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

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