4

21. CleanNet USA Inc. * Commercial Cleaning * 67

22. Days Inns Worldwide Inc. * Hotels * NR

23. am/pm Convenience Stores * Convenience Stores * NR

24. Century 21 Real Estate Corp. * Real Estate * 22

25. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp. * Real Estate * 21

26. Dunkin' Donuts * Donuts * 14

27. Denny's Inc. * Family Restaurants * 26

28. GNC Franchising Inc. * Vitamin Stores * 9

29. Jazzercise Inc. * Fitness Businesses * 29

30. Matco Tools * Hardware * 23

31. Chem-Dry * Carpet, Upholstery & Drapery Services * 20

32. Merle Norman Cosmetics * Cosmetics * 27

33. Dairy Queen * Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt & Ices * 17

34. Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits * Chicken -Miscellaneous * 40

35. Baskin-Robbins USA Co. * Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt & Ices * 25

36. International House of Pancakes Inc. * Family Restaurants * 35