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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 SECURITY 101 Business Services Remove	CAverage Ranger Guard Business Services Remove	DBelow average Money Pages Business Services Remove	BAbove average Postal Connections and iSOLD It Business Services Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$130K – $235K	$152K – $215K	$109K – $259K	$134K – $239K
Liquid capital	$51K – $140K	$30K – $45K	$50K – $100K	$26K – $80K
Franchise fee	$60K	$65K	$50K	$25K
Royalty rate	4.0%	4.0%	N/A	4.0%
Ad fund rate	0.5%	2.0%	N/A	2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$2.9M	N/A	N/A	$354KOutlet subset
Median gross sales	$1.6M	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	CAverage	DBelow average	BAbove average
Verdict score	78 / 100	45 / 100	34 / 100	51 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	12.5%	N/A	0.0%	N/A
SBA loans on record	10	N/A	3	N/A
Scale
Total units	49	3	28	36
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	2.0%	0.0%	53.8%	19.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10	7	10
Renewal term (years)	10	5	5	10
Initial training (hrs)	200	46	113	128
Contacts
Franchisee phones	32	3	5	38

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