Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we announce our Most Profitable Franchises of 2026. We name 50 franchise brands in this list whose franchisees report higher earnings than the average. No brand can pay to be on this list! They are on it because of their high franchisee satisfaction scores thanks to FBR&#x27;s market research. This episode breaks down the characteristics of the most profitable brands of the year and what you should pay attention to when doing your franchise buying research. Resources Most Profitable Franchises of 2026 Read: How to Find and Compare the Most Profitable Franchise Brands Listen: The Pros and Cons of Buying an Existing Franchise Listen: Announcing the Top 200 Franchises of 2026 Listen: How Much Money Can You Make Owning A Franchise? Listen: Consider an Exit Strategy Before You Invest in a Franchise Read: Researching Franchises? How to Use FBR&#x27;s Data Connect with Us: Visit FranchiseBusinessReview.com Follow us on Instagram, @franchisebusinessreview Subscribe to our newsletter Check us out on YouTube, @FranchiseBusinessReview Connect with us on LinkedIn

What Are The Most Profitable Franchises of 2026?

From A to Franchisee: The Podcast for Smarter Franchise Buying

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**Podcast:** From A to Franchisee: The Podcast for Smarter Franchise Buying

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Welcome to From A to Franchisee, The Podcast for Smarter Franchise Buying. I'm your host, Michelle Rowan, President of Franchise Business Review. I'm here to spill the tea on the world of franchising. With over 20 years of research and data, FBR is the definitive source for unbiased insights into franchise ownership. We'll share real metrics, helpful advice, and talk to actual owners. See what great franchises look like and how to spot red flags in others.

This podcast will build your franchise toolbox so you can make the right investment for you. Think of me as your franchise bestie with data. Welcome back to our podcast, From A to Franchisee. And today we are talking about and sharing our most profitable franchises of 2026. And today I have Allison joining us from the team.

She's, I would say she's usually behind the scenes, but you keep popping on the front of the scene. I do. I can't stay away. I love a mic. What can I say? I was going to say also too, I'm going to say I'm glad we don't share the outtakes. This was a tough one for us to get started. A lot of start-stop takes, but here we are. Okay. So we know our audience has been thinking about franchising. And if you are ready to buy a franchise, you've seen stories online, you've seen videos,

you've heard the guy that's crushing it in franchising, but you still have no idea what that means. What are they making? And here we're going to fix that. We're going to share some real numbers from real franchise owners. In fact, we had over 29,000 franchisees participate in this round of data. And we're going to tell you what the franchisees are saying. We're going to tell you who's on the top of our top profitable franchises.

And we're going to also try and continue our efforts in helping you spot the difference between a great opportunity and a great sales pitch. So I am Michelle Rowan. I am the president here of Franchise Business Review. And joining me is Allison Dudas. And we're ready to just kind of jump into the data and help you guys find some great opportunities to check out. You ready? Yes. Yes, totally ready. Thanks for having me. All right.

So let's talk about, let's start with what is the most profitable franchise list that we put out. Allison, do you want to talk a little bit more about the data behind it and kind of what we're doing here at FBR in case this is the first time people are tuning in to check out our data? Yes. So just a reminder that Franchise Business Review is a market research company. Every year we are surveying franchisees across multiple brands. Right now we're working with 330 brands.

If a brand has done a franchisee satisfaction survey within 18 months, they are eligible for this list. We are not getting paid by these brands to appear on these lists. So just so you know, we are getting raw data from their franchisees. And with that information, tha...

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