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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 Do it Best Retail Remove	AStrongest tier APLUS Retail Remove	AStrongest tier Ace Hardware Retail Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$853K – $1.6M	$240K – $2.3M	$612K – $2.0M
Liquid capital	$72K – $168K	$56K – $115K	$91K – $205K
Franchise fee	$9K	$15K	$5K
Royalty rate	N/A	6.0%	N/A
Ad fund rate	N/A	2.0%	2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	N/A	N/A	$3.1M
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	AStrongest tier	AStrongest tier
Verdict score	68 / 100	65 / 100	76 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	17.4%	0.0%	13.4%
SBA loans on record	95	1	863
Scale
Total units	4,053	265	5,250
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	4.0%	3.3%	1.7%
Contract
Initial term (years)	N/A	5	N/A
Renewal term (years)	N/A	5	N/A
Initial training (hrs)	21	191	N/A
Contacts
Franchisee phones	437	13	0

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