Four Orange County franchisors are on Entrepreneur’s 30th Annual Franchise 500 list.
Among the top 100 from Orange County are:
- #20 Taco Bell, Irvine Mexican fast food
- #35 Am/PM Mini Market, La Palma, convenience stores
- #63 Budget Blinds, Orange, window coverings
- #79 Aussie Pet Mobile, Dana Point, on-the-go pet grooming.
Entrepreneur also provides sub-categories, such as top home-based franchises (Jani-King tops that list); top low-cost franchises (Instant Tax Service is king here); fastest growing (Jan-Pro International beats out Subway); and top new franchises (Instant Tax wins here too).
Click here to see the entire 500 list and sub-lists.
Entrepreneur’s magazine and web site are owned by Entrepreneur Media in Irvine. The company keeps secret how it chooses the top 500. It’s not entirely by size, but that certainly helps. The top 10 are giants:
- Subway
- McDonalds
- Liberty Tax Service
- Sonic Drive In Restaurants
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Ace Hardware
- Pizza Hut
- UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc.
- Circle K
- Papa John’s International
More franchising stories…
- O.C. video game company expands to Canada
- 7-Eleven sells company stores to franchisees
- Budget Blinds plans aggressive expansion despite economy
- O.C. couple wins national franchise award
- Franchising grew 18%, study says
- O.C. resident named to franchising hall of fame
- Six O.C. companies make best franchises list
More small business stories…
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- O.C. ‘green’ firm gives 700,000 greenbacks to workers
- Four O.C. firms, agencies win state energy awards
- Employees give $176,400 to charities to honor boss
- O.C. media company buys Nevada cable TV provider
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