Sector · 10 registry records
Business Services Franchises
Compare the listed investment, fees, royalties and unit counts for business services franchise registry records. Verify material figures in each brand's current FDD.
- $64K–$147K
- Avg investment
- $37K
- Avg franchise fee (8 of 10)
- 14.1%
- Avg royalty (5 of 10)
- $150K
- Avg revenue Item 19 (1 of 10)
Inventory vs listed entry cost
According to the 2024 FDD vintage in this registry, Business Services ranks #7 of 14 by brand inventory (10) and #13 by mean listed Item 7 low ($64K). National dual: Food & Beverage is #1 of 14 by brand inventory (69) at mean listed Item 7 low #2 ($772K), while Travel & Hospitality is #1 by mean listed Item 7 low ($3.9M) on 7 brands (inventory #10).
- 69
- Food & Beverage brands (#1 inventory)
- $3.9M
- Travel & Hospitality mean Item 7 low (#1)
- #7
- This sector, brand inventory of 14
- #13
- This sector, mean listed Item 7 low
Brand-count rank and mean listed Item 7 low are independent sorts. Neither is a buy, quality, or outcome score.
Where Business Services sits by brand inventory
Business Services covers 10 registry brands among 14 sectors (inventory signal, not a quality ranking). Orthogonal to the unit-count chart below.
Business Services vs all sectors by brand count
Where this sector's registry inventory sits among every tracked franchise class
10 7th of 14 higher than 7 of 14 sectors
Sectors, banded by brand inventory
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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2026-08-09
Largest business services franchises by unit count
Total locations (FDD Item 20), top 10 in this sector
- H&R Block
H&R Block
9,000 locations
- Jackson Hewitt
Jackson Hewitt
5,700 locations
- Liberty Tax Service 2,600
Liberty Tax Service
2,600 locations
- ActionCOACH 1,100
ActionCOACH
1,100 locations
- Money Mailer 500
Money Mailer
500 locations
- Padgett Business Services 400
Padgett Business Services
400 locations
- Sandler Training 300
Sandler Training
300 locations
- Succentrix Business Advisors 300
Succentrix Business Advisors
300 locations
- Dale Carnegie Training 200
Dale Carnegie Training
200 locations
- Intelligent Office 100
Intelligent Office
100 locations
Business Services Franchise Brands (10)
ActionCOACH
ActionCOACH Franchise Group
$45K
1,100
Dale Carnegie Training
Dale Carnegie & Associates
200
H&R Block
H&R Block Inc
$3K
30.5%
9,000
Intelligent Office
Intelligent Office LLC
$35K
6.0%
100
Jackson Hewitt
Corsair Capital
$15K
5,700
Liberty Tax Service
Liberty Tax Inc
$40K
14.0%
2,600
Money Mailer
Money Mailer Franchising Corp
500
Padgett Business Services
$50K
9.0%
400
Sandler Training
Sandler Systems
$65K
300
Succentrix Business Advisors
$45K
11.0%
300
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Sector averages computed from PlainFranchise's editorial comparison registry (fields mapped to common FDD Item 5–7 categories). Not a verified FDD extract.
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