Franchise Directory

Best holding companies & conglomerates franchises

We rank 32 holding companies & conglomerates franchise opportunities using a transparent two-factor model: 70% system maturity (verified unit count) and 30% investment accessibility (lower starting investment widens the qualified candidate pool). The ranking is recalculated whenever brands or unit counts change.

The 32-brand ranking

Each entry includes the score, current unit count, and starting investment. Click through for the full FDD-derived overview, royalty rate, training program, and territory availability.

  1. 1

    #1 Purpose Brands, LLC franchise opportunities

    Score 70/100 · 5500 units · Investment $0 – $0

  2. 2

    #2 Driven Brands Inc. franchise opportunities

    Score 65/100 · 5109 units · Investment $140,000 – $140,000

  3. 3

    #3 3M franchise opportunities

    Score 30/100 · 0 units · Investment $50 – $50

  4. 4

    #4 Home Franchise Concepts franchise opportunities

    Score 29/100 · 2300 units · Investment $86,000 – $188,000

  5. 5

    #5 United Franchise Group franchise opportunities

    Score 23/100 · 1800 units · Investment $122,184 – $122,184

  6. 6

    #6 Global Franchising Group Llc franchise opportunities

    Score 18/100 · 1400 units · Investment $250,000 – $250,000

  7. 7

    #7 Propelled Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 17/100 · 1345 units · Investment $233,555 – $307,308

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    #8 Winmark – the Resale Company franchise opportunities

    Score 16/100 · 1293 units · Investment $275,000 – $375,000

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    #9 WellBiz Brands, Inc. franchise opportunities

    Score 11/100 · 900 units · Investment $436,334 – $707,674

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    #10 Main Line Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 11/100 · 850 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #11 Empower Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 10/100 · 800 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #12 Unleashed Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 6/100 · 500 units · Investment $75,250 – $405,950

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    #13 EverSmith Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 6/100 · 500 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #14 Loyalty Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 6/100 · 440 units · Investment $51,950 – $88,500

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    #15 Phoenix Franchise Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 5/100 · 396 units · Investment $62,500 – $62,500

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    #16 WOWorks franchise opportunities

    Score 5/100 · 355 units · Investment $100,000 – $100,000

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    #17 BRIX Holdings, LLC franchise opportunities

    Score 4/100 · 325 units · Investment $30,000 – $30,000

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    #18 Home Based Franchise Group franchise opportunities

    Score 3/100 · 200 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #19 Extraordinary Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 1/100 · 78 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #20 Won Life Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 25 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #21 Linn Companies Inc franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 18 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #22 Franchise Services, Inc. franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $49,500 – $170,000

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    #23 Neighborly® franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $138,300 – $196,200

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    #24 Franchise Group, Inc. franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #25 Buzz Franchise Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #26 Evive Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #27 JM Family Enterprises, Inc. franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #28 Frayer Enterprises franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #29 Happinest Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #30 HorsePower Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #31 Metric Collective franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

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    #32 Starpoint Brands franchise opportunities

    Score 0/100 · 0 units · Investment $0 – $0

How we rank holding companies & conglomerates franchises

"Best" lists in franchising are usually opaque. Ours is not. Each brand receives a composite score on a 0–1 scale, then displayed as 0–100 above. Two inputs drive the score:

  • System maturity (70% weight): The brand's verified unit count divided by the largest unit count in the industry. More units means more validated supply chain, more royalty data, more transferable real estate playbooks, and more peer franchisees to learn from.
  • Investment accessibility (30% weight): The lowest starting investment in the industry divided by the brand's starting investment. Lower-investment brands open the candidate pool to more qualified franchisee buyers and reduce single-unit risk concentration.

We deliberately do not weight royalty percentage, brand recognition, or marketing-fund size — those vary by territory and franchisee operating model. Brands cannot pay for ranking position; placement is determined entirely by the formula above.

A high ranking is a starting point, not a recommendation. Always validate Item 19 financial-performance representations, talk to existing franchisees, and have a qualified franchise attorney review the FDD before committing capital. Brands that score well here may still be a poor fit for a specific market, candidate background, or capitalization plan.