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Business Services Industry
Financial services
Entrepreneur, Jan, 2006
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Franchise
500
Ranking Franchise Description
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface Invoice
Financial Corp. discounting
434 Padgett Financial, payroll, consulting
Business Services & taxservices
NOT RANKED
CFO Today Accounting, tax &
financial services
Commission Express Real estate commission factoring
Expense Reduction Corporate cost-reduction services
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's Check ashing & Mated
Cash Express financial services
228 United Financial Financial services
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll Check cashing & money orders
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc Check cashing & related services
Family Check cashing & other
Financial Centers financial services
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt Tax preparation services
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service Income-tax preparation services
246 Express Tax Tax preparation &
electronic filing
Franchise
500 Contact
Ranking Franchise Information
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface Irvine, CA (800)387-0860
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett Athens, GA (800)713-4388/
Business Services (706)548-1040
NOT RANKED
CFO Today Tallahassee, Fl. (888)643-1348/
(850)681-1941
Commission Express Fairfax, VA (703)560-5500
Expense Reduction Parkland, Fl (954)255-2511
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's Irving, TX (800)713-3338
Cash Express
228 United Financial Philadelphia, PA (800)626-0787
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll Fort Worth,TX (800)322-3250
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc Tustin, CA (888)707-274/
(714)731-274
Family Doylestown, PA (215)230-5508
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt Parsippany, NJ (800)475-2904
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service Virginia Beach,VA (800)790-3863/
(757)493-8855
246 Express Tax Jacksonville, FL (888)417-4461
Franchise
500 Contact
Ranking Franchise Information
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface www.interfacefinancial.com
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett www.smallbizpros.com
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today www.cfotoday.com
Commission Express www.commissionexpress.com
Expense Reduction www.ercfranchise.com
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's www.acecashexpress.com
Cash Express
228 United Financial www.unitedfsg.com
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll www.cashamerica.com/mrpay.html
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc www.cashplusinc.com
Family www.familyfinancialcenters.com
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt www.jacksonhewitt.com
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service www.libertytaxfranchise.com
246 Express Tax www.expresstaxservice.com
Franchise Year Available
500 Began/ U.S.
Ranking Franchise Since Regions
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface 1971/1991 All
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett 1965/1975 All
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today 1989/1990 All
Commission Express 1992/1996 All
Expense Reduction 1993/2005 All
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's 1968/1996 All
Cash Express
228 United Financial 1977/1991 All
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll 1988/1990 All
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc 1985/1988 SE,S,MWSW,W
Family 2004/2004 All
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt 1960/1986 All
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service 1972/1973 All
246 Express Tax 1997/2002 All
2003
Franchises
Franchise No. of
500 Seeking Company-
Ranking Franchise Foreign? Owned
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface C,F ** 110/2
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett C 369/1
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today C,F 246/1
Commission Express No 50/1
Expense Reduction No N/A/0
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's No 200/968
Cash Express
228 United Financial No 122/3
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll No 132/7
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc C 69/3
Family CF * N/A/N/A
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt No 3,709/96
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service C 984/13
246 Express Tax No 145/1
2004 2005
Franchises Franchises
Franchise No. of No. of
500 Company- Company-
Ranking Franchise Owned Owned
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface 133/2 143/2
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett 377/0 363/0
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today 217/1 177/1
Commission Express 60/1 62/1
Expense Reduction N/A/0 7/0
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's 204/1,026 220/1,142
Cash Express
228 United Financial 138/3 144/3
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll 130/6 131/6
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc 67/3 68/2
Family 0/0 14/0
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt 4,330/605 4,4871/613
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service 1,394/18 1,723/41
246 Express Tax 231/1 243/0
Franchise
500 Startup Costs
Ranking Franchise (Franchise Fee)
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface $82.7K-133.8K($30K)
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett $53K-55K($27.5K)
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today $24.4K-40K($24K)
Commission Express $88.3K-192.5K($15K-60K)
Expense Reduction $33K-45K($29.9K)
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's $143.2K-279.1K($15K-60K)
Cash Express
228 United Financial $203.5K-269.5K($27.5K)
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll $60.5K-151.5K($10K/30K)
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc $150.7K-231.7K($30K)
Family $122.5K-205.5K($29.5K)
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt $49.8K-94K($25K)
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service $42.3K-52.4K(528.5K)
246 Express Tax $13.6K-20.3K($7.5K)
Franchise
500 Royalty Financing
Ranking Franchise Offered?
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface 0.8% No
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett 43-9% Yes
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today Varies No
Commission Express Varies No
Expense Reduction 7% No
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's 6% Yes
Cash Express
228 United Financial 0.2% Yes
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll 10-25% Yes
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc 5-6% Yes
Family 0.2% Yes
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt 15X, Yes
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service Varies Yes
246 Express Tax $12/retom Yes
Kiosk/
Franchise Express
500 Homebased Unit
Ranking Franchise Oppurtunity Available
BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES
241 Interface Yes No
Financial Corp.
434 Padgett Yes No
Business Services
NOT RANKED
CFO Today Yes No
Commission Express No No
Expense Reduction Yes No
Consulting
CHECK CASHING
70 ACE America's No Yes
Cash Express
228 United Financial No Yes
Services Group
448 Mr. Payroll No Yes
Chalk Cashing
NOT RANKED
Cash Plus Inc No No
Family No Yes
Financial Centers
TAX SERVICES
NOT RANKED
5 Jackson Hewitt No Yes
Tax Service
10 Liberty Tax Service No Yes
246 Express Tax No Yes
K: Thousand ($)
M: Millions ($)
N/A: Not Applicable
REGIONS: NE: Northeast S: South SE: Southeast
MW: Midwest SW: Southwest W: West
C: Canada F: Other Foreign
* Selling multiple units/master licenses only
** Selling int'l.master licenses only
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