# Franopolis

> Franopolis is a franchise research site for searching and comparing franchise brands using investment costs, fees, financial performance data and system trends, with every figure tied to its source.

Franopolis is operated by Franopolis Franchise Consulting, a Prevail Holdings company. It offers a directory of franchise opportunities and the Research Desk, an editorial publication explaining how franchise figures are read. It is for people researching franchise opportunities. Content is research information only, not investment, legal or financial advice. Franopolis does not distribute FDDs.

Terminology:
- Reported: a figure taken as stated from franchisor-provided data, labeled with the year it reflects.
- Calculated: a figure Franopolis derived from reported data; the formula is shown.
- Verified: a value a person has checked against its cited source; only verified values are shown publicly.
- Estimated initial investment: the franchisor's disclosed startup cost range.
- Unit counts: openings, closures and transfers of outlets; not a measure of franchisee success.

## Products / Services
- [Franchise directory](https://franopolis.com/brands): Search, filter and compare published franchise brands by category, investment and fees.
- [Home](https://franopolis.com/): Franchise search, trending brands, categories and the latest Research Desk entries.

## Research / Resources
- [Research Desk](https://franopolis.com/research): Dated entries on how to read franchise figures, sources and methodology.
- [Market Insights](https://franopolis.com/market-insights): Evergreen guide to judging franchise-system health from franchisor-provided figures — what the numbers can and cannot tell you.
- [The year behind every number](https://franopolis.com/research/the-year-behind-every-number.md): A figure without a year is a rumor with better manners. Why every number on Franopolis carries its reporting period — and why we would rather say "old" than quietly refresh it. (HTML: https://franopolis.com/research/the-year-behind-every-number)
- [What "verified" means here](https://franopolis.com/research/what-verified-means-here.md): Behind every number sits a label — Verified, Pending, or Calculated. Here is exactly what each one promises, and what it does not. (HTML: https://franopolis.com/research/what-verified-means-here)

## About
- [Prevail Holdings](https://prevail-holdings.com/): Parent company of Franopolis.

## Policies
- [Privacy Policy](https://franopolis.com/privacy): What information is collected, how it is used, contact consent and your data rights.
- [Terms of Service](https://franopolis.com/terms): Account rules, consent to contact and acceptable use.

## Contact
- Privacy questions: privacy@franopolis.com
- Legal questions: legal@franopolis.com

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://franopolis.com/sitemap.xml): All public, indexable pages.