Tracy Stapp Herold is the special projects editor at Entrepreneur magazine. She works on franchise and business opportunity stories and listings, including the annual Franchise 500.

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The Top Franchise Brands Growing Globally While our main Fastest-Growing Franchises list focuses on North American growth, more and more brands are looking to grow worldwide. These are the 25 that had the greatest franchise growth outside the U.S. and Canada from July 2022 to July 2023.

1. KFC

2. 7-Eleven

3. McDonald's

4. Pizza Hut

5. Burger King

6. Dunkin'

7. Dairy Queen

8. Subway

9. Gong cha

10. Taco Bell

11. RE/MAX

12. Coverall

13. Church's Texas Chicken

14. Anytime Fitness

15. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

16. Swensen's Ice Cream

17. Papa Johns

18. Circle K

19. PostNet

20. Wendy's

21. Hampton by Hilton

22. Cinnabon

23. Petland

24. Body Fit Training

25. Paris Baguette

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