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THE FRANCHISE Year Began/ Available Seeking 2017 2018 2019 Startup Costs/ Royalty Financing Home- Kiosk/
Franchising U.S. Int’l? Number of Number of Number of Franchise Fee Fee Available? Based/ Express
Since Regions Franchises/ Franchises/ Franchises/ Mobile Unit
Company- Company- Company- Opportunity Available?
Owned Owned Owned

RANK 452 Learning Express Toys 1987/1990 ALL NO 120/0 111/0 107/0 $189.9K-$364.2K/$35K 5% YES NO NO
Specialty toy stores
Devens, Mass.
NOT RANKED
Bricks & Minifigs 2010/2011 ALL C,I 26/1 38/2 36/2 $108.5K-$276.4K/$25K 6% YES NO NO
Lego resale stores
Orem, Utah
Children’s Orchard 1980/1985 ALL NO 27/1 26/0 25/0 $174.7K-$326K/$25K 4% YES NO NO
Children’s clothing and toys resale stores
Minnetonka, Minn.
Just Between Friends Franchise 1997/2004 ALL C 153/5 151/8 150/7 $38.5K-$54.5K/$17.9K 3% NO YES NO
Systems
Children’s and maternity consignment events
Broken Arrow, Okla.
Kid to Kid 1992/1994 ALL C,I** 120/1 118/2 110/4 $301.8K-$484.8K/$25K 5% YES NO NO
New and used children’s and maternity
clothing and products
North Salt Lake, Utah
Rhea Lana’s Franchise Systems 1997/2008 ALL NO 78/3 82/3 93/3 $20.6K-$39.95K/ 3-1% NO NO NO
Children’s consignment events $11.5K-$14.5K
Conway, Ark.

SWIMMING LESSONS
Goldfish Swim School Franchising 2006/2008 ALL C 45/1 69/1 89/1 $1.4M-$3.2M/ 6% YES NO NO
28 Infant and child swimming lessons $50K-$60K
Troy, Mich.
British Swim School USA 1981/2011 ALL C,I 60/1 63/0 69/0 $91.3K-$150.9K/ 10% YES YES NO
203 Swimming lessons for ages 3 months and older $39.5K-$59.5K
Virginia Beach, Va.
Aqua-Tots Swim Schools 1991/2007 ALL C,I 79/1 90/1 102/1 $502.1K-$1.2M/$40K 6% NO NO NO
232 Swimming lessons
Mesa, Ariz.
SafeSplash/SwimLabs/Swimtastic 2005/2014 ALL C,I** 126/18 142/11 154/9 1 $44.5K-$1.8M/ 6% YES NO NO
278 Child and adult swimming lessons, parties, $25K-$60K
summer camps
Englewood, Colo.
NOT RANKED
Big Blue Swim School 2009/2018 ALL NO 0/3 0/4 0/5 $1.8M-$3.7M/$75K 6% YES NO NO
Swimming lessons for ages newborn to 10
Chicago

TUTORING
Kumon Math & Reading Centers 1954/1958 ALL C,I 25,827/ 25,854/ 26,256/ $73.4K-$154.8K/$1K $34-$38/ NO NO NO
12 Supplemental education 32 27 22 STUDENT/
Ridgefield Park, N.J. MO.
Mathnasium Learning Centers 2002/2003 ALL C,I 839/13 924/13 1,030/ $112.8K-$149.1K/$49K 10%+ YES NO NO
29 Math tutoring 17
Los Angeles
Huntington Learning Centers 1977/1985 ALL NO 245/35 255/34 274/24 $127.1K-$292.9K/$28K 9.5% YES NO NO
39 Tutoring and test prep
Oradell, N.J.
Tutor Doctor 2000/2003 ALL C,I 531/1 554/1 662/0 $73.3K-$100.99K/ 8% YES YES NO
164 Tutoring $44.7K-$49.7K
Toronto
Eye Level Learning Centers 1976/1976 ALL C,I 616/ 818/ 813/ $59.3K-$126.8K/$5K $29-$36/ YES NO NO
184 Supplemental education 797 814 808 SUBJECT/
Ridgefield Park, N.J. MO.
Sylvan Learning 1979/1980 ALL C,I 601/14 574/11 575/8 $68.7K-$159.1K/$24K 16% YES NO NO
252 Individualized supplemental education
Hunt Valley, Md.
The Tutoring Center Franchise 1994/2005 ALL C,I 90/0 95/0 100/0 $99.5K-$148.2K/$32K $1K/MO. YES NO NO
283 Tutoring
Long Beach, Calif.
JEI Learning Center 1977/1992 ALL C,I** 301/ 292/ 269/ $69.5K-$115K/$22.5K $23-$33/ NO NO NO
372 Individualized supplemental education 246 232 276 SUBJECT/
Los Angeles MO.
GradePower Learning 1984/1991 ALL C,I 156/0 150/3 154/3 $99.8K-$270.5K/$40K 10% NO NO NO
404 Supplemental education
London, Ontario
Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services 1995/1998 ALL C,I 384/0 386/0 388/0 $33.9K-$52.9K/ 6-8% YES YES NO
491 In-home tutoring $19.8K-$34.8K
Tampa, Fla.
NOT RANKED
Best in Class Education Center 1988/2011 ALL* C,I** 48/0 55/0 65/0 $67.4K-$127.7K/$35K 12% YES NO NO
Afterschool supplemental education
Seattle
Brain Balance Achievement Centers 2008/2008 ALL NO 107/3 110/3 111/1 $256.9K-$478.9K/$45K 8% YES NO NO
Supplemental education
South San Francisco
1 SafeSplash/SwimLabs/Swimtastic has 4 additional nonfranchise units.

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