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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 |
