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5# Mac Tools: Start-up costs $85.29k -$231.8k: Seven men to manufacture the finest tools in the world founded Mac Tools in 1938 as the Mechanics Tool and Forge Company. Since then it has expanded itself and today, Mac Tools has a product line in excess of 42,000 items. It started giving out its franchise recently in 2011. Mac Tools is now a division of Stanley Black and Decker Incorporation.

The company offers a long history of experience in the business though it’s a newcomer to the franchise market, expanding rapidly.

6# Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l. Inc.: Start-up costs $3.15k-$50.9k: It brought cleaning into the business arena and made profits out of it with happy customers. Jan-Pro uses chemical-free cleaning process. It rapidly made its mark in the cleaning industry with having over 10,000 franchises in America, 1,200 in Canada and 100 internationally. With a more focused approach towards larger clients like car dealers, banks, churches, Jan-Pro offers both Master and Unit franchising and is rapidly expanding.

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