Here is the top 17 Best Real Estate Franchises you can start in USA:
1. Century 21
- Investments $132,200
- Franchise fee $25,000
- Year Brand Started – 1971
- Year Franchising Started – 1972
- Offices – 8000
Franchise details: Century 21
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Since 1972, the CENTURY 21® brand has been changing the real estate game by offering independent brokers, entrepreneurs and affiliated agents the ability to achieve extraordinary results in an increasingly competitive market.
2. RE/MAX LLC
- Investments $40,000
- Year Brand Started – 1973
- Year Franchising Started – 1975
- Offices – 7560
Franchise details: RE/MAX LLC
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The franchisor is RE/MAX, LLC, former RE/MAX International, Inc. Company known for its network of affiliated real estate brokerage offices in the United States, Canada, and other countries. The franchisor sells franchises to operate RE/MAX real estate sales offices. RE/MAX real estate sales office offer to clients real estate services.
3. Coldwell Banker
- Investments $23,500
- Year Brand Started – 1906
- Year Franchising Started – 1982
- Offices – 3652
Franchise details: Coldwell Banker
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In the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Colbert Coldwell saw how many real estate agents took advantage of victims and decided there was a need for knowledgeable, reliable agents. That same year, he founded his company and in 1914 was joined by Benjamin Arthur Banker, who became a full partner. Today, Coldwell Banker agents handle residential, luxury, resort and commercial real estate sales.
4. Keller Williams
- Investments $183,947
- Franchise fee $35,000
- Year Brand Started – 1983
- Year Franchising Started – 1987
- Offices – 978
Franchise details: Keller Williams
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Keller Williams is more than a name over the door. Our company, our offices and our teams are powered by passionate associates who have a mutual interest in succeeding and changing the real estate industry. In the early days of Keller Williams, Gary Keller asked his top associates a simple question: “How can we build a company that everyone will want to join, and no one will want to leave?” Thirty-plus years later, the guiding practices and principles they agreed to have reshaped an entire industry.
5. HomeVestors® of America
- Investments $53,000
- Year Brand Started – 1989
- Year Franchising Started – 1996
- Offices – 851
Franchise details: HomeVestors® of America
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With over 725 Independently owned and operated franchisees throughout the U.S., our trained franchisees improve neighborhoods while providing excellent home ownership opportunities for first-time home buyers, renters and real estate investors. We are committed to enforcing high ethical standards and strict systems that result in responsible business practices.
6. Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc.
- Investments $50,000
- Franchise fee $25,000
- Year Brand Started – 1969
- Year Franchising Started – 2000
- Offices – 479
Franchise details: Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc.
Official site
At Weichert we’ve seen all the reasons brokerages fail or succeed. Today’s brokers are getting squeezed from every angle, struggling to preserve margins, struggling to hire and keep talented sales associates, and struggling to differentiate themselves in a crowded local market. It’s no wonder that many of the brokers that come to us are still spending most of their time listing and selling their own properties just to keep their business going.
7. United Country
- Investments $16,675
- Franchise fee $15,000
- Year Brand Started – 1925
- Year Franchising Started – 1997
- Offices – 417
Franchise details: United Country
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United Country Real Estate franchise is unique compared to many of the other real estate franchises that you can find. This company offers a unique system that specializes in small cities, towns and recreational areas in the United States. They have more than 700 offices that share the marketing efforts. This means you spend less money for more nationwide advertising for your listings.
8. NextHome
- Investments $14,750
- Year Franchising Started – 2014
- Offices – 361
Founded in 2014, NextHome is the youngest entry not only among the real-estate entries on the Franchise 500, but among all real-estate franchises that applied for the honor. Since its founding, the California-based business has grown to 361 U.S. franchises, up almost 20 percent in the past year and more than 200 percent in the past three.
9. Real Property Management
- Investments $86,795
- Franchise fee $45,000
- Year Brand Started – 1986
- Year Franchising Started – 2005
- Offices – 277
Franchise details: Real Property Management
Official site
Real Property Management was recently named the 10th best franchise in the United States by Forbes magazine. We are also proud to be ranked on Entrepreneur magazine's list of top 500 franchise companies for the last six years; Inc. 500 recognized us as being one of the fastest growing privately held companies in 2010 through 2013. And, in 2013 franchise business review named us a top 100 franchise for veterans based on satisfaction surveys from our veteran owners compared to other franchises.
10. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
- Investments $190,970
- Franchise fee $35,000
- Year Brand Started – 2008
- Year Franchising Started – 2008
- Offices – 231
Franchise details: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC
Official site
Our brand is built on a trusted, iconic foundation that no other real estate brand can compete with. For generations, Better Homes and Gardens has shaped and enriched the lives of hundreds of millions of people. For generations to come, this brand will continue to guide loyal consumers to live their best lives.
11. HomeSmart Int'l.
- Investments $65,500
- Franchise fee $20,000
- Year Brand Started – 2000
- Year Franchising Started – 2005
- Offices – 124
Franchise details: HomeSmart Int'l.
Official site
It's no secret that today's real estate industry is undergoing dramatic changes in the way business is done and HomeSmart is leading the way in the industry. With over 3,200 agents, HomeSmart is one of the largest, most successful full-service real estate brokerage firms in the country! From the start HomeSmart's philosophy has been simple: Provide the best tools and technological efficiencies available to empower our owners and agents to deliver the most effective services to their clients, period.
12. Realty One Group
- Investments $53,250
- Franchise fee $25,000
- Year Brand Started – 2005
- Year Franchising Started – 2012
- Offices – 83
Franchise details: Realty One Group
Official site
Realty ONE Group is a dynamic, full-service lifestyle Real Estate brand and franchise model, dedicated to empowering and advancing tomorrow’s Real Estate professionals, today. From the very beginning, Realty ONE Group was built to be a company that is invested in the success of our people - not because it would increase our profits, but because we truly care. This goal was set in May of 2005 and remains true to this day: building a company that focuses on fostering a unique culture and gives everyONE a voice.
13. Epcon Communities
- Investments $638,500
- Franchise fee $50,000
- Year Brand Started – 1986
- Year Franchising Started – 1995
- Offices – 71
Franchise details: Epcon Communities
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Epcon is a homebuilding franchise that develops entire neighborhoods and helps builders throughout the United States do the same. We help builders accelerate their growth by providing proven floor plans and business management systems that help you build faster, sell faster, market homes more effectively and turn home buyers into brand ambassadors.
14. Showhomes
- Investments $50,700
- Franchise fee $39,900
- Year Brand Started – 1986
- Year Franchising Started – 1994
- Offices – 60
Franchise details: Showhomes
Official site
Showhomes is the largest national home staging franchise. We transform vacant houses – often seen by buyers as stale, lifeless, unappealing – into fully-furnished, inviting, valued Showhomes. Now in our third decade of service to homeowners and their realtors, we’ve become America’s premier home staging service coast-to-coast.
15. New again houses
- Investments $94,000
- Year Brand Started – 2008
- Year Franchising Started – 2019
- Offices – 32
You want to build a real business, not just a second job. If you want to build a business that makes a difference in your life and the community, you will need professional lead generation, capital, training, analysis systems, and support. You can spend years building those yourself, or you can build with New Again Houses®.
16. Sotheby's International Realty
- Investments $194,650
Built on centuries of tradition and dedicated to innovating the luxury real estate industry, Sotheby's International Realty offers transformative experiences through a global network of exceptional agents.
17. JPAR Real Estate
- Investments $37,690
With over 4,000 across the US, all of our agents at JPAR® - Real Estate are held to the highest standard of professionalism and productivity. We hire only full-time agents who know their market.
