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United
Country Named to Wall Street
Journal’s
List of Top Franchisors in
America
August 1, 2006- KANSAS CITY, MO-
The Wall Street Journal
published the results of a study
of more than 2,500 U.S. based
franchise systems across all
market segments and named United
Country Real Estate to its
coveted list of 2006 “Top 25
High Performers.”
Beginning with a list of more
than 2,500 franchise brands in
the United States including such
well known brands as Pizza Hut,
Keller Williams and Subway, the
WSJ, compiled its Top 25
Franchise High Performers list
based on a specified set of
criteria.
The final list included the best
performing franchise
organizations that were found to
be well established in their
specified industries, deliver
consistent superior growth in
the number of franchisees, have
strong financial stability and
experience the lowest franchisee
turnover rates, an indicator of
the satisfaction of franchisees
with their franchisor. These
criteria and the complete
Franchise High Performers list
are detailed in the article The
25 Franchises That Made the Cut
for Our List, by Lauren Baier
Kim.
“While it is nice to be
recognized by the Wall Street
Journal for excellence, we are
most proud of the fact that our
franchisees are thrilled with
how we support them. Our
“turnover rate” is four times
less than the average turnover
rate of franchise systems
overall. This is an important
measure of how satisfied our
franchisees are with the value
of the United Country program
and that it is working to help
them meet their business and
personal objectives” said Dan
Duffy, Chief Executive Officer,
United Country Real Estate.
Lou Francis, President, United
Country Real Estate, added, “Our
strong family-centric culture
and absolute commitment to
helping our franchisees grow to
realize their business goals are
clearly paying off. We are
deeply invested in serving our
franchise partners and it shows
in our performance and even more
importantly in the performance
of our franchisee partners who
are outperforming the market in
a dramatic fashion.”
United Country is the only
national
real
estate franchise
system specializing in
residential, farm and ranch,
commercial, retirement and
second home and recreational
properties in non-urban towns
and cities across America. It
currently operates the leading
real estate web site in its
market and a marketing program
that attracts approximately
800,000 visitors a month and
reaches over 90 million homes a
week through its national
advertising of franchisee listed
properties in various local,
regional and national print
media outlets. With a heritage
that dates back to 1925 and
extensive franchisee member
services based out of Kansas
City, Missouri, the company
supports more than 570
franchisees in 38 states and
markets a national database of
properties at
www.unitedcountry.com.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
2820 NW Barry Road, Kansas City,
MO 64154
816-420-6200
www.unitedcountry.com |
