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title: "Entrepreneur: Meet This Year’s Fastest Growing Franchises"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3d2b668d-6d94-462b-b025-a32bbf07b427
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-meet-this-years-fastest-growing-franchises-10534
category: "Franchisors"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Franchisors"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2017-02-21T14:09:15.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:10:32.261Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/e664ebab6af6e915468c008561e77adf27.jpg
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# Entrepreneur: Meet This Year’s Fastest Growing Franchises

**TL;DR:** Entrepreneur released its list of fastest-growing franchises, with Dunkin Donuts and Jan-Pro Franchising International ranking as the top two. The list features companies with sustained growth over many years, including well-known brands like Jimmy John's, Taco Bell, and McDonald's.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-meet-this-years-fastest-growing-franchises-10534).*

## Story

The annual list of fastest-growing franchises from Entrepreneur has been released and it may not include the trendy new brands you would expect, but rather companies that have sustained growth over many years. According to Entrepreneur, the average company on the list has been franchising for 24 years with the top spot going to Dunkin Donuts, a brand with 62 years of history.

Rankings are based on numerical growth between July 2015 and July 2016 with any ties for spots are determined by percentage growth. The companies on the list in total added 8,695 franchises in North America, and are showing no signs of slowing down.

Commercial cleaning franchise Jan-Pro Franchising International comes in at the No. 2 spot in front of well-known brands including Jimmy John’s, Taco Bell, 7-Eleven and McDonald’s.

A little bit farther down the list, you'll see brands with longer histories including Checkers & Rally's with 28 years of franchising, and Dairy Queen with 73 years of franchising experience.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- McDonald's (company)
- Taco Bell (company)
- Checkers (company)
- Dairy Queen (company)
- 7-Eleven (company)
- Dunkin' Donuts (company)
- Jimmy John's (company)
- JAN-PRO (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/entrepreneur-meet-this-years-fastest-growing-franchises-10534). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3d2b668d-6d94-462b-b025-a32bbf07b427).