Well, I was looking at the list of top franchise opportunities for 2007 and I was amazed that some of the companies that I thought would be on there were not present.  I suppose that is the same as every year - we have our predictions, but they don’t always come true.

Perhaps my biggest surprise was that Starbucks didn’t make the list.  Now, I have seen them pop up all over in my home town this past year, and five years ago, we didn’t even have one.  Now, almost every corner has one.  After I did some research, I found out that you cannot own a Starbucks franchise - they are not available to the public.  Guess I will have to dream of owning another coffee shop instead.

There was also a section on the fastest growing franchises that I skimmed over.  I was really surprised to see a lot of commercial cleaning companies on the list - I never realized that there was so much growth in that sector.

Well, another year gone by, and some of my predictions I made at the end of last year ended up on the list.  I will have to sit down and predict what will happen next year - I am sure there will be a few more surprises at this time next year.