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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
Blue Nose logoAStrongest tier
Blue Nose
Business Services
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Safeguard logoBAbove average
Safeguard
Business Services
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GLOBAL RECRUITERS NETWORK logoAStrongest tier
GLOBAL RECRUITERS NETWORK
Business Services
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Vitals
Investment range
$16K – $56K
$11K – $65K
$33K – $45K
Liquid capital
$0 – $3K
$6K – $20K
$700 – $4K
Franchise fee
$9K
N/A
$20K
Royalty rate
4.0%
N/A
10.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
N/A
0.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
N/A
N/A
Median gross sales
N/A
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
BAbove average
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
63 / 100
51 / 100
60 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
N/A
100.0%
SBA loans on record
N/A
1
1
Scale
Total units
50
45
159
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
51.0%
0.0%
17.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
5
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
N/A
10
Initial training (hrs)
13
285
121
Contacts
Franchisee phones
59
30
21

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