Mid-sized metropolitan areas under 1 million population showed some of the strongest year-over-year growth in franchise-buying interest in Q4 2019, claiming 7 of the top 10 spots in latest business data from Franchise Insights. The rest of the top 10 were large metros with 1-5 million population, and only two major metros over 5 million ranked in the Top 20.
Jacksonville, Fla., and Tucson, Ariz., led the larger metropolitan statistical areas in Q4 growth, while Springfield, Mo., and Worcester, Mass., logged the fastest increase for the next tier of top 20 MSAs.
See more details and a list of Top 20 MSAs for growth of franchise interest at FranchiseInsights.com