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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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Brand	AStrongest tier BELOCAL Business Services Remove	BAbove average SIGN GYPSIES Business Services Remove	AStrongest tier STROLL or GREET Business Services Remove	DBelow average Management Recruiters Business Services Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$2K – $12K	$4K – $10K	$2K – $13K	$2K – $15K
Liquid capital	$600 – $1K	$0 – $0	$600 – $1K	$0 – $5K
Franchise fee	$735	$1K	$735	$0
Royalty rate	15.0%	N/A	15.0%	9.0%
Ad fund rate	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales	N/A	N/A	N/A	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	DBelow average
Verdict score	75 / 100	49 / 100	68 / 100	38 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	N/A	0.0%	N/A	10.0%
SBA loans on record	N/A	2	N/A	94
Scale
Total units	148	588	695	203
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	65.9%	12.6%	51.4%	24.1%
Contract
Initial term (years)	3	1	3	10
Renewal term (years)	N/A	1	N/A	5
Initial training (hrs)	21	7	12	80
Contacts
Franchisee phones	278	1	504	227

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