2012 Franchise 500

Entrepreneur.com has done an annual top 500 for franchises for the past 33 years. Once again at the top of the list for 2012 is Hampton Hotels. Putting on your start up Hats may be in line with one of these top 500.

The franchise 500 list is compiled with this in mind:

"The most important factors include financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system. We also consider the number of years a company has been in business and the length of time it has been franchising, start up costs, litigation, percentage of terminations and whether the company provides financing." complete rankings explanation