Showhomes Ranked in Top 50 Franchise Companies by Franchise Business Review

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Franchise Business Review, a franchise market research firm, announced today that Showhomes Franchise Corporation joins the elite list of companies earning a spot in their annual Top 50 Franchise Companies List. The list, entitled The Franchise 50 - 2009 Franchisee Satisfaction Awards(TM), ranked over 300 participating franchise companies by their overall levels of franchise owner satisfaction.

Franchise Business Review Founder and CEO Eric Stites awarded the company its ranking at the annual Franchise South Expo in Miami, Jan 10th. Showhomes was one of only seven out of 280 franchise companies at the annual expo that earned the award.

"We are extremely excited about our ranking," says Bert Lyles, Showhomes' CEO. "This reflects our own view of our business. Our franchisees are really enjoying what they do and we expect to have substantial growth in 2009 with the current market conditions."

Matt Kelton, Showhomes' Chief Operating Officer had this to say, "I've been involved with many franchise companies in my career and I've never seen a company with the potential to succeed like Showhomes."

The Franchise Business Review Top 50 ranking puts Showhomes into an elite group of the best franchise companies in the country. Only companies with excellent fundamentals, great financial position and high franchisee satisfaction scores earn a spot in the ranking. Over 3,000 companies franchise in the United States.

"Showhomes strong franchisee satisfaction is a reflection of their outstanding franchise program and business model," says Franchise Business Review President, Eric Stites. "Franchisee satisfaction is one of the most important criteria to consider before investing in any franchise system. Very few franchise companies have achieved such high ratings from their franchisees, which puts Showhomes in a very elite class of franchise opportunities in today's marketplace."

The sagging real estate market has focused media attention of Showhomes, driving the sales of new franchises. Showhomes has had four years of double-digit growth and had a staggering 88% increase this year in corporate revenue both from existing operations and franchise sales. Showhomes was listed as one of the hot trends in franchising this year, the Travel Channel called Showhomes 'the best kept secret in real estate' and the company was recently listed as one of the top 100 fastest growing companies in Tennessee by BusinessTN magazine.

About Showhomes

Showhomes - known as America's largest home staging company - began its operations in 1986 and started franchising in 1994. It currently has 42 franchises in 21 states. Showhomes has helped realtors and homeowners sell more than 25,000 homes worth more than $8 billion across the United States by transforming high-end vacant houses into valuable, staged homes. The Showhomes business model is based on the fact that staged homes kept in show-to-sell condition sell faster, and for higher prices, than vacant houses. For franchise opportunities, please visit www.showhomes.com .