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Buying a Franchise
Practical guidance for evaluating, buying, and preparing to own a franchise.
When prospective franchisees compare opportunities, the royalty rate is often one of the first numbers they notice. One franchise may charge 5% of revenue. Another may charge 6%. A third may charge 7%. Those figures are easy to compare, but they don’t necessarily tell buyers what they need to know.…