Top weekend franchises: No. 9 Wireless Zone

Wireless Zone URL: http://www.wirelesszone.com/ What It Will Cost: $80,250 - $268,500 Why We Like It: There are two key words that come to mind when exploring owning a Wireless Zone: “innovation” and “service.” On the innovation side, the brand is the premium retailer of Verizon Wireless. However, innovation doesn’t just stop at the big guys. The booming franchise brand (which added more than 200 units in the last two years; effectively doubling in size) has created its own retail line and retail experience. Additionally, before becoming Wireless Zone, the brand was called The Car Phone Store. Talk about modernization. On the service side, the locations are locally owned and operated, which means the consumer doesn’t have to deal with corporate Verizon employees who don’t have any real skin in the game. With low overhead as well as the model being scalable, Wireless Zone is a great brand to fit lifestyle and business growth.