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ActionCOACH has been franchising since 1997, making it a pioneer in the business coaching industry, garnering the company recently a lot of attention. The largest business coaching franchise in the world, the company's presence is actually larger outside the U.S., but still maintains a strong domestic presence. Between 2006 and 2008, it added more than 100 new franchise locations domestically and overseas. ActionCOACH ranks higher in brand awareness than its competitors in the field, with a rank of #76 in Web visibility.

Company founder Brad Sugars is a well-known speaker and industry leader who applies his successful methods to coach and mentor other entrepreneurs. Offering two types of franchise opportunities, franchisees can choose to pursue a business coaching franchise or a master franchise. In the business coaching franchise, the franchisee provides coaching, mentoring, and training in sales, marketing and business management. In the master franchise opportunity, the franchisee sells and oversees coaching franchises within a territory.

The economic downturn is likely to cause an increase in the number of people becoming entrepreneurs, which means the need for business coaching will only continue to grow. An ActionCOACH franchise can be run from home, which means lower startup costs. And the company offers financing for qualified military veterans through the IFA's VetFran program.