Top 100 Franchises

2026 Top Franchises List

Below you'll find the Top Franchises for 2026 as ranked by Franchise Gator in our ongoing Top 100 list, reflecting current popularity and engagement trends for actively growing franchise systems targeting new local markets for development.

Top 100 Franchises

2026 Top 100 Franchise List
Rank Franchise Name Industry Name Available Capital
1Pet$90,000
2Business Services$40,000
3Food$350,000
4Healthcare & Senior Care$100,000
5Business Services$50,000
6Home Services$50,000
7Personnel & Staffing$150,000
8Business Services$30,000
9Home Services$50,000
10Children's$250,000
11Pet$100,000
12Cleaning & Maintenance$50,000
13Education$150,000
14Healthcare & Senior Care$100,000
15Cleaning & Maintenance$40,000
16Cleaning & Maintenance$10,000
17Healthcare & Senior Care$50,000
18Healthcare & Senior Care$80,000
19Home Services$50,000
20Home Services$50,000
21Home Services$75,000
22Health & Fitness$100,000
23Healthcare & Senior Care$100,000
24Home Services$50,000
25Home Services$60,000
26Cleaning & Maintenance$100,000
27Home Services$50,000
28Health & Fitness$60,000
29Health & Fitness$50,000
30Health & Fitness$70,000
31Home Services$50,000
32Mobile$20,000
33Pet$100,000
34Food$20,000
35Home Services$150,000
36Home Services$50,000
37Children's$40,000
38Healthcare & Senior Care$40,000
39Business Services$50,000
40Healthcare & Senior Care$100,000
41Food$300,000
42Business Services$50,000
43Health & Fitness$200,000
44Business Services$100,000
45Home Services$50,000
46Home Services$60,000
47Home Services$60,000
48Personnel & Staffing$125,000
49Cleaning & Maintenance$795
50Home Services$100,000
51Business Services$100,000
52Home Services$80,000
53Food$100,000
54Cleaning & Maintenance$795
55Home Services$50,000
56Travel, Cruise & Hotel$100,000
57Automotive$75,000
58Home Services$75,000
59Home Services$75,000
60Home Services$75,000
61Home Services$75,000
62Home Services$75,000
63Home Services$100,000
64Home Services$150,000
65Cleaning & Maintenance$100,000
66Food$100,000
67Health & Fitness$100,000
68Food$200,000
69Automotive$70,000
70Food$50,000
71Education$450,000
72Retail$100,000
73Health & Fitness$200,000
74Food$300,000
75Food$200,000
76Retail$150,000
77Health & Fitness$150,000
78Business Services$70,000
79Business Services$40,000
80Home Services$50,000
81Home Services$100,000
82Healthcare & Senior Care$50,000
83Cleaning & Maintenance$50,000
84Home Services$70,000
85Cleaning & Maintenance$70,000
86Home Services$33,000
87Cleaning & Maintenance$50,000
88Home Services$50,000
89Food$80,000
90Food$200,000
91Pet$80,000
92Business Services$50,000
93Sports & Recreation$150,000
94Business Services$75,000
95Home Services$80,000
96Business Services$250,000
97Healthcare & Senior Care$100,000
98Children's$30,000
99Home Services$75,000
100Food$50,000

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