Entrepreneur USA - January 2018

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

RANK

158 /ENTREPRENEUR.COM/January-February 2018

AUTOMOTIVE

151

Ziebart

Auto appearance and protection services

Tr o y, M i c h.

1959/1963 ALL C,I** 363/12 363/12 379/12 $227K-$450K/$30K 5%/8% YES NO NO

228

Maaco Franchising

Auto painting and collision repair

Charlotte, N.C.

1972/1972 ALL C,I 470/0 470/0 496/0 $313.3K-$478K/$40K 9% YES NO NO

434

Colors On Parade

Mobile auto paint and dent repair

Myrtle Beach, S.C.

1989/1991 ALL C,I** 212/10 229/10 224/11 $33.8K-$103K/$5K 7-30% YES YES NO

N

Fast Tints Franchising

Mobile window tinting, paint protection,

headlight restoration

Boca Raton, Fla.

1993/2017 ALL C,I 0/1 0/1 0/1 $63.7K-$74.1K/

$24.9K

7% YES NO NO

Interior Magic

Auto appearance reconditioning

Lexington, N.C.

2003/2004 ALL C 47/0 50/0 51/0 $33.1K-$100.1K/

$14.9K-$39.9K

6% YES YES NO

34

Valvoline Instant Oil Change

Oil changes and preventive maintenance

Lexington, Ky.

1986/1988 ALL NO 662/278 717/334 734/384 $162.3K-$2.3M/

$30K

4-6% YES NO NO

120

Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers

Oil changes, tire services, tune-ups, repairs

Birmingham, Ala.

1979/1983 MW,S,

SE,SW

NO 108/103 108/110 114/116 $1.9M-$2.5M/$35K 5% YES NO NO

181

Jiffy Lube International

Oil changes, preventive maintenance

Houston

1979/1979 ALL C,I 2,085/0 2,081/0 2,089/0 $71.7K-$450K/

TO $35K

4% YES NO NO

2

Grease Monkey Franchising

Oil changes, preventive maintenance

Greenwood Village, Colo.

1978/1979 ALL C,I 233/63 224/78 230/90 $156.7K-$340.9K/

$30K

5% YES NO NO

II

315

AAMCO Transmissions and Total Car Care

Transmission repair and car care

Horsham, Pa.

1963/1963 ALL* C,I 663/0 651/0 630/0 $223.6K-$330.5K/

$39.5K

7. 5 % Y E S N O N O

493

Mr. Transmission/Milex Complete Auto Care

Transmission repair/general auto repair

Midlothian, Ill.

1956/1976 ALL C,I** 94/0 99/0 88/0 $204K-$288.4K/

$45K

7% YES NO NO

N R

Cottman Transmission and Total Auto Care

Transmission repair

Horsham, Pa.

1962/1964 ALL NO 61/0 56/0 54/0 $192.4K-$230.7K/

$37.5K

7. 5 % Y E S N O N O

202

RNR Tire Express & Custom Wheels

Tire and wheel sales and rentals

Ta m p a , F l a.

1999/2003 ALL C,I** 63/10 71/14 83/14 $500K-$1M/$35K 5% YES NO NO

250

Big O Tires

Tires, tire services, auto products

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

1962 /1982 MW,

SW,W

NO 381/12 387/2 395/2 $260.2K-$1.1M/

$30K

2-5% YES NO NO

N

RimTyme

Rent-to-own custom wheels and tires

Plano, Texas

2005/2007 ALL NO 35/0 39/0 38/0 $321.3K-$684.4K/

$25K

4% YES NO NO

II

402

SuperGlass Windshield Repair

Windshield repair, glass scratch removal, headlight

lens repair

Orlando, Fla.

1992 /1993 ALL C,I 319/0 325/0 332 /0 $9.9K-$31K /

$9.5K-$28.5K

4% YES YES YES

455

Novus Glass

Auto glass repair and replacement

St. Paul, Minn.

1972/1985 ALL C,I** 1,920/22 1,953/411,967/32 $46.2K-$241.9K/

$7.5K

8% YES YES YES

I I

255

Carstar Franchise Systems

Auto collision repair

Charlotte, N.C.

1989/1989 ALL C 442/1 490/1 533/1 $283.7K-$824.3K/

$40K

TO $3.5K/MO. YES NO NO

25

Tuffy Associates

Auto repair

Toledo, Ohio

1970/1971 ALL NO 167/23 160/26 161/17 $224K-$413.5K/

$30K

2.5-5% YES NO NO

292

Precision Tune Auto Care

Auto repair and maintenance

Leesburg, Va.

1975/1978 ALL C,I** 285/35 284/40 281/45 $127K-$253.6K/

$25K

7% YES NO NO

319

Honest-1 Auto Care

Auto repair and maintenance

Scottsdale, Ariz.

2003/2003 ALL NO 53/0 56/0 64/0 $205.7K-$659.2K/

$45K

6% YES NO NO