April 2014
| Business World Magazine | 81
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SPECIAL REPORT:
Top Franchises
Startup
Investment
Cash
Requirement
Total
Units
BUSINESS SERVICES (CONTINUED)
Murphy Business & Financial
Business brokers
$45,750 –
$113,600
$30,000
165
The @WORK Group
Recruiting services
$74,497 –
$122,495
$50,000
59
Sanford Rose Associates
Recruiting services
109,350 –
$146,180
$109,350 -
$146,180
53
Bevintel
Hospitality profit solutions
$43,400 –
$57,100
$40,000
267
PostNet
Printing & marketing services
$160,667 –
$197,650
$60,000
275
BlueGrace Logistics
Business logistics
$65,000 –
$146,250
$65,000 –
$146,250
27
CHILD SERVICES
*
Soccer Shots
Youth sports
$17,500 –
$21,000
$16,500
137
*
JumpBunch
Youth sports & fitness
$30,600 –
$69,500
$35,000 –
$77,000
56
Young Rembrandts
Children’s art classes
$40,360 –
$48,600
$50,000
81
Brilliant Sky Toys & Books
Children’s retailer
$196,000 –
$424,000
$100,000
15
Images 4 Kids
Photography
$45,600 –
$67,100
$15,000
50
*
The Little Gym
Early childhood development
$157,500 –
$294,000
$75,000 -
$100,000
202
i9 Sports
Youth sports
$44,900 –
$69,900
$50,000
116
CompuChild
Children’s technology education
$18,300 –
$33,600
$20,000
64
Amazing Athletes
Early childhood development
$38,200 –
$53,450
$18,500
66
Great Play
Children’s fitness
$169,000 –
$394,000
$100,000
18
TGA Premier Golf & Tennis
Youth sports
$13,150 –
$62,200
$13,150 –
$62,200
68
Engineering For Kids
Children’s engineering education
$31,850 –
$88,050
$30,000 –
$50,000
59
College Nannies & Tutors
Childcare
$152,200 –
$209,200
$50,000
75
CLEANING & MAINTENANCE
*
Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning
Carpet cleaning
$28,900 –
$64,000
$15,000
1,248
*
MaidPro
— more on p. 28
House cleaning & maid services
$30,000 –
$114,509
$30,000
152
Aire-Master of America
Commercial hygene service
$20,400 –
$34,000
$20,000 –
$40,000
100
Anago Cleaning Systems
(master franchisors)
Commercial cleaning services
$105,000 –
$146,000
Masters:
$100,000 –
$150,000
35 Masters
“There is no hard sell,
no ‘pester power’and
I am not judged by
my profits.”
– Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning Franchisee
“Everything that has come
out in the last couple
years has really helped to
make The Little Gym even
more unique, which has
greatly increased our
local competitiveness.”
– The Little Gym Franchisee
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