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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Focus by buyer type

Brand
Ace Hardware logoAStrongest tier
Ace Hardware
Retail
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PANDORA logoBAbove average
PANDORA
Retail
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APLUS logoAStrongest tier
APLUS
Retail
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Do it Best logoAStrongest tier
Do it Best
Retail
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Vitals
Investment range
$612K – $2.0M
$961K – $1.8M
$240K – $2.3M
$853K – $1.6M
Liquid capital
$91K – $205K
$25K – $50K
$56K – $115K
$72K – $168K
Franchise fee
$5K
$0
$15K
$9K
Royalty rate
N/A
N/A
6.0%
N/A
Ad fund rate
2.0%
3.0%
2.0%
N/A
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
No Item 19 representation
No Item 19 representation
N/A
Median gross sales
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
BAbove average
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
76 / 100
53 / 100
65 / 100
68 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
13.4%
11.1%
0.0%
17.4%
SBA loans on record
863
9
1
95
Scale
Total units
5,250
447
265
4,053
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
1.7%
3.9%
3.3%
4.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
N/A
5
5
N/A
Renewal term (years)
N/A
3
5
N/A
Initial training (hrs)
N/A
28
191
21
Contacts
Franchisee phones
0
2
12
439

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