Top Veteran-Friendly Franchises

Franchises offering documented veteran incentives, ranked by system size.

Methodology: Brands with a sourced veteran discount or incentive, ranked by total units.

#	Brand	Category	Investment	Units	Item 19
1	Subway	Food & Beverage	$239K–$537K	35622
2	Dunkin'	Food & Beverage	$211K–$1.8M	8297	Yes
3	7-Eleven	Retail	$142K–$1.6M	8254	Yes
4	Taco Bell	Food & Beverage	$611K–$4M	7680
5	GNC	Retail	$172K–$449K	6019	Yes
6	Anytime Fitness	Fitness	$459K–$908K	5623	Yes
7	The UPS Store	Services	$209K–$496K	4827	Yes
8	Great Clips	Beauty & Self Care	$188K–$420K	4439	Yes
9	Little Caesars	Food & Beverage	$377K–$1.8M	4285
10	Arby's	Food & Beverage	$645K–$2.5M	3570	Yes
11	Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen	Food & Beverage	$1.2M–$3.9M	3076	Yes
12	Wingstop	Food & Beverage	$298K–$1M	2818	Yes
13	Jersey Mike's Subs	Food & Beverage	$204K–$1.3M	2675	Yes
14	SERVPRO	Home Services	$259K–$380K	2345
15	Jack in the Box	Food & Beverage	$1.9M–$4M	2178	Yes
16	Supercuts	Beauty & Self Care	$180K–$313K	2141	Yes
17	Sport Clips	Beauty & Self Care	$289K–$475K	1837	Yes
18	Kumon Math & Reading Centers	Education & Children	$73K–$165K	1689
19	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	Food & Beverage	$341K–$815K	1596	Yes
20	Budget Blinds	Home Services	$101K–$211K	1476	Yes
21	F45 Training	Fitness	$349K–$786K	1437	Yes
22	Club Pilates	Fitness	$385K–$839K	1319	Yes
23	Firehouse Subs	Food & Beverage	$380K–$1.4M	1248	Yes
24	Home Instead	Health & Wellness	$91K–$270K	1218	Yes
25	Smoothie King	Food & Beverage	$346K–$1.3M	1201	Yes
26	Auntie Anne's	Food & Beverage	$156K–$638K	1194	Yes
27	Chem-Dry	Home Services	$68K–$207K	1099	Yes
28	Minuteman Press	Services	$82K–$221K	1028	Yes
29	Massage Envy	Health & Wellness	$719K–$1.1M	1009	Yes
30	HomeVestors of America	Services	$108K–$477K	1003	Yes
31	Zaxbys	Food & Beverage	$1.4M–$3.8M	1000	Yes
32	Mathnasium	Education & Children	$113K–$150K	999	Yes
33	Cold Stone Creamery	Food & Beverage	$336K–$655K	992	Yes
34	Midas	Automotive	$342K–$925K	975	Yes
35	The Joint Chiropractic	Health & Wellness	$245K–$543K	963	Yes
36	Culver's	Food & Beverage	$2.8M–$6.9M	944	Yes
37	Edible Arrangements	Retail	$240K–$531K	904	Yes
38	Charleys Cheesesteaks	Food & Beverage	$204K–$985K	892	Yes
39	Bojangles	Food & Beverage	$781K–$4M	830	Yes
40	Merry Maids	Home Services	$127K–$170K	802	Yes
41	Qdoba Mexican Eats	Food & Beverage	$546K–$1.3M	777	Yes
42	FASTSIGNS	Services	$231K–$386K	745	Yes
43	Batteries Plus	Retail	$263K–$497K	739	Yes
44	Pet Supplies Plus	Pets	$520K–$1.8M	729	Yes
45	HOTWORX	Fitness	$252K–$1.2M	719	Yes
46	The Goddard School	Education & Children	$1M–$8.9M	675	Yes
47	Pure Barre	Fitness	$314K–$629K	626	Yes
48	Comfort Keepers	Health & Wellness	$117K–$188K	619
49	Freeway Insurance	Services	$35K–$84K	615	Yes
50	Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa	Health & Wellness	$579K–$872K	595	Yes

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