2015 Guide to Today's Top Franchises
The latest data and trends in franchising, and our list of the top franchise opportunities for 2015!
The latest data and trends in franchising, and our list of the top franchise opportunities for 2015!
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SPECIAL REPORT: <strong>Top</strong> <strong>Franchises</strong><br />
HALL<br />
OF FAME<br />
10 <strong>Franchises</strong> Enter Our Inaugural Hall of Fame<br />
Two Men and a Truck Pop-A-Lock Wild Birds Unlimited Our Town America Heaven’s Best<br />
Two Men and a Truck’s<br />
first truck in 1979.<br />
Two Men and a Truck<br />
started in the early 1980s<br />
as a way for two brothers<br />
<strong>to</strong> make extra money<br />
while in high school. It<br />
made its five millionth<br />
move in June 2014.<br />
Then & Now:<br />
In 2006 Two Men<br />
and a Truck had 156<br />
franchises and gross<br />
revenue of $193 million.<br />
It anticipates having 280<br />
franchises and $414<br />
million in gross revenue<br />
in <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
The uniform Pop-A-Lock’s<br />
franchisees wore in 1995.<br />
Pop-A-Lock was<br />
founded by former law<br />
enforcement officers in<br />
Lafayette, Louisiana in<br />
1991. Since it launched<br />
its PALSavesKids,<br />
a free community service<br />
program, it has rescued<br />
over 300,000 children<br />
from locked cars.<br />
Then & Now:<br />
In 2006 Pop-A-Lock<br />
had 1,100 communities<br />
and $44 million in<br />
gross revenue. It<br />
projects having 8,500<br />
communities and $75<br />
million in gross revenue,<br />
in <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
Jim Carpenter, Founder<br />
and CEO of Wild Birds<br />
Unlimited, in front of his<br />
first s<strong>to</strong>re in Broad Ripple,<br />
IN in 1981.<br />
Wild Birds Unlimited<br />
enjoys innovating. It holds<br />
patents for the Classic<br />
Hopper Feeder (patent<br />
D329723) and Advanced<br />
Pole System (patent<br />
6386142).<br />
Then & Now:<br />
In 2006 Wild Birds<br />
Unlimited had 302<br />
franchises and $105<br />
million in gross revenue.<br />
It anticipates having over<br />
$145 million in gross<br />
revenue in <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
Our Town America’s 1983<br />
welcome package.<br />
Our Town America<br />
was recognized for its<br />
excellence in the use of<br />
technology by the Mailing<br />
and Fulfillment Service<br />
Association. It received<br />
first place for its Variable<br />
Data Printing Solution in<br />
the Fulfillment Ingenuity<br />
Award category.<br />
Then & Now:<br />
In 2006, Our Town<br />
America’s gross revenue<br />
was $6 million and<br />
it had 23 units.<br />
It anticipates having<br />
70 units and $7 million<br />
in gross revenue in <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
Heaven’s Best’s old<br />
branding pops in this<br />
1995 pho<strong>to</strong>.<br />
Heaven’s Best launched<br />
a unique “dry in one<br />
hour” carpet and<br />
upholstery cleaning<br />
technique when it<br />
opened its doors in 1983.<br />
There are currently over<br />
2,500 cities where a<br />
Heaven’s Best opera<strong>to</strong>r<br />
can be found working.<br />
Then & Now:<br />
In 2006 Heaven’s Best<br />
had 939 franchises at the<br />
beginning of the year and<br />
1,118 by the end of the<br />
year. It projects having<br />
1,450 franchises by the<br />
end of <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
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