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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 PIRTEK Business Services Remove	CAverage Patriot Pipeline Business Services Remove	BAbove average FocalPoint Coaching Business Services Remove	CAverage LINDEN CREEK Business Services Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$247K – $690K	$366K – $558K	$462K – $525K	$227K – $637K
Liquid capital	$50K – $200K	$45K – $70K	$9K – $30K	$33K – $46K
Franchise fee	$60K	$50K	N/AMaster/area fee	$60K
Royalty rate	4.0%	5.0%	N/A	7.0%
Ad fund rate	1.5%	1.0%	N/A	1.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$1.1M	$9.3MCompany-owned only1 outlet	No Item 19 representation	$373K1 outlet
Median gross sales	$919K	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	assumed annual	Not classified	assumed annual
Risk
Rating	AStrongest tier	CAverage	BAbove average	CAverage
Verdict score	95 / 100	39 / 100	56 / 100	38 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	4.0%	N/A	0.0%	N/A
SBA loans on record	88	N/A	9	5
Scale
Total units	194	1	34	3
Net change (latest yr)	+32	0	-1	+1
Turnover rate	1.5%	0.0%	5.9%	0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	15	10	10
Renewal term (years)	10	15	10	5
Initial training (hrs)	108	136	56	40
Contacts
Franchisee phones	182	1	64	0

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