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title: "Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 200 U.S. Franchises Growing Abroad"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2686fcef-fc75-4c7e-b8f9-a295aa70c604
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/entrepreneur_magazines_top_200_us_franchises_growing_abroad.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2018-08-15T09:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:11:07.078Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/3996_plate.jpg
---

# Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 200 U.S. Franchises Growing Abroad

**TL;DR:** Entrepreneur magazine published a list of the top 200 U.S. franchises growing abroad, ranking companies based on costs, fees, growth rate, and brand strength. The list includes 7-Eleven, Kumon, and RE/MAX, with seven of the top 10 being fast food brands.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2018-08-15. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/entrepreneur_magazines_top_200_us_franchises_growing_abroad.html).*

## Story

The July 2018 issue of *Entrepreneur* magazine published a list of the top 200 U.S. franchises looking to grow abroad.

Key factors in compiling the ranking included costs and fees, number of units, growth rate, support, brand strength, financial strength, and stability. More than 1,000 franchise brands (1,023) submitted their disclosure documents and responded to an online survey conducted by the magazine. Another requirement: the list was limited to companies seeking new franchisees outside the U.

S. and that already had at least five units open abroad as of July 2017. Here are *Entrepreneur’s* numbers for the top 25 franchise brands, listing their rank in the listing, U.

S. units, non-U.S.

units, and corporate-owned units. Interestingly, seven of the top 10 are fast food brands (7-Eleven, Kumon, and RE/MAX being the two exceptions), while the next 15 on the list are dominated by service brands and contain only two food brands (Arby’s and Denny’s). For the full list, and more information about the survey methodology and distribution of units for each of the remaining 175 brands on the list, click here.

BRAND U.S. UNITS NON-U.

S. UNITS CORP. UNITS 1 McDonald’s 13,186 21,093 3,007 2 7-Eleven 7,025 54,061 1,019 3 KFC U.

S.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- international expansion (topic)
- McDonald's (company)
- franchise ranking (topic)
- brand growth (topic)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- KFC (company)
- Arby's (company)
- 7-Eleven (company)
- Denny's (company)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/entrepreneur_magazines_top_200_us_franchises_growing_abroad.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2686fcef-fc75-4c7e-b8f9-a295aa70c604).