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Small Business Meridian helps prospective owners compare every route into business ownership: starting an independent business from scratch, buying an existing cash-flowing business, or joining a franchise system.

Browse 100 small business model blueprints and 168 franchise profiles without creating an account. Every profile brings startup budgets, unit economics, licensing requirements and primary sources together in one place.

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