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We've crunched the numbers from our 2020 Franchise 500 list, identifying the 113 companies that performed best in their categories. Among them, you'll naturally find a lot of familiar names — companies that have dominated their categories for decades. Postal & Business
Centers - The UPS Store.
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Mail Boxes Coast to Coast Inc. in Encino is the largest franchiser for Mail Boxes Etc., the San Diego-based company that has gained attention with its nationwide network of post office alternative stores and steady earnings gains. Since it was founded in 1980, Mail Boxes Etc. has grown to $ 25.7
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and postal services for individual consumers and small businesses. Franchise locations are typically found on or near military bases, hotels, colleges, shopping centers and convention centers. As of 2021, there were 5,268 UPS Store locations across the United States and Canada.
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UPS is calling it the "Beyond ShippING" campaign, with a spot in which actors rattle off all those other "ing" things -- printing, packing, shredding, notarizing, supplying, sizing, mailboxing, scanning and more -- that the 4,700 UPS Stores nationwide
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million a year in revenues and about $ 1.5 million in net income. Mail Boxes Etc. stores provide the usual postal services, such as letter mailing and private box rentals, plus other office and shipping services.
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The UPS Store is the world's largest franchisor of retail shipping, postal, printing and business service centers. Headquartered in San Diego, it operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of United Parcel
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They are traditionally located in and around densely populated commercial areas, such as shopping centers, college campuses, military bases, convention centers, hotels and urban renewal areas.
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Franchisees of The UPS Store offer packing and shipping services alongside a variety of business solutions, including copy and print services, mailbox services, computer time rentals and more…
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a third of the customers of the 4,300 UPS Stores are small businesses — with 10 or fewer people or individuals — that accounted for 75 percent of overall revenue.
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Each UPS Store also serves as an access point for UPS shipping where customers can drop off packages with prepaid labels, as well as pack and ship new shipments.
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The express carrier said today it is paying $ 191 million in an all-cash transaction for Mail Boxes Etc., a chain of 4,300 packing and shipping centers.
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