100 Largest Franchises by Unit Count

The biggest franchise systems in our database, ranked by total operating units.

Methodology: Ranked by total units (franchised + company-owned) from sourced FDD and franchisor disclosures in the FranchiseKI database. Updated as data is re-verified.

#	Brand	Category	Investment	Units	Item 19
1	Subway	Food & Beverage	$239K–$537K	35622
2	KFC	Food & Beverage	$1.9M–$3.8M	32402	Yes
3	Domino's	Food & Beverage	$156K–$744K	21365	Yes
4	Pizza Hut	Food & Beverage	$412K–$2.1M	19974	Yes
5	Burger King	Food & Beverage	$2.1M–$4.7M	19732
6	McDonald's	Food & Beverage	$1.5M–$2.6M	13457	Yes
7	Dunkin'	Food & Beverage	$211K–$1.8M	8297	Yes
8	7-Eleven	Retail	$142K–$1.6M	8254	Yes
9	Taco Bell	Food & Beverage	$611K–$4M	7680
10	Wendy's	Food & Beverage	$393K–$3M	7347	Yes
11	GNC	Retail	$172K–$449K	6019	Yes
12	Papa Johns	Food & Beverage	$273K–$853K	5989	Yes
13	Anytime Fitness	Fitness	$459K–$908K	5623	Yes
14	Jackson Hewitt Tax Service	Services	$49K–$128K	5167
15	Ace Hardware	Retail	$579K–$1.9M	4867	Yes
16	The UPS Store	Services	$209K–$496K	4827	Yes
17	Great Clips	Beauty & Self Care	$188K–$420K	4439	Yes
18	Little Caesars	Food & Beverage	$377K–$1.8M	4285
19	Arby's	Food & Beverage	$645K–$2.5M	3570	Yes
20	Sonic Drive-In	Food & Beverage	$699K–$3.4M	3400	Yes
21	Holiday Inn Express	Hospitality	$12.8M–$19.5M	3264
22	Hampton by Hilton	Hospitality	$15.2M–$22.2M	3200
23	Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen	Food & Beverage	$1.2M–$3.9M	3076	Yes
24	Wingstop	Food & Beverage	$298K–$1M	2818	Yes
25	Chick-fil-A	Food & Beverage	$427K–$2.3M	2684	Yes
26	Jersey Mike's Subs	Food & Beverage	$204K–$1.3M	2675	Yes
27	Jimmy John's	Food & Beverage	$361K–$674K	2644	Yes
28	Planet Fitness	Fitness	$1.5M–$5.2M	2568	Yes
29	SERVPRO	Home Services	$259K–$380K	2345
30	Jack in the Box	Food & Beverage	$1.9M–$4M	2178	Yes
31	Supercuts	Beauty & Self Care	$180K–$313K	2141	Yes
32	Valvoline Instant Oil Change	Automotive	$192K–$3.5M	2000
33	Dairy Queen	Food & Beverage	$1.5M–$2.6M	1971	Yes
34	Liberty Tax	Services	$50K–$71K	1969	Yes
35	Sport Clips	Beauty & Self Care	$289K–$475K	1837	Yes
36	Jiffy Lube	Automotive	$236K–$453K	1721	Yes
37	Kumon Math & Reading Centers	Education & Children	$73K–$165K	1689
38	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	Food & Beverage	$341K–$815K	1596	Yes
39	Budget Blinds	Home Services	$101K–$211K	1476	Yes
40	F45 Training	Fitness	$349K–$786K	1437	Yes
41	Club Pilates	Fitness	$385K–$839K	1319	Yes
42	Orangetheory Fitness	Fitness	$822K–$1.4M	1298	Yes
43	Take 5 Oil Change	Automotive	$912K–$2.1M	1263	Yes
44	Firehouse Subs	Food & Beverage	$380K–$1.4M	1248	Yes
45	Home Instead	Health & Wellness	$91K–$270K	1218	Yes
46	Smoothie King	Food & Beverage	$346K–$1.3M	1201	Yes
47	Marco's Pizza	Food & Beverage	$285K–$804K	1200
48	Auntie Anne's	Food & Beverage	$156K–$638K	1194	Yes
49	Fairfield by Marriott	Hospitality	$11.7M–$32.8M	1153	Yes
50	Chem-Dry	Home Services	$68K–$207K	1099	Yes
51	European Wax Center	Beauty & Self Care	$328K–$837K	1067	Yes
52	Crumbl Cookies	Food & Beverage	$816K–$1.4M	1059	Yes
53	Minuteman Press	Services	$82K–$221K	1028	Yes
54	Massage Envy	Health & Wellness	$719K–$1.1M	1009	Yes
55	HomeVestors of America	Services	$108K–$477K	1003	Yes
56	Zaxbys	Food & Beverage	$1.4M–$3.8M	1000	Yes
57	Mathnasium	Education & Children	$113K–$150K	999	Yes
58	Cold Stone Creamery	Food & Beverage	$336K–$655K	992	Yes
59	Baskin-Robbins	Food & Beverage	$307K–$623K	976
60	Midas	Automotive	$342K–$925K	975	Yes
61	The Joint Chiropractic	Health & Wellness	$245K–$543K	963	Yes
62	Culver's	Food & Beverage	$2.8M–$6.9M	944	Yes
63	Edible Arrangements	Retail	$240K–$531K	904	Yes
64	Charleys Cheesesteaks	Food & Beverage	$204K–$985K	892	Yes
65	Express Employment Professionals	Services	$131K–$599K	843	Yes
66	Bojangles	Food & Beverage	$781K–$4M	830	Yes
67	Merry Maids	Home Services	$127K–$170K	802	Yes
68	Qdoba Mexican Eats	Food & Beverage	$546K–$1.3M	777	Yes
69	Scooter's Coffee	Food & Beverage	$895K–$1.4M	750
70	FASTSIGNS	Services	$231K–$386K	745	Yes
71	Sola Salons	Beauty & Self Care	$1.2M–$1.9M	740	Yes
72	Batteries Plus	Retail	$263K–$497K	739	Yes
73	Pet Supplies Plus	Pets	$520K–$1.8M	729	Yes
74	Nothing Bundt Cakes	Food & Beverage	$667K–$1M	722	Yes
75	HOTWORX	Fitness	$252K–$1.2M	719	Yes
76	Meineke Car Care Centers	Automotive	$225K–$1.2M	716	Yes
77	The Goddard School	Education & Children	$1M–$8.9M	675	Yes
78	Tim Hortons	Food & Beverage	$978K–$1.8M	663	Yes
79	Sign Gypsies	Services	$4K–$10K	661
80	Palm Beach Tan	Beauty & Self Care	$648K–$1.1M	635
81	Pure Barre	Fitness	$314K–$629K	626	Yes
82	Comfort Keepers	Health & Wellness	$117K–$188K	619
83	Freeway Insurance	Services	$35K–$84K	615	Yes
84	Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa	Health & Wellness	$579K–$872K	595	Yes
85	Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers	Food & Beverage	$786K–$2.8M	565	Yes
86	SYNERGY HomeCare	Health & Wellness	$78K–$159K	550	Yes
87	Visiting Angels	Health & Wellness	$125K–$171K	539	Yes
88	Right at Home	Health & Wellness	$92K–$165K	539	Yes
89	Plato's Closet	Retail	$327K–$449K	526	Yes
90	AAMCO Transmissions & Total Car Care	Automotive	$263K–$400K	525
91	Crunch Fitness	Fitness	$928K–$3.7M	517	Yes
92	Primrose Schools	Education & Children	$743K–$8.6M	505	Yes
93	Snap Fitness	Fitness	$431K–$1.1M	493	Yes
94	StretchLab	Fitness	$269K–$610K	485	Yes
95	Sylvan Learning	Education & Children	$101K–$227K	479	Yes
96	RE/MAX	Services	$40K–$246K	475
97	Big O Tires	Automotive	$512K–$1.9M	464
98	Jet's Pizza	Food & Beverage	$573K–$786K	450
99	Molly Maid	Home Services	$140K–$197K	448	Yes
100	One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning	Home Services	$143K–$287K	431	Yes

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