Franchise Survey Ranks Top Performers

DENVER, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global real estate franchisor RE/MAX is the highest ranking real estate organization in the 2012 Franchise Times Top 200.  The survey is based on worldwide sales and RE/MAX has held the top position for four years in a row.

In the 12^th annual Top 200 survey published in the October edition of  Franchise Times  magazine, RE/MAX  ranked 16^th  among all franchises. Some of the top ranked franchises identified in the Top 200 survey include McDonald's, 7-11, Hertz, and Hyatt Hotels.

"RE/MAX, is pleased to be ranked alongside many of the most respected franchise names in the world," said Margaret Kelly, RE/MAX CEO. "As we make plans to celebrate our 40^th anniversary, we recognize the outstanding performance of our agents as our greatest resource and the reason that RE/MAX is so often honored in surveys like the Top 200."   

RE/MAX continues to enjoy significant growth.  It recently announced that it will soon open in China, and worldwide franchise sales through September are 22% higher than the same period last year.  Franchise sales in Brazil are 229% higher than 2011 and in Southern Africa sales are up 77%.  In the United States, the Central and Northern Ohio region led the way with franchise sales up 8%.

RE/MAX franchisees have access to extensive training from the award-winning RE/MAX University, as well as technology tools and resources like the full RE/MAX Mobile Suite, RE/MAX LeadStreet® and the online customizable marketing toolkit, Design Center.

"The quality tools and services that RE/MAX offers help our agents provide the ultimate in customer service," said Kelly.

In 2012, two other respected industry surveys have ranked RE/MAX agents as the industry's most productive among the national brands.  RE/MAX offices took 44 of the top 50 spots in the 2012 REAL Trends 500 survey when ranked by agent productivity.  RE/MAX agents also had an average of 15.6 transaction sides in the RIS Media Power Broker survey, the highest of any national brand. 

For more information about RE/MAX, visit www.remax.com or www.joinremax.com.

About the RE/MAX Network
RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, real estate industry visionaries who still lead the Denver-based global franchisor today.

RE/MAX is recognized as one of the leading real estate franchise companies with the most productive sales force in the industry and a global reach of more than 85 countries. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX. 

With a passion for the communities in which its agents live and work, RE/MAX is proud to have raised more than $120 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and other charities.

SOURCE RE/MAX International, Inc.