Want to Be Your Own Boss? Here Are the Best and Worst Franchises to Buy

Are you tired of "working for the man." Do you want to be your own boss? Have you ever thought about what type of business you would open if you had the money to do it?

Forbes has published the best and worst franchises to own in 2016. Elderly care and help-around-the-house services are where the money's at. Many of these businesses are already in Sioux Falls, but there are several others that aren't and money is waiting to be made.

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Best Franchises to Buy with an investment less than $150,000:

1. Right at Home In Home Care & Assistance
2. Weed Man
3. Mathnasium Learning Centers
4. Molly Maid
5. Express Employment Professionals
6. MaidPro
7. Comfort Keepers
8. Just Between Friends
9. BrightStar
10. Seniors Helping Seniors

Worst Franchises to Buy with an investment less than $150,000:

1. Help-U-Sell
2. Curves
3. Guardsman FurniturePro
4. Realty World
5. All Tune and Lube
6. EXIT Realty
7. OctoClean
8. American Lenders Service Co.
9. The Growth Coach
10. Geeks on Call

Best Franchises to Buy with an investment between $150,000-$500,000:

1. Jimmy Johns
2. Marco's Pizza
3. Jet's Pizza
4. Batteries Plus Bulbs
5. Zaxby's
6. SportClips
7. Penn Station East Coast Subs
8. Edible Arrangements
9. Anytime Fitness
10. Two Men and a Truck

Worst Franchises to Buy with an investment between $150,000-$500,000:

1. Cookie by Design
2. Dippin' Dots
3. Quiznos
4. The Taco Maker
5. Halloween Express
6. Cottman Transmission
7. Blimpie Subs
8. Roly Poly Rolled Sandwiches
9. PIP Center Printing and Marketing Services
10. Surf City Squeeze

Best Franchises to Buy with an investment over $500,000

1. Culver's ButterBurgers & Frozen Custard
2. Firehouse Subs
3. Primrose Schools
4. Planet Fitness
5. The Learning Experience
6. Retrofitness
7. Massage Envy Spa
8. Towneplace Suites by Marriott
9. SpringHill Suites by Marriott
10. Homewood Suites by Hilton

Worst Franchises to Buy with an investment over $500,000

1. DirectBuy
2. Century 21
3. Comet Cleaners and Laundry
4. Fazoli's
5. World Gym
6. Baja Fresh
7. Ponderosa Steakhouse
8. Windermere Services Company
9. Hospitality International
10. Godfather's Pizza

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