Entrpreneur.com's Top Franchises and their startup costs

linkHere's the top 30. There's a lot more on that site.

1 Subway Submarine sandwiches & salads $86K-213K

2 Curves Women's fitness & weight-loss centers $36.4K-42.9K

3 Quizno's Franchise Co., The Submarine sandwiches, soups, salads $208.4K-243.8K

4 7-Eleven Inc. Convenience store Varies

5 Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Tax preparation services $38.8K-85.4K

6 UPS Store, The Postal/business/communications services $143.3K-247K

7 McDonald's Hamburgers, chicken, salads $506K-1.6M

8 Jani-King Commercial cleaning $11.3K-34.1K+

9 Dunkin' Donuts Donuts & baked goods $255.7K-1.1M

10 Baskin-Robbins USA Co. Ice cream & yogurt $145.7K-527.8K

11 Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc. Fast oil change $214K-273K

12 InterContinental Hotels Group Hotels Varies

13 Sonic Drive In Restaurants Drive-in restaurant $710K-2.3M

14 Domino's Pizza LLC Pizza $141.4K-415.1K

15 Super 8 Motels Inc. Economy motels $297K-2.3M

16 Kumon Math & Reading Centers Supplemental education $9.3K-29.3K

17 Chem-Dry Carpet Drapery & Upholstery Cleaning Carpet, drapery & upholstery cleaning $24.95K-86.95K

18 ServiceMaster Clean Comm'l./residential cleaning & disaster restoration $28.2K-99.9K

19 RE/MAX Int'l. Inc. Real estate $20K-200K

20 Snap-on Tools Professional tools & equipment $14.3K-264.3K

21 Burger King Corp. Hamburgers, fries, breakfast & other items $294K-2.8M

22 Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l. Inc. Commercial cleaning $5K-50K+

23 Merle Norman Cosmetics Cosmetics studios $33.1K-156K

24 Papa John's Int'l. Inc. Pizza $250K

25 Jazzercise Inc. Dance/exercise classes $2.6K-32.8K

26 RadioShack Consumer electronics $69.9K

27 Days Inns Worldwide Inc. Hotels & inns $400K-5.4M

28 Liberty Tax Service Income-tax preparation services $38.1K-49.1K

29 Midas Int'l. Corp. Auto repair & maintenance services $379.4K-528K

30 Dairy Queen Soft-serve dairy products/sandwiches $655K-1.3M