Last Updated: March 2025
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It’s not uncommon for different businesses to be owned by a parent company. However, in franchising there has been a tidal wave of mergers and acquisitions in the past few years.
With all the shuffling, it can be hard to remember which franchises are owned by which parent company, as well as which franchises are technically sibling companies.
Below are over 50 of the most well-known franchise parent companies (in alphabetical order) along with which brands fall under their respective umbrellas. Note: The list below isn’t exhaustive, and doesn’t include the hotel franchise conglomerates, a list of which you can view here.
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| Anywhere Real Estate (formerly Realogy) |
| Year Formed: 2006 |
| Based In: Madison, New Jersey |
| Main Franchise Industry: Real Estate |
| Franchise Brands: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Century 21 Coldwell Banker Commercial Coldwell Banker Residential Corcoran ERA Sotheby’s International Realty |
| Authority Brands |
| Year Formed: 2017 |
| Based In: Columbia, Maryland |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: America’s Swimming Pool Co. (ASP) Benjamin Franklin Plumbing DoodyCalls DRYmedic Restoration Services Homewatch CareGivers Lawn Squad Mister Sparky Monster Tree Service Mosquito Squad One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning Screenmobile STOP Restoration The Cleaning Authority The Junkluggers Woofie's |
| Authority Brands is majority owned by Apax Partners, L.P., a private equity firm based in London, United Kingdom. British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) has a minority stake. |
| BELFOR Franchise Group |
| Year Formed: 2009 |
| Based In: Birmingham, Michigan |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services/Maintenance |
| Franchise Brands: 1-800-BOARDUP 1-800-WATER DAMAGE Blue Kangaroo Packoutz Chem-Dry Carpet Cleaning Clear Pest Pros COOL-BINZ DUCTZ HOODZ JUNKCO+ N-Hance Wood Renewal Services The Patch Boys redbox+ Dumpsters WINMAR Property Restoration Specialists Z PLUMBERZ |
| BELFOR bought Harris Research Inc. in 2019. |
| Best Life Brands |
| Year Formed: 2019 |
| Based In: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Main Franchise Industry: Senior and Home Care |
| Franchise Brands: At Your Side Blue Moon Estate Sales Boost Home Healthcare CarePatrol ComForCare Next Day Access |
| Best Life Brands was created in 2019 as the umbrella organization for franchises “focused on the well-being of clients at any stage of life.” |
| Bloomin’ Brands |
| Year Formed: 1988 |
| Based In: Tampa, Florida |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Bonefish Grill Carraba’s Italian Grill Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Outback Steakhouse |
| Since the opening of Outback Steakhouse in 1988, food franchisor Bloomin’ Brands has grown to also include Bonefish Grill, Carraba’s Italian Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar. |
| Brinker International |
| Year Formed: 1991 |
| Based In: Coppell, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Chili’s It’s Just Wings Maggiano’s Little Italy |
| In 1991, Chili’s Inc. was renamed Brinker International. The company currently only franchises Chili’s. |
| BRIX Holdings |
| Year Formed: 2013 |
| Based In: Dallas, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Clean Juice Friendly's Humble Donut Co. Orange Leaf Pizza Jukebox Red Mango Smoothie Factory + Kitchen Souper Salad |
| Buzz Franchise Brands |
| Year Formed: 2015 |
| Based In: Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Main Franchise Industry: Various |
| Franchise Brands: British Swim School Home Clean Heroes Pool Scouts Wonderly Lights |
| The company dates back to the founding of Mosquito Joe in 2012. That franchise brand was acquired by Neighborly in 2018. |
| CKE Restaurants |
| Year Formed: 1966 |
| Based In: Carpinteria, California |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Carl’s Jr. Green Burrito Hardee’s Red Burrito |
| Owned by private equity firm Roark Capital Group, CKE Restaurants was founded in 1966 with the opening of Carl’s Jr. |
| Clean Franchise Brands |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: Tampa, Florida |
| Main Franchise Industry: Cleaning |
| Franchise Brands: 1-800-DryClean Bizziebox Dry Cleaning Station Lapels Dry Cleaning Martinizing Dry Cleaning Pressed4Time |
| Lapels Dry Cleaning formed Clean Franchise Brands by acquiring Martinizing Dry Cleaning, 1-800-DryClean, Pressed4time, Dry Cleaning Station and Bizziebox with equity partner Greybull. |
| Craveworthy Brands |
| Year Formed: 2022 |
| Based In: South Elgin, Illinois |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Big Chicken Bd's Mongolian Grill Dirty Dough Flat Top Grill Fresh Brothers Pizza Genghis Grill Hot Chicken Takeover Krafted Burger Bar + Tap Lucky Cat Poke Co. Nomad Dawgs Pastizza Pizza & Pasta Scramblin' Ed's Sigri Indian BBQ Soom Soom Mediterranean taim Mediterranean Kitchen The Budlong Southern Chicken Wing It On! |
| Dessange International |
| Year Formed: 1954 |
| Based In: Paris, France |
| Main Franchise Industry: Health & Beauty |
| Franchise Brands: Camille Albane Dessange Fantastic Sams |
| Other brands owned by Dessange include Coiff’idis and Phytodess. |
| Dine Brands Global |
| Year Formed: 2007 |
| Based In: Toluca Lake, California |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar Fuzzy’s Taco Shop International House of Pancakes (IHOP) |
| Dine Brands was formed after IHOP bought Applebee’s. |
| Driven Brands |
| Year Formed: 1972 |
| Based In: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Main Franchise Industry: Automotive |
| Franchise Brands: 1-800-Radiator & A/C ABRA Auto Body Repair of America Auto Glass Now CARSTAR Docteur du Pare-Brise Drive N’ Style Driven Florida Lubes Econo Lube N’ Tune & Brakes Fix Auto USA Go!Glass IMO Car Wash Maaco Magic Tunnel Car Wash Meineke Merlin Complete Auto Care Pro Oil Change Take 5 Oil Change Take 5 Car Wash Uniban (Canada) UniglassPlus VitroPlus |
| Auto franchisor Driven Brands started with the founding of Meineke and Maaco, by different people, in 1972. |
| Empower Brands |
| Year Formed: 2022 |
| Based In: Glen Allen, Virginia |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: Archadeck Outdoor Living Bumble Roofing Canopy Lawn Care Conserva Irrigation FRSTeam JAN-PRO Koala Insulation Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Superior Fence & Rail Wallaby Windows |
| Created with the merging of Outdoor Living Brands and Lynx Franchising in November 2022. |
| EssilorLuxottica |
| Year Formed: 1981 |
| Based In: Milan, Italy |
| Main Franchise Industry: Retail |
| Franchise Brands: LensCrafters Pearle Vision Sunglass Hut Target Optical |
| Luxottica is the world’s largest eyewear company. In addition to the franchise brands it owns, the Italian company has a portfolio of over 150 brand names such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Coach, Prada and more. |
| FAT (Fresh. Authentic. Tasty.) Brands |
| Year Formed: 2017 |
| Based In: Beverly Hills, California |
| Main Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Buffalo’s Cafe & Express Elevation Burger Fatburger Fazoli’s Great American Cookies Hot Dog on a Stick Hurricane Grill & Wings Johnny Rockets MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream & Treatery Marble Slab Creamery Native Grill & Wings Ponderosa & Bonanza Steakhouses Pretzelmaker Round Table Pizza Smokey Bones Twin Peaks Yalla Mediterranean |
| FAT Brands acquired Global Franchise Group in 2021. |
| FirstService Brands |
| Year Formed: 1989 |
| Based In: Audubon, Pennsylvania |
| Main Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: California Closets Century Fire Protection CertaPro Painters First Onsite Floor Coverings International Paul Davis Restoration Pillar to Post Home Inspectors Roofing Corp of America |
| FirstService Brands is part of FirstService Corporation, which is based in Toronto. |
| Five Star Franchising |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: Springville, Utah |
| Main Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: 1-800-Packouts Bio-One Card My Yard Five Star Bath Solutions Gotcha Covered Mosquito Shield |
| The company also owns ProNexis, a call center and lead-generation system for home services franchisees. Five Star is backed by Princeton Equity Group. |
| Franchise Group Inc. |
| Year Formed: 1997 |
| Based In: Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Main Industry: Various |
| Franchise Brands: Buddy’s Home Furnishings Pet Supplies Plus The Vitamin Shoppe Wag N Wash |
| The company began in 1997 when John Hewitt, co-founder of Jackson Hewitt, acquired, U&R Tax Depot. In 1998, the company became Liberty Tax, Inc. In 2019, the company changed its name to Franchise Group, Inc. and began acquiring other companies. Franchise Group, Inc. sold Liberty Tax in 2021. |
| Franchise Services Inc. (FSI) |
| Year Formed: 1996 |
| Based In: Mission Viejo, California |
| Main Industry: Print/Sign/Copy & Technology |
| Franchise Brands: PIP (Postal Instant Press) Signal Graphics Sir Speedy TeamLogic IT |
| In 1996, PIP was acquired by Sir Speedy and Franchise Services, Inc. was formed. |
| Franchise Source Brands International |
| Year Formed: Early 1990s |
| Based In: Southbury, Connecticut |
| Main Franchise Industry: Business Services |
| Franchise Brands: AdviCoach Expense Reduction Coaching Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching The Entrepreneur’s Source ZorSource |
| Global Franchise Opportunities (GFO Brands) |
| Year Formed: 2015 |
| Based In: Pompano Beach, Florida |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services and Senior Care |
| Franchise Brands: A Buyer’s Choice Home Inspections iHandyMan iCare Home Care |
| GOSH Enterprises, Inc. |
| Year Formed: 1986 |
| Based In: Columbus, Ohio |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: BIBIBOP Asian Grill Charleys Philly Steaks Lennys Grill & Subs |
| GoTo Foods |
| Year Formed: 1991 |
| Based In: Atlanta, Georgia |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Auntie Anne’s Carvel Cinnabon Jamba McAlister’s Deli Moe’s Southwest Grill Scholtzsky’s |
| The former FOCUS Brands, GoTo Foods is also an affiliate of Roark Capital Group. |
| Happinest Brands |
| Year Formed: 2019 |
| Based In: Holmdel, New Jersey |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: Ecomaids Elite Window Cleaning Lawn Doctor Mosquito Hunters Sparkle Squad |
| Home Brands Group Holdings |
| Year Formed: 2012 |
| Based In: Phoenix, Arizona |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: CrawlSpace Medic Dumpster Mule Punch List Pros Sunrise Electric Co. |
| HBG is owned by TZP Group LLC, which also owns Re-Bath and Lift Brands. |
| Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) |
| Year Formed: 2006 |
| Based In: Irvine, California |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: AdvantaClean Aussie Pet Mobile Bath Tune-Up Budget Blinds Concrete Craft Kitchen Tune-Up Lightspeed Restoration PremierGarage The Tailored Closet Two Maids |
| HFC was purchased by JM Family Enterprises Inc. in July 2019. |
| Inspire Brands |
| Year Formed: 2018 |
| Based In: Atlanta, Georgia |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Arby’s Baskin-Robbins Buffalo Wild Wings Dunkin' Jimmy John’s Mister Donut Rusty Taco Sonic Drive-In |
| Part of Roark Capital Group like CKE Restaurants and GoTo Foods, Inspire Brands changed its name from Arby's Restaurant Group in 2018. Inspire Brands bought Dunkin’ Brands (Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin' and Mister Donut) in 2020. |
| Jollibee Foods Corporation |
| Year Formed: 1978 |
| Based In: Pasig City, Philippines |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Chowking Common Man Coffee Roasters Compose Coffee Greenwich Highlands Coffee Hong Zhuang Yuan Jollibee Mang Inasal Milksha Red Ribbon Smashburger The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf TimHoWan Tiong Bahru Bakery Tortazo Yonghe King |
| JFC also manages operations in the Philippines for Burger King, Panda Express, and Yoshinoya. The company also owns a 50% stake in Panda Express Philippines, and a 47% stake in Tortas Frontera. |
| Kahala Brands |
| Year Formed: 1981 |
| Based In: Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: America’s Taco Shop Baja Fresh Blimpie Cereality Ceral Bar & Café Cold Stone Creamery Extreme Pita Frullati Café & Bakery GrabbaGreen Great Steak Johnnie’s New York Pizzeria Kahala Coffee Traders La Diperie La Salsa: Fresh Mexican Grill Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies Mucho Burrito Fresh Mexican Grill NrGize Lifestyle Café Pinkberry Planet Smoothie Ranch One: Chicken Made Fresh Samurai Sam’s Teriyaki Grill Surf City Squeeze sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt TacoTime Tasti D-lite Thai Express Wetzel's Pretzels |
| Kahala began in 1981 with smoothie and juice bar Surf City Squeeze. The food franchise holding company has been owned by Canadian franchisor MTY Food Group since 2016. |
| Lift Brands |
| Year Formed: 2014 |
| Based In: Chanhassen, Minnesota |
| Main Franchise Industry: Fitness |
| Franchise Brands: 9Round Fitness On Demand Fitstop Snap Fitness |
| Look Good Brands |
| Year Formed: 2019 |
| Based In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Main Franchise Industry: Various |
| Franchise Brands: Deka Lash Legends Boxing |
| Look Good Brands was established in July 2019 when the founders of Deka Lash acquired Legends Boxing. |
| Moran Family of Brands |
| Year Formed: 1990 |
| Based In: Midlothian, Illinois |
| Main Franchise Industry: Automotive |
| Franchise Brands: Alta Mere: The Automotive Outfitters Dr. Nick’s Transmissions Milex Complete Auto Care Mr. Transmission Multistate Transmissions Smart View Window Solutions Turbo Tint |
| MTY Group |
| Year Formed: 1979 |
| Based In: Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Allô! Mon Coco Bâton Rouge Ben & Florentine Big Smoke Burger Built Custom Burgers Café Dépôt Casa Grecque Coop Wicked Chicken Country Style Cultures Dagwoods: The Sandwich Shop Extreme Pita Famous Dave’s Giorgio Ristorante Jugo Juice Kim Chi Korean Delight Koryo Korean BBQ Koya Japan Kuto La Crémière La Diperie Madisons Restaurant & Bar Manchu Wok Mikes MMMuffins Mr. Souvlaki Mr. Sub Mucho Burrito Muffin Plus Papa Murphy’s (Canada only) Pizza Delight Scores Chicken & Ribs South St. Burger Spice Bros Steak Frites St. Paul Sukiyaki Sushi Man Sushi Shop SushiGo Taco Time Canada TCBY (Canada only) Thai Express Thai Zone The Works: Craft Burgers & Beer Tiki-Ming Timothy's World Coffee Tosto Turtle Jack’s Tutti Frutti (Canada only) Valentine Van Houtte Vanelli’s Vie & Nam Villa Madina Wasabi Grill and Noodle Wetzel's Pretzels Yuzu Sushi |
| In addition, MTY is the parent company of Kahala Brands (see above). |
| Neighborly, Inc. |
| Year Formed: 1981 |
| Based In: Waco, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: Aire Serv Dryer Vent Wizard Five Star Painting Glass Doctor HouseMaster Junk King Lawn Pride Molly Maid Mosquito Joe Mr. Appliance Mr. Electric Mr. Handyman Mr. Rooter Portland Glass Precision Door Service ProTect Painters Rainbow Restoration Real Property Management ShelfGenie The Grounds Guys Window Genie |
| Formerly the Dwyer Group (name changed in 2018). |
| O2E Brands |
| Year Formed: 2015 |
| Based In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Shack Shine WOW 1 DAY PAINTING |
| Panera Brands |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Caribou Coffee Einstein Bros. Bagels Panera Bread |
| Panera Brands was formed by Luxembourg-based holding company JAB Holding Company, which had acquired each of the brands separately in previous years. |
| Purpose Brands |
| Year Formed: 2024 |
| Based In: Woodbury, Minnesota |
| Main Franchise Industry: Fitness and Health & Beauty |
| Franchise Brands: Anytime Fitness Basecamp Fitness Healthy Contributions Orangetheory Fitness ProVision Security Stronger Nutrition The Bar Method Waxing the City |
| The company was formed by the merger of Orangetheory Fitness and Self Esteem Brands. |
| Premium Service Brands |
| Year Formed: 2005 |
| Based In: Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: 360° Painting Closet Wise House Doctors Kitchen Wise Maid Right ProLift Garage Doors RooterMan Rubbish Works Junk Removal The Grout Medic |
| Propelled Brands |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: Carrollton, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Various |
| Franchise Brands: Camp Bow Wow FASTSIGNS MY SALON Suite NerdsToGo |
| Propelled Brands was formed when FASTSIGNS International, Inc. bought NerdsToGo. |
| RAVE Restaurant Group |
| Year Formed: 1958 |
| Based In: The Colony, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Pie Five Pizza Pizza Inn |
| Regis Corporation |
| Year Formed: 1922 |
| Based In: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Main Franchise Industry: Health & Beauty (Hair Salons) |
| Franchise Brands: *Cost Cutters *First Choice HairCutters *Roosters Men’s Grooming Center *SuperCuts Beauty Supply Outlet BoRics City Looks Salons Cool Cuts 4 Kids Famous Hair Holiday Hair Island Haircutting Co. Magicuts MasterCuts Pro-Cuts Regis Salons Smartstyle Style America |
| Regis (which went by the name Kunin Beauty Salon until 1958) is presently focusing on franchising the four asterisked salon brands listed above. |
| Restaurant Brands International (RBI) |
| Year Formed: 2014 |
| Based In: Toronto, Canada |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Burger King Firehouse Subs Tim Hortons Popeyes |
| RBI is owned by the following investment companies: 3G Capital (the majority owner), Pershing Square and Berkshire Hathaway. |
| ServiceMaster |
| Year Formed: 1929 |
| Based In: Memphis, Tennessee |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: Merry Maids ServiceMaster BioClean ServiceMaster Clean ServiceMaster Recovery Management ServiceMaster Restore Two Men and A Junk Truck Two Men and A Truck |
| ServiceMaster was originally founded as a moth-proofing company. |
| Stellar Brands |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: Dallas, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: Bluefrog Plumbing + Drain Restoration 1 Softroc The Driveway Company |
| Strategic Franchising |
| Year Formed: 1994 |
| Based In: Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Main Franchise Industry: Various |
| Franchise Brands: Caring Transitions Fresh Coat The Growth Coach Pet Wants TruBlue Home Service Ally |
| TBC Corporation |
| Year Formed: 1956 |
| Based In: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Main Franchise Industry: Automotive |
| Franchise Brands: Big O Tires Midas |
| Other retail and wholesale brands owned by TBC Corporation include Harvest King, National Tire Wholesale (NTW), Power King, Sumitomo Tires, and TBC Brands. |
| Threshold Brands |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: Boston, Massachusetts |
| Main Franchise Industry: Home Services |
| Franchise Brands: FlyFoe Granite Garage Floors Heating + Air Paramedics MaidPro Men in Kilts Miracle Method Mold Medics Patio Patrol Pestmaster Plumbing Paramedics Sir Grout USA Insulation |
| United Franchise Group (UFG) |
| Year Formed: 1987 |
| Based In: West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Main Franchise Industry: Various |
| Franchise Brands: Cannoli Kitchen Pizza Exit Factor Fully Promoted Graze Craze Intelligent Office Office Evolution Signarama The Great Greek Grill Transworld Business Advisors Vast Coworking Venture X |
| Unleashed Brands |
| Year Formed: 2021 |
| Based In: Bedford, Texas |
| Main Franchise Industry: Children’s |
| Franchise Brands: Class 101 Premier Martial Arts Snapology Sylvan Learning The Little Gym Urban Air Adventure Parks Water Wings Swim School XP League |
| WellBiz Brands Inc. |
| Year Formed: 1983 |
| Based In: Englewood, Colorado |
| Main Franchise Industry: Health & Beauty, Fitness |
| Franchise Brands: Amazing Lash Studio Drybar Elements Massage Fitness Together Radiant Waxing |
| Winmark Corporation |
| Year Formed: 1988 |
| Based In: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Main Franchise Industry: Retail |
| Franchise Brands: Music Go Round Once Upon A Child Plato’s Closet Play It Again Sports Style Encore |
| Winmark is a company that specializes in resale retail franchises, though its franchises do sell some new items as well. Founded with Play It Again Sports, the company changed its name to Winmark in 2001 after an eight-year stint as Grow Biz International. |
| WOWorks |
| Year Formed: 2020 |
| Based In: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: Barberitos Frutta Bowls Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh Saladworks The Simple Greek Z!Eats (formerly Zoup!) |
| Xponential Fitness |
| Year Formed: 2017 |
| Based In: Irvine, California |
| Main Franchise Industry: Fitness |
| Franchise Brands: BFT Club Pilates CycleBar Lindora Weight Loss + Wellness Rumble StretchLab YogaSix |
| Yum! Brands |
| Year Formed: 1997 |
| Based In: Louisville, Kentucky |
| Main Franchise Industry: Food |
| Franchise Brands: KFC Pizza Hut Taco Bell The Habit Burger Grill WingStreet (always co-branded with Pizza Hut) |
| Yum Brands, formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., was spun off from PepsiCo in 1997. It formerly owned A&W Restaurants, Long John Silver's and a number of other food franchises. Yum acquired The Habit in January 2020. All Chinese operations are under the company Yum China. |