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United Country Named No. 1 Real
Estate Franchise and
No. 19 Overall Franchise by Dun
& Bradstreet’s AllBusiness.com
June 3, 2009 (Kansas City, Mo.)
– In their annual AllStar
Franchise List, Dun and
Bradstreet’s AllBusiness.com, a
leading online resource for
businesses, named United Country
Real Estate the top-ranked real
estate franchise system and in
the Top 20 among more than 2,500
global and national franchise
companies.
United Country is the only real
estate franchise to appear in
the list’s top 100, and it
secured the nineteenth overall
ranking of all franchise systems
regardless of market segment
served, outperforming companies
such as RE/MAX, Domino’s Pizza,
Hilton and many other
international franchise brands.
In addition to the overall
ranking, the company also
secured the No. 4 position on
the Top 10 Low Cost franchise
list, as well as strong
placement in each of the list’s
sub-categories.
The AllStar List is the only one
of its kind to incorporate
financial strength criteria
using credit and
financial information from its
parent company Dun & Bradstreet,
the world’s leading source for
commercial information and
insight on businesses. In
addition, the AllBusiness
editors took into consideration
a number of other key business
indicators when compiling the
ranking including
Web visibility, growth
trajectory, business strategy,
longevity and system size.
The AllBusiness AllStar List
states the following about
United Country –
Why This Company
Makes Our AllStar
List
As the fallout from
the nation's housing
crash continues,
it's no wonder
United Country
Auction Services, a
division of United
Country Real Estate,
has experienced
exceptional success
in a rough economy.
While selling a
house through
traditional means
can take nine months
or more, auctions
can sell properties
in as little as 45
to 60 days.
. . . [R]esidential
real estate auctions
have grown 46.6
percent nationally
during the past
five years. In
addition, at the end
of last year, United
Country Auctions
aligned with
Colliers
International to
provide accelerated
transaction [real
estate marketing]
services to
commercial real
estate clients. With
the number of
commercial real
estate properties
needing to be sold
likely increasing in
the coming year,
this new alliance
means
increased growth.
With over 80 years
in business, United
Country Real Estate
has cornered the
smaller real estate
markets. The
company's well-known
name in the real
estate industry and
its expanding market
reach with
commercial
properties have
earned United
Country Real Estate
a high spot in this
year's AllBusiness
AllStar list. |
“We are honored to be named
in the AllBusiness AllStars
Top 20 among strong
franchise companies such as
Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts and
McDonald’s,” said Dan Duffy,
chief executive officer of
United Country Real Estate.
“The fact that United
Country Real Estate is the
only real estate franchise
in the list’s top 100
illustrates our over 80-year
commitment to remaining
proactive and forward-moving
with real estate marketing,
training and technology
innovation. Our company was
built on thinking and doing
things differently and we
strive to continue in that
tradition to propel our
franchisees ahead of the
competition and provide
customer service that is
second to none.”
About United Country
United Country Real Estate
is the largest fully
integrated franchise network
of conventional real estate
and auction professionals in
the United States. Based in
Kansas City, Mo., the
company has been an
innovator in real estate
marketing since 1925.
United Country
supports nearly 675 offices
across the U.S. and in Costa
Rica with a unique,
comprehensive marketing
program that includes one of
the largest portfolios of
property marketing web sites
(more than 1,000 separate
sites), seven proprietary
real estate catalogs with a
cumulative distribution of
1.5 million, an extensive,
current buyer database and
national advertising of
properties to more than 90
million potential buyer
prospects a week. United
Country has been recognized
as a Top 25 Franchise by the
Wall Street Journal and
among Entrepreneur
Magazine's Franchise 500®.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
2820 NW Barry Road, Kansas City,
MO 64154
816-420-6200
www.unitedcountry.com |
