What Are the Most Profitable Franchises?
The Mysterious Franchise Profit Report Once someone decides that buying a franchise makes sense, it’s only logical to try and find the most profitable franchise to purchase. After all, given a choice between Franchise A that returns 10 percent per year and Franchise B that returns 15 percent per year, the results should be obvious, right? Well, maybe not. First of all, very few corporations elect to divulge earnings by their franchisees – actually, only about 25 percent of franchisors publish “earnings claims” in the franchise disclosure documents (FDD) they are required by law to provide to prospective franchise owners. And even these numbers can be difficult to hunt up, since the FDD is not generally considered public information. Some companies believe that publishing these figures can prove dangerous to their livelihood – whether as a tip-off to competitors as to how well or how poorly their stores are performing, or else to be misconstrued by new franchisees as a guarantee of a ce
