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       Snap-on Tools     Budget Blinds    Cruise Planners   FastSigns         Marco’s Pizza     The UPS Store
       Professional tools and   Window coverings, window   Travel agencies  International   Pizza, subs, wings,    Postal, business, printing,
       equipment         film, rugs, accessories             Signs, graphics   cheese bread      and communications
                                          STARTUP COST                                          services
       STARTUP COST      STARTUP COST     $2.1K–$23.4K      STARTUP COST      STARTUP COST
       $171.4K–$359.8K   $110.1K–$235.9K                    $193.5K–$289.6K   $289.8K–$762.5K   STARTUP COST
                                          FRANCHISE FEE                                         $168.9K–$398.3K
       FRANCHISE FEE     FRANCHISE FEE    $695-$10.99K      FRANCHISE FEE     FRANCHISE FEE
       $8K–$16K          $19.95K                            $47.5K            $25K              FRANCHISE FEE
                                          TOTAL UNITS                                           $29.95K
       TOTAL UNITS       TOTAL UNITS      (Franchised / Co.-Owned)  TOTAL UNITS  TOTAL UNITS
       (Franchised / Co.-Owned)  (Franchised / Co.-Owned)  2,569/1  (Franchised / Co.-Owned)  (Franchised / Co.-Owned)  TOTAL UNITS
       4,663/170         1,154/0                            683/0             905/0             (Franchised / Co.-Owned)
                                          VET INCENTIVE                                         5,071/0
       VET INCENTIVE     VET INCENTIVE    28% off franchise fee; free   VET INCENTIVE  VET INCENTIVE
       $20,000 off startup   $15,000 off initial    training for co-owner/  50% off franchise fee;   $10,000 off franchise fee;   VET INCENTIVE
       inventory         territory fee    associate; $250 marketing   reduced royalty and   franchise fee waived    $10,000 off franchise fee
                                          credit; $60 design credit;    advertising fees for    for veterans with service-   and 50% off initial
       2                                  3 months free technology   first year  related disabilities  application fee
                                          access; free software
       Dream Vacations                    license; 1 year free errors
                                          and omissions insurance
       Travel agencies
       STARTUP COST
       $3.2K–$21.9K
       FRANCHISE FEE
       $495-$9.8K
       TOTAL UNITS
       (Franchised / Co.-Owned)
       1,331/0
       VET INCENTIVE
       20% off franchise fee;
       training fee waived or
       reduced for business
       partners and associates;
       marketing assets
       3
       Precision
       Tune Auto Care
       Auto repair and
       maintenance
       STARTUP COST
       $127K–$253.6K
       FRANCHISE FEE
       $25K
       TOTAL UNITS
       (Franchised / Co.-Owned)
       266/53
       VET INCENTIVE
       $15,000 off franchise
       fee; reduced royalty
       fee for first year
       4
       Matco Tools
       Mechanics’ tools and
       equipment
       STARTUP COST
       $91.8K–$269.7K
       FRANCHISE FEE
       $7K
       TOTAL UNITS
       (Franchised / Co.-Owned)
       1,781/2
       VET INCENTIVE
       10% off initial inventory
       5
       7-Eleven
       Convenience stores
       STARTUP COST
       $37.6K–$1.1M      Snap-on Tools/ No. 1
       FRANCHISE FEE
       $10K–$1M                                                                                                   PHOTOGR APH BY CALEB COX/SNAP-ON TOOLS
       TOTAL UNITS
       (Franchised / Co.-Owned)
       61,086/1,019      VETERANS OWN MORE than 10 percent of Snap-on Tools’ U.S. franchise units. That, along with a
       VET INCENTIVE     generous incentive, helped propel the company into the top spot this year, after ranking second in
       10%-20% off franchise fee;
       special financing  2017. In addition to honoring veterans through its franchise opportunity, the company has partnered
                         with the Honor Flight Network since 2013 to send 311 veterans and their guardians to visit their
                         respective memorials—for the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and WWII—in Washington, D.C.
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