Top 10 Franchise Opportunities for the Month of October 2009
Welcome to the monthly Top 10 Franchises list for October 2009. These Top Ten Franchises are selected from the franchise opportunities that
have received the most interest in October 2009. Note: This top ten list is not the most famous or profitable business, it is a list of the franchises for sale that have received the most interest over the course of October 2009.
The Top 10 Franchise Opportunities for October 2009:
- Subway – Serving nutritious, fast and casual, fresh, lunches, subs, deli items and sandwiches.
- DVD Now Kiosks – An automated DVD rental business with an easy to operate and convenient DVD rental kiosk.
- American Billing Systems – Outsource your companies billing tasks with this electronic B2B billing system.
- 7-Eleven – America’s number one franchise and the most recognized convenience store in the world.
- Saladworks Restaurant Franchise – Offering the highest quality salads served at peak freshness.
- Coffee News USA – Own an affordable, home-based publishing business that gets results.
- Yo Naturals – Natural and nutritious snacks served from a unique healthy vending machine franchise.
- Nick N’ Willys Franchise – Offers freshly prepared gourmet pizzas in a modern open air kitchen that provides an appealing ambiance.
- Ace Hardware Store Franchise** – Ace is the Place… For the tools & knowledge to help you build your dreams!
- The UPS Store – The UPS Store is the perfect opportunity for you to be your own boss and be in control of your own destiny.”
**New to the Top 10 Franchise List this Week
To see a listing of today’s top 10 franchises (recalculated every day with a 7-day running total) please visit Top 10 Franchise Opportunities.
I have just read your blog on the top 10 franchises available. However, my question is every time I hear a franchise is a good one I find an article to the contrary. I wonder is it better to go with a larger more established franchise or should you go with a smaller franchise where you will get more personal attention. I am looking at both at Curves and a franchise called illuminate gym which I found at http://www.illuminategym.com/franchises.php. Obviously, Curves is the better known of the two but there are many claims that Curves is a bad franchise. Where illuminate gym is still small and hungry. Obviously price is also a determining issue… Any thoughts???
Thanks Jill, great question! For the sake of disclosure, Curves has advertised on our site in the past, and this is the first time I’ve heard of Illuminate Gym. So I really don’t have an opinion of which one is better or worse.
The best thing to do is to either purchase or obtain the franchise FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) which lists all franchisees and all litigation. Then try and contact as many franchisees as you can including those in litigation (the franchisor may give you a list of franchisees to contact, but they will probably only give you the names of their most profitable franchisees).
As far as your larger versus smaller franchises question, check out this article: Large Franchises vs. Small Franchises.
Thanks for the question Jill, I hope this helps… good luck!