| According to Entrepreneur magazine's 30th Annual Franchise 500 survey, RE/MAX® remains the nation's No. 1 real estate franchise. The survey appears in the January 2009 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine and on the magazine's web site. Among real estate franchises, RE/MAX ranks No. 1 for the ninth time in the past ten years. The closest real estate competitor ranked a distant No. 71. Entrepreneur's “Franchise 500®” was the first ranking of franchises in the industry and is still the best and most comprehensive rating of franchises in the world. Over the years, they have polished and perfected the ranking procedure, giving a formula that accurately identifies today's top franchise. All companies, regardless of size, are judged by the same criteria: objective, quantifiable measures of a franchise operation. The most important factors include financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system. Also considered, is the number of years in business and length of time franchising, startup costs, litigation, percentage of terminations and whether the company provides financing. Financial data is audited by an independent CPA. The objective factors are then plugged into an exclusive Franchise 500® formula, with each eligible company receiving a cumulative score. The 500 franchises with the highest cumulative scores become the Franchise 500®. RE/MAX's revolutionary concept of enabling real estate professionals to maximize their business potential, has evolved into an organization of 115,000 Sales Associates in more than 7,020 Franchises in 65 Countries around the world. RE/MAX Associates, on average, lead the industry in production and professional designations. See Also - Comment on this story
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