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Forbes ranked the top three best franchises to buy in 2018, including Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Culver's, and Mathnasium Learning Centers. The ranking was determined by FRANdata based on criteria such as system sustainability and franchisor support.
Forbes teamed up with the franchise industry research firm FRANdata in order to rank the year's best and worst franchises. The ranking was determined by FRANdata taking a look at system sustainability, demand, the value of the investment, franchisor support and franchisor stability as its top criteria for the study. The firm then assigned three investment categories, ranking the franchise investment from high to low. The high investment requires $500,000 or more, the medium investment ranges from $150,000 to $500,000 and the lowest investment requires less than $150,000.
Here are the top three best franchises to buy in 2018 according to Forbes – ranked from high to low investment:
Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steak-Burgers
Culver’s Butter-Burgers & Frozen Custard
Mathnasium* Learning Centers
Here are the top three worst franchises to buy according to Forbes – ranked from high to low investment:
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on June 19, 2018. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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