Parent Company, Alliance Franchise Brands, Earns Top Spot on Printing Impressions 300

PLYMOUTH, Mich./MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Leaders in the marketing and visual communications industry, Allegra Marketing Print Mail and Image360, announced that they have ranked on the Entrepreneur Magazine Franchise 500® list, considered the best and most comprehensive franchise ranking in the world.  

Allegra earned the #184 spot, advancing an impressive 43 positions from last year’s ranking in the “Business Services” category. Image360 closely followed, with a #240 ranking in the same category. The rankings highlight the companies’ successful growth in the past year. 

Adding to this success, Alliance Franchise Brands, the parent company of Allegra and Image360, has been named to the 2024 Printing Impressions 300 list, a comprehensive ranking of the largest printing companies in the United States and Canada. Alliance Franchise Brands climbed to #13, advancing four spots from 2023, further solidifying its market leadership.

“We are proud to see Allegra and Image360 honored on the Franchise 500® list for another consecutive year,” said Burke Cueny, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Alliance Franchise Brands. “These achievements reflect the vision and leadership of our organization, as well as the unwavering commitment and hard work of our entire network. Being recognized by publications like Entrepreneur and Printing Impressions emphasizes the strength and potential of our franchise model, and we’re thrilled to continue delivering exceptional value to both our Franchise Members and customers in 2025 and beyond.”  

In Entrepreneur’s continuing effort to best understand and evaluate the ever-changing franchise marketplace, the company’s 46-year-old ranking formula continues to evolve as well. The editorial team researches and assesses several factors, including costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability. Each franchise is given a cumulative score based on an analysis of more than 150 data points, and the 500 franchises with the highest cumulative scores become the Franchise 500® in ranking order.  

Over its 46 years in existence, the Franchise 500® has become both a dominant competitive measure for franchisors and a primary research tool for potential franchisees. Allegra and Image360’s position on the ranking is a testament to its strength as a franchise opportunity.

The key factors for consideration in the Printing Impressions 300 list include the most recent and previous fiscal year’s sales figures, percentage change in annual sales, primary product specialties, principal officer(s), number of employees and manufacturing plants, as well as the company’s total range of in-house sheetfed and web-fed digital and conventional printing process capabilities. 

To view Allegra and Image360 in the full ranking, visit www.entrepreneur.com/franchise500. Results can also be seen in the January/February 2025 issue of Entrepreneur, available on newsstands January 14th. The complete 2024 Printing Impressions Top 300 ranking can be found at www.piworld.com

For more information about franchise opportunities and how to join the Alliance Franchise Brands network, please visit image360franchise.com or allegrafranchise.com