Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Franchises worldwide
RevenueBase identified 217 franchises worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 7,752 professional contacts across them, including 1,262 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers franchises worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for franchises follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest franchises worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,978 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos uma marca genuinamente brasileira, nascida em 1952 no burburinho de Copacabana no Rio de Janeiro.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,332 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded by Greg Flynn in Flynn Group has grown from a small Applebee's operator and developer in Washington State into the world's largest franchise operator and one of the 20…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Com mais de 25 anos de história, a Gela Boca segue crescendo e conquistando reconhecimento no mercado, consolidando sua posição como uma das principais franquias de sorveterias do…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 207 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Jimmy’s Egg Franchise Systems, LLC (Jimmy’s Egg) is part of the fast growing Breakfast and Lunch segment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 202 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “If you’re looking for the right franchise opportunity for you, Home Franchise Concepts has the answer with our family of brands: Budget Blinds, Aussie Pet Mobile, AdvantaClean…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Rent-A-Center Franchising International, Inc, formerly ColorTyme, Inc, is the franchisor of Rent-A-Center, the world’s largest rent-to-own brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 126 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HorsePower Brands is a portfolio company in the home services franchising space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1982, The Saxton Group has a proven track record within the restaurant industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to serve the freshest, highest quality food we can offer to the communities we are lucky to be a part of in an atmosphere that makes everyone feel at home whether…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Starboard Group is a leader in the franchise industry ranked among the top 100 franchisees in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Franchise FastLane, founded in 2017, provides turnkey franchise growth solutions and marketing services designed to help brands scale responsibly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A Encontre sua Franquia é uma holding que concentra 7 marcas próprias de franquias, focadas na sustentabilidade, suporte aos franqueados e alta rentabilidade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Five Star Franchising is an innovative, growing platform of home service brands with more than 1,600 total locations throughout North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ResiBrands offers entrepreneurs unmatched value in franchising.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coffee Beanery opened its first stores in the United States in 1976, before the American public knew the term “specialty coffee.” In the 30 years that have followed, Coffee…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A fun, interactive experience for the whole family, featuring unlimited play, affordable pricing, and quality attractions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A Holding mais premiada pela ABF em 2022 +800 franquias no Rumo às Excelência em Franchising Destaque ABF Inovação e Sustentabilidade” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Não vendemos ilusão, fazemos franchising de verdade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Em mais de 60 franquias e na melhor multimarca da sua cidade!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “How is cleaning an Executive business?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Happinest is all about building partnerships with like-minded home service-related brands, making the American dream real for franchisees and giving customers a trusted resource…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “O Grupo Z+ é uma holding do segmento de franquias de alimentação, nascida da fusão de marcas tradicionais e queridas pelos brasileiros, como a Fábrica de Bolo Vó Alzira e o Grão…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Led by Founder and CEO John Hewitt, Loyalty Brands houses a successful group of B2B franchise systems including financial services, accounting and tax services, and business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Fransmart is a global leader in franchise development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Strategic Franchising Systems is a group of private companies that offer low-cost, home-based, proven franchise models with highly effective marketing systems that generate the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: franchises. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names franchises.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of franchises, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name franchises. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Franchises worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among franchises, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- 2 countries, largest first: the United States, Brazil. Country and city lists for franchises are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “franchises”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names franchises), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among franchises, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,262 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Franchises by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Franchises list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names franchises, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many franchises are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 217 franchises worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
BOB S, headquartered in Rio De Janeiro, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most franchises?
The United States leads with 131 companies, followed by Brazil (86). Every franchises list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most franchises?
Sao Paulo leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Rio De Janeiro (7) and Sao Jose Do Rio Preto (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,262 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 217 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.