The top 10 fastest growing franchises in 2010 according to entrepreneur Six of the top ten are commercial cleaning services. Moral of the story is if you have to get your hands dirty at least get commercial rates for it.

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1. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l. Inc. – Commercial cleaning
Startup Cost: $3,145 – $50,405

2. Subway Submarine – sandwiches & salads
Startup Cost: $84,300 – $258,300

3. Stratus Building Solutions – Commercial cleaning
Startup Cost:$3,450 – $57,750

4. Dunkin’ Donuts – Coffee, doughnuts, baked goods
Startup Cost: $537,750 – $1,765,300

5. Anago Cleaning Systems – Commercial cleaning
Startup Cost: $8,543 – $55,306

6. McDonald’s – Hamburgers, chicken, salads
Startup Cost: $995,900 – $1,842,700

7. CleanNet USA Inc. – Commercial cleaning
Startup Cost:$5,425 – $91,150

8. Bonus Building Care – Commercial cleaning
Startup Cost:$9,000 – $15,000

9. Liberty Tax Service – Income-tax preparation
Startup Cost:$56,800 – $69,900

10. Vanguard Cleaning Systems – Commercial cleaning
Startup Cost:$8,125 – $38,100

The top franchises of 2009 (300 total) by AllBusiness has been chosen. The list is a wide range of likely and unlikely candidates from Subway in the #1 slot to Allover media bringing up the rear at number 300.

Here are the 300 franchise companies that our editors and experts chose as the “best of the best” for 2009.

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