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COLT’S NECK, N.J.<\/strong> — Retro Fitness, a leading low-cost, high-value fitness franchise, has been named one of America’s Best Franchises, according to Forbes magazine’s first-ever list of the best and worst franchises in the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Forbes “Best and Worst in Franchising” was created from performance and revenue metrics compiled and analyzed by FRANdata, a research and consulting firm that focuses on studying the comparative performance of franchise brands. FRANdata went through publicly available information on 3,000 franchise brands and measured them according to three main criteria: five-year unit continuity rate, unit growth rate and franchisee support score. The franchisee support score is comprised of three categories that are important to prospective franchisees, including financing, marketing, and initial and ongoing operational support programs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COLT’S NECK, N.J. — Retro Fitness, a leading low-cost, high-value fitness franchise, has been named one of America’s Best Franchises, according to Forbes magazine’s first-ever list of the best and worst franchises in the nation. The Forbes “Best and Worst in Franchising” was created from performance and revenue metrics compiled and analyzed by FRANdata, a research and consulting firm that … Forbes Magazine Names Retro Fitness One of America’s Best Franchises<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-wire"],"yoast_head":"\nForbes Magazine Names Retro Fitness One of America's Best Franchises - Franchising Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Publication's First-Ever "Best and Worst in Franchising" List Ranks Retro Fitness as the Best Fitness Franchise and Second Best Franchise among Chains\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisegator.com\/articles\/forbes-magazine-names-retro-fitness-one-of-americas-best-franchises-11824\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forbes Magazine Names Retro Fitness One of America's Best Franchises - 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