Though new businesses can be risky, this thorough guide ferrets out those companies that demonstrate the most promise, focusing on their early revenue performance, competitive advantage, and other factors key to success.

This detailed guide offers in-depth analysis of the top 50 retail franchises in North America. Each entry is four to five pages long and provides an objective investigation of the company, with the general investor in mind. Each listing discusses the franchise's historical performance, competitive advantage, franchisee satisfaction, financial stability, and other criteria.

The most exhaustive and comprehensive directory on franchise opportunities available, Bond's Franchise Guide is now in its 18th annual edition. Completely updated, the guide offers prospective franchisees a detailed profile of some 1,000 franchises, as well as supplemental profiles on franchise attorneys and consultants. The companies are divided into 45 distinct business categories for easy comparison. All profile data is new in this edition and represents the most current, complete information about the myriad of options available to potential investors.

This guide provides a rigorous analysis of 50 top picks to help investors focus on the ones most likely to remain competitive and provide long-term financial stability.

Bond's Top 100 Franchises features detailed analyses of the best franchises picked from the more than 2,300 available and consolidates and updates the individual profiles originally printed in Robert Bond's acclaimed Top 50 Franchises series. The final selection is based on a number of factors, including historical performance, competitive advantage, franchisee satisfaction, and financial stability. Drawing on the author's 15 years' experience in this field, Bond's Top 100 Franchises offers detailed analyses of those franchise opportunities that have proven to be the best investments available to the general investor.

Companies were evaluated on the basis of historical performance, brand identification, market dynamics, franchisee satisfaction, the level of initial training and on-going support, financial stability and various other key factors.".