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title: "Grease Monkey Lands a Spot on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 41st Annual Franchise 500 Ranking"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/50b8ff34-7f98-4f35-a4b0-23b64e84570c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/grease-monkey-lands-a-spot-on-entrepreneur-magazines-41st-annual-franchise-500-ranking-2712217
category: "Oil change"
industry: "Automotive"
segment: "Oil change"
published: 2020-02-06T17:12:47.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:34:09.089Z
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# Grease Monkey Lands a Spot on Entrepreneur Magazine’s 41st Annual Franchise 500 Ranking

**TL;DR:** Grease Monkey ranked #161 on Entrepreneur Magazine's 41st Annual Franchise 500 list. Entrepreneur Magazine releases the list annually after researching over 1,000 brands.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-02-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/grease-monkey-lands-a-spot-on-entrepreneur-magazines-41st-annual-franchise-500-ranking-2712217).*

## Story

Entrepreneur magazine released its annual Franchise 500 list and Grease Monkey landed a coveted, ranking at #161. For more than four decades, Entrepreneur has been releasing yearly franchise reports from extensive research that rank the top 500 brands for the upcoming year. Over 1,000 brands apply to make this list each year.

The research that Entrepreneur does to narrow down the top 500 includes the cost & fees, size & growth, support, brand strength and financial strength & stability of franchise brands that apply. Having these qualifications is a key to landing on the top 500 list and each franchise is given a cumulative score based on an analysis of more than 150 data points, and the 500 franchises with the highest cumulative scores make the cut.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Entrepreneur (publication)
- Automotive (sector)
- franchise ranking (topic)
- Grease Monkey (company)
- annual list (topic)
- research and ranking (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/grease-monkey-lands-a-spot-on-entrepreneur-magazines-41st-annual-franchise-500-ranking-2712217). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/50b8ff34-7f98-4f35-a4b0-23b64e84570c).