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85

GNC Franchising

Vitamins and nutrition products

Pittsburgh

1935/1988 ALL C,I** 3,210/

3,524

3,238/

3,506

3,084/

3,506

$180.5K-$347.3K/

$40K

6% YES NO NO

NR

Max Muscle Sports Nutrition

Sports nutrition products, weight-loss consulting,

athletic apparel

Orange, Calif.

1991/2001 ALL NO 136/0 136/0 127/0 $114.6K-$281.3K/

$18.5K-$35K

6% YES NO NO

19

Ace Hardware

Hardware and home-improvement stores

Oak Brook, Ill.

1924/1976 ALL C,I** 4,749/91 4,835/96 4,932/

101

$272.5K-$1.6M/$5K 0 YES NO NO

118

Batteries Plus Bulbs

Batteries, light bulbs, related products

Hartland, Wis.

1988/1992 ALL NO 614/46 638/48 660/52 $152.2K-$369.5K/

$37.5K

5% YES NO NO

190

Buddy’s Home Furnishings

Home-furnishing, electronics,

and appliance leasing

Ta m p a , F l a.

1965/2007 ALL* NO 139/54 178/33 257/31 $385.2K-$912.6K/

$25K

6% YES NO NO

200

Slumberland Franchising

Home furnishings

Little Canada, Minn.

1967/1974 MW NO 80/43 75/50 74/53 $545.5K-$1.99M/

$30K-$50K

3% YES NO NO

266

Rent-A-Center

Rent-to-own furniture, electronics,

computers, appliances

Plano, Texas

1980/2013 ALL* NO 150/

2,928

154/

2,755

150/

2,564

$355.4K-$582.4K/

$35K

4-6% YES NO NO

307

Metal Supermarkets

Metal stores

Mississauga, Ontario

1985/1987 ALL C,I** 69/5 80/5 83/5 $216.5K-$378K/

$39.5K

6% YES NO NO

324

Crown Trophy

Award and recognition items

Hawthorne, N.Y.

1978/1987 ALL NO 142/0 141/0 142/0 $168.2K-$227.7K/

$35K

5% YES NO NO

38

Wireless Zone

Wireless devices, services, and accessories

Rocky Hill, Conn.

1988/1989 ALL NO 353/29 323/0 340/0 $142.5K-$328.5K/

$1K-$25K

22-9% YES NO NO

419

HobbyTown

General hobbies and supplies, toys

Lincoln, Neb.

1969/1986 ALL NO 160/0 158/0 150/0 $153.3K-$326.1K /

$20K

3% NO NO NO

421

Merle Norman Cosmetics

Cosmetics and skin-care products

Los Angeles

1931/1973 ALL C,I 1,289/2 1,236/2 1,182/2 $34.8K-$186.5K/$0 0 YES NO YES

451

Gateway Newstands

Newsstand and sundry stores

Woodbridge, Ontario

1983/1983 ALL C 382/0 377/0 365/0 $55.9K-$501.8K/

$15K-$150K

3.5% YES NO YES

RANK

KEY

KThousands ($), M Millions ($), $ U.S. dollars,

*Selling multiple units/master licenses only,

** Selling int’l. master licenses only

REGIONS

MW Midwest, NE Northeast, S South, SE Southeast,

SW Southwest, W West, C Canada, I Other International

Year Began/

Franchising

Since

Available

U.S.

Regions

Seeking

Int’l?

2015

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

2016

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

2017

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

Royalty

Fee

Home-

Based/

Mobile

Opportunity

Kiosk/

Express

Unit

Available?

Financing

Available?

Startup Costs/

Franchise Fee