FranServe’s SUPERHERO BRAND 500
As a doorway for many people looking to be their own boss, we know that franchise ownership changes lives. In our annual SUPERHERO BRAND 500, we recognize 500 brands going above and beyond the norm and helping people fulfill their dreams of business ownership through franchising! We had a plethora of nominations and we’re delighted to announce the winners below!
Alesia Visconti, CEO and President of FranServe Inc. says, “Franchising helps people change their lives and take control of their future. It’s a community that celebrates the Life-Work Balance. A brand that makes our “SUPERHERO BRAND 500” list shows that it values a fun and rewarding lifestyle and emphasizes people fulfilling their dreams of business ownership through franchising. It’s a brand that deserves recognition for going the extra mile and for being, well, a superhero!”
Please note brands are listed in alphabetical order. Brands were nominated and selected based on the following criteria:
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Personal Care
C3 Wellness Spa
C3 Wellness Spa stands for Complete Comprehensive Care as we embody a plethora of holistic modalities to treat the body as a whole. Offering a variety of services for overall wellness; ranging from traditional spa or medspa services to wellness classes like hot yoga and tai chi. Our unique membership options ensure steady revenue streams, reduce marketing costs, increase capacity and help members achieve optimal results through consistent visits. We accept a variety of insurance carriers and have a strong partnership with the veteran community.
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Food & Beverages
Captain D's
For more than 50 years, Captain D’s has been a place where customers can share great seafood in a warm and family-friendly environment, at an unbeatable value. It is also an excellent opportunity to own a growing business with a real focus on the future. As a true greenfield opportunity with over 530+ locations, we are positioned to grow and allow Franchise Owners to own their markets.
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Unique
Card My Yard
Card My Yard is a full service yard sign rental company that delivers customized greetings for any celebration to your front yard. Our mission is to spread JOY in every community in the US. Card My Yard is rapidly growing with over 375 franchises. Card My Yard's low cost franchise provides inventory, rigorous training, integrated ecommerce platform and ongoing support from corporate office. CMY is ranked #21 in Entrepreneur Magazine for top fastest growing franchise and #37 for top franchise to start under 50K.
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Senior Services
CareBuilders At Home
CareBuilders at Home provides non-medical care to the elderly and others who require limited assistance with their daily living needs. CareBuilders At Home is the ONLY senior care franchise that provides its franchisees with complete back office support, including payroll funding and processing, billing of accounts and collection of receivables.
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Senior Services
CarePatrol
CarePatrol franchises help assist seniors and their families make tough decisions by finding assisted living or in home care in their area. This low cost, fast ramp up franchise is ranked #3 in their industry!
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Senior Services
Caring Senior Service
Caring Senior Service is a national network of senior home care agencies providing home assistance to the elderly. This is a high growth and recession resistant industry. The ROI is outstanding with a low initial investment.
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Senior Services
Caring Transitions
For the investor: low cost, low overhead, scalable (multi territory possible), E-2 visa friendly, niche market with fragmented competition, attractive item 19, feel good business helping the community, growing customer base.
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Child Services
Celebree School
With Celebree Schools, you can be the change you want to see in the world. Business is 5 days a week. NO evenings, NO weekends, NO holidays. There is very little (if any) accounts receivable. There is no inventory to spoil or disappear out the back door, strong ROI, published earnings claims, many territories available. This is a business that families "need"....especially during Covid. Parents cannot work from home and take care of their toddler. There are 3.94 million birth's per year, 65% of mothers with children under age 6 are in the workplace and 78% of mothers with children between ages 6 and 17 are in the workplace. This industry is underserved.
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Home Improvement
CertaPro Painters
CertaPro Painters has become the largest nationwide painting company with over 480 franchise locations in the US and Canada. They have have a proven forumula to build and scale large profitable businesses, a strong Item 19, and a proven management team that is committed to franchisee success.
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Child Services
Challenge Island
Challenge Island is among the world’s leading educational franchises for children. It has a one-of-a-kind approach and personality that makes it a consistent standout from the competition. It is aligned with the latest and greatest in education including STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math), 21st Century Skills, and Cross Curricular Learning.
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Cleaning Services
Chem-Dry
Chem-Dry is the world's leading carpet and upholstery cleaning service in the $5 Billion carpet cleaning industry, with a network of over 3,000 units in over 55 countries serving over 10,000 homes and businesses a day worldwide.
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Food & Beverage
Chocolate Bash
Chocolate Bash is a one-stop desitation for delicious items such as sweet crepes, waffles, fruit salads, Belgian chocolate dipped fruits, and hot and cold drinks. This is an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs looking for a food franchise to get in on the ground floor of an exciting, new, easy-to-operate concept with large exclusive territories. Operations are very simple and straightforward and can be managed by very few employees.
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Food & Beverage
Cinnaholic
Cinnaholic is a one of a kind retail bakery concept featured on SHARK TANK in 2014, serving gourmet, vegan cinnamon rolls that are dairy-free, egg-free, and mouth-watering! Very low cost goods and strong Item 19 adds to the appeal for the entrepreneur searching for a simple and financially rewarding opportunity.
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Business Services
City Publications
City Publications puts quality first in every aspect of their business from their high caliber printing to our world-class corporate team and top-notch franchisees to hand-picked mail boxes. They offer a lead generation, customer acquisition model with a heavy hands-on approach to their franchisees.
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Cleaning Services
City Wide Facility Solutions
2023 Franchise Times "Zor Award Winner" Top 10 Brand to purchase for 2023 - Average Franchisee Sales $6.7 Million (single territory) - Median Franchisee Sales $5.4 Million (single territory- Largest Franchisee Sales over $40 Million (single territory - $600 Million in System Wide Sales with only 92 franchises.
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Food & Beverage
Clean Juice
Dedicated founders, Landon and Kat Eckles, capitalized on the growing juice bar interest by developing a business model that features a wholesome menu of organic juices, smoothies, bowls, wraps, salads, soups and more. Now Clean Juice is one of the fastest-growing healthy franchises in the country. Your investment in their healthy franchise opportunity allows you to fully capitalize on a robust industry while enjoying comprehensive franchisor support. From picking the perfect location, to marketing your store, to hiring the best staff, Clean Juice has you covered.
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Home Improvement
Closet and Storage Concepts
Closet and Storage Concepts design, manufacture and install custom closets and storage organizers. With over 30 years of knowledge and experience, this low cost investment has a proven business model with amazing growth opportunities.
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Home Improvement
Closets by Design
Closets by Design offers solutions for closets, garage organizers, entertainment centers, and in-home office systems. With 35 years of experience and established and proven business operating practices, it is easy to see why they were selected as the #1 Franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine.
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Unique
Clothes Bin
Clothes Bin is simple, sustainable, and GREEN! It is a truly semi-absentee model that is easily scalable and can be managed from anywhere as long as you have internet! Behind our easy-to-run model is proprietary BLIP (Bin Location Information Program) technology that allows the owner to monitor all aspects of the business
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Home Improvement
Clozetivity
We have changed the lives of so many of our franchise with our unique and niche product! We are the least expensive option for a closet design and installation company with wide-open territories across the nation, and we pride ourselves with the Support network we have to help you expand and grow in rapid fashion.
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Child Services
Club SciKidz
Club SciKidz is an educational and technology enrichment program for children ages 4 to 15 that utilizes interactive presentations of structured science-themed activities in a fun, nurturing environment. It appeals to children who have a genuine interest in how things work; what things are made of and how science works in the real world. Club SciKidz has been offering structured STEM-Based programs since 1997. We have evolved each year by adding new innovative curriculum for all of our many programs. We have a proven model of success. Our Club SciKidz team is committed to the future by offering high quality science themed enrichment throughout the United States.
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Technology Services
CMIT Solutions
CMIT Solutions is focused on providing Information Technology Services to Small/Medium Businesses. The market is huge and long-term flat rate contracts provide predictable revenue.
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Cleaning Services
College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving
College Hunks Hauling Junk is the fastest-growing junk-hauling franchise and moving franchise in America. This low-cost franchise with tremendous growth potential has impressive name recognition in a recession proof industry!
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Automotive
Color Glo International
Color Glo businesses provide services for the color restoration of leathers, vinyl’s, velour, fabrics, carpet and wood grain panels. They offer a total package for running the business including marketing, products, sales process, management and training.
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Home Improvement
Color World Painting
Color World Painting offers 5 revenue streams through residential and commercial painting and other home improvements that are complementary to painting . This combination not only increases customer retention rates but also allows Franchise Owners to generate strong profits, and operate their sub-contractor crews year round.
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Senior Services
ComForCare Home Care
ComForCare Home Care franchise members provide non-medical and private duty nursing care primarily to the exploding market of seniors over the age 65, as well as assistance in the activities of daily living including both companion care and hands-on personal care services. This franchise is a turn-key operations system with a scalable model that offers unlimited earning potential.
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Senior Services
Comfort Keepers
Comfort Keepers provides care services like meal preparation, incidental transportation, and companionship which enables thousands of aging adults the ability to remain in their own homes. A Comfort Keepers franchise is rewarding financially as well as emotionally.
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Home Improvement
Concrete Craft
Concrete Craft is s the world’s only decorative concrete franchise in a $1 billion niche industry of decorative coatings. This is a home based business with a storage facility that is extremely cash friendly with a quick ramp up time.
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Home Improvement
Conserva Irrigation
Conserva Irrigation® delivers professional, innovative, and environmentally responsible irrigation services to their clients. Franchisees can be part of a supportive network with industry leaders in several service niches.
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Technology Services
Content Recovery Specialists
We are a super hero every day to the homeowners who need us most. We take probably one of the top 5 worst days of their lives and make it better. Most of the time they feel all of their precious belongings are ruined and we get to show them, those memories can be cleaned and restored. A house is not a home without the memories inside of it. Its often those contents, like the watch your grandfather gave you, that are the vessel for those memories. It's a special feeling to know you can help.
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Personal Care
Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids
Cookie Cutters has over 20 years of direct industry experience. Their unique store design includes an in-store playground, televisions at each station for the kids to watch shows or play video games, and fantasy cars. This family-friendly concept is designed to keep children coming back to again and again for a guaranteed repeat client base.
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Home Improvement
CoolVu
CoolVu offers offers premium solar energy control, privacy and UV film for homes, buildings and automobiles for every need and budget giving customers the exact solutions required. Franchises are offered dealer map lead opportunities, premium marketing materials, co-op marketing, and more. This proven business model has accumulated over 1000 years of experience installing the best film technologies in the world.
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Food & Beverage
Corporate Caterers
Corporate Caterers is a business-to-business catering franchise. They are not retail or location-dependent which means low costs and only need a minimum amount of employees to be successful franchise.
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Cleaning Services
Corporate Cleaning Group
Corporate Cleaning Group uses cutting-edge cleaning technologies and customizable janitorial solutions. They offer business support including marketing, research, and sales support all with low operating costs and being backed by a longstanding national presence and trusted reputation.
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Automotive
Costa Oil
Costa Oil has developed a quick lube franchise concept that requires less initial capital, has less overhead in the form of rent and staffing, and is more suited for today's quick lube environment. Our one bay and two bay Costa Oil Kiosks will be placed in parking lots of strip malls, or walk-in malls
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Cleaning Services
Count Junkula
Count Junkula has always maintained the highest standards in customer service and satisfaction. We believe in giving our customers the best. An emerging concept in the junk removal industry. The founders have experience with multiple brands and can pass that experience on to franchisees. With a wide variety of services and an industry that continues to grow, professional junk removal and cleanout services with the Count Junkula team can be a fulfilling career for any driven individual.
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Food & Beverage
Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ
Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is a fast-casual restaurant franchise that has quickly gained a loyal following nationwide. Founded in 2018 by Samantha and Salvatore Rincione, a veteran and woman-owned company, Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is known for its specialty hot dogs, delicious BBQ, and self-pour beer walls that use RFID technology to give customers the ultimate pour-your-own experience. In addition to their mouth watering menu, Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ also offers unique entertainment experiences that set it apart from other fast-casual restaurants. Crave locations feature ax throwing lanes with digital projectors, allowing customers to challenge their friends while enjoying mouth-watering food and drinks. With more exciting entertainment options on the horizon, Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is committed to delivering an unforgettable dining experience. At Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ, the focus is always on high-quality food, exceptional customer service, and creating a fun and welcoming atmosphere. Whether customers are stopping in for a quick bite or settling in for a night of entertainment, they can count on receiving the best possible experience. Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is not only a popular dining destination, but also an exciting franchise opportunity. With 20 locations already open across the country and 27 more set to open in 2023, Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is rapidly expanding its presence in the fast-casual dining industry. In addition, 28 locations are currently in development for 2024. As a Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ franchisee, you'll benefit from a proven business model, ongoing training and support, and a strong brand that's quickly becoming a household name. Join the Crave family today and start building your own successful business in the fast-casual dining industry.
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Food & Beverage
Crazy Pita
Crazy Pita began in 2006 when Mehdi Zarhloul left the corporate world of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to pursue his American dream of owning a business. His goal has always been to provide guests with flavorful cuisine inspired by Moroccan spices in a friendly and welcoming environment. This exceptional menu and dedicated team has lead to the success of their franchises. Ongoing support to new franchises is provided in the form of pre-opening guidance and assistance, grand opening PR and operational support, corporate marketing initiatives, ongoing training, website and email system management, and founders visits.
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Automotive
Creative Colors International
Creative Colors International is recognized as the leader in the repair, reconditioning, protection, and color restoration of leather, vinyl, fabric, plastic and carpeting in the automotive, furniture, commercial, and residential markets. Creative Colors International offers the motivated entrepreneur the opportunity to operate a proven business, which provides immediate income and unlimited potential for growth.
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Business Services
Crestcom International
Crestcom has grown to become one of the training industry’s most successful and widely used management and leadership programs among Fortune magazine’s Top 100 Companies. Crestcom is an affordable, home-based investment opportunity that has been a leader in the industry for more than 30 years.
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Commercial Waste Management
Crushr
Crushr waste management service is a patented mobile compaction truck that replaces costly hauls of your dumpster rental or roll-off dumpster with an inexpensive service, making it easier and more affordable for you to manage your open-top container waste. Crushr helps reduce costs and create efficiencies for: Manufacturing, Residential and Commercial Construction, Distribution Centers, Municipalities, Recycling Providers, and more.
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Unique
Ctrl V
Ctrl V is a virtual reality arcade franchise system. It's as simple as that. Customers pay by the hour to experience an "all-you-can-eat" list of virtual reality content. Anything from shooting zombies, playing virtual reality dodgeball, learning about astronomy, and even swimming with whales. Ctrl V sells happiness in the form of virtual reality. Ctrl V is the most recognized brand in the industry being the largest, and first, VR arcade franchise system in the world. Applying scalability in CoGS & labour, the economics of the business model rivals some of the best, while boasting a brick & mortar "time-to-launch" timeline of 2 months. Providing ongoing, and extensive training, as well as 24-hour access to the HQ team for all kinds of operational support, Ctrl V is ready to go "out-of-the-box" and aims to make VR accessible to everyone.
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Sports/Fitness
CycleBar
CycleBar is an inclusive and affordable experiential retail concept offering premium Indoor Cycling classes. A semi- absentee, simple human resources, membership consumer model with exceptionally high margins that is easy to operate makes this franchise a win-win!
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Sports/Fitness
D1 Training
D1 Training franchise is a membership-based gym and boutique fitness franchise that provides individual and group training classes in a state-of-the-art facility. The fitness and gym indiustry is growing exponentially each year and Boutique Fitness clubs earn double the per-customer revenue of traditional gyms!
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Food & Beverage
DAE GEE Korean BBQ
Dae Gee has been featured on Food Network numerous times and our Founder is a fan favorite on Guy Fieri’s “Drivers, Dive-Ins, and Dives.” A commissary kitchen eliminates the majority of food prep for our franchisees, which allows them to run a lean and mean machine that can be successful for years to come! The Commissary kitchen allows consistency in product. Zees don’t have to worry about mixing sauces, marinades, or side dishes. Everything the owner needs is created at our central kitchen and shipped to the owner. This eliminates error and food waste for owners.
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Food & Beverage
Daily Jam
Daily Jam is pushing the envelope on the modern-day brunch experience with a fast-casual setting offering a full-service experience in a vibrant, high energy atmosphere. Franchisees will receive expert managerial and operational support with everything from real estate site selection to daily operations.
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Home Improvement
Deck Medic, Inc
Deck Medic has developed cleaning and staining processes that lead the industry. Deck Magic has a large addressable market share consisting of thousands of potential customers that create a cycle of repeat business.
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Home Improvement
Decorating Den Interiors
Decorating Den Interiors is THE Franchise of Interior Decorating & Residential Design. Their turnkey business has extensive programs and systems for marketing and client development which are a recipe for success!
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Home Improvement
Deer Solution
Deer Solution® - Repellent Service is an industry-leading powerful solution to your deer damage problems. Our turn-key operation comes with lots of Back-End Support. No more worrying about customer support, billing or closing sales.
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Personal Care
Deka Lash
Deka Lash offers our owners a business model that is easy to scale, to learn and produces above-average earnings to fit their wealth building and portfolio diversification goals. We are changing the lives of our clients who float out of our studios feeling beautiful, more confident and empowered. We are changing the lives of our Lash Artists by giving them a true profession with great earnings and career paths.
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Cleaning Services
DetailXPerts
DetailXperts is a green commercial cleaning franchise using the power of steam and biodegradable products to clean all types of vehicles from planes to motorcycles using a fraction of our world's precious water sources. There is little or no competition in the interior cleaning space and they plan to dominate this very fragmented $38 billion industry in the next ten years.
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