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Unless otherwise noted, data on initial investment and royalty costs, as well as overall continuity and growth rates, comes from franchise disclosure documents.<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span class=\"s1\">All other chart information, including veteran-specific continuity and growth rates, comes from company survey responses, unless otherwise noted.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span class=\"s1\">Not everything listed in the chart was considered in developing the rankings, and many items not listed were considered.<\/span><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/bestforvets-franchises2017\" target=\"_blank\">The story<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><b><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/franchises\/2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/franchises\/2017\/\">The list<\/a><\/b><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Industry categories<\/b> are according to CareerBuilder.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>3-year continuity rate<\/b> shows the franchise units open at the end of the 2015 as a percentage of the units open at the end of 2012, plus the units that began operating in 2013, 2014 and 2015, unless otherwise noted. 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