Awards and Accolades Information

2025 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2025 Franchise 500 and #1 Miscellaneous Financial Services Category Award

Motto Mortgage was ranked 494 in the 2025 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur’s category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of over 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, support, size and growth, and brand strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents of 1,366 participating franchise systems across the United States and Canada.

Scotsman Guide Top Workplaces 2025

Motto Franchising, LLC dba Motto Mortgage was named a 2025 Top Workplace by Scotsman Guide based on its analysis of submissions of eligible participating businesses. Eligible business were required to be U.S. based businesses in or servicing the mortgage industry with 10 or more employees that had been in operations for at least 1 year. Scotsman’s analysis focused on what made eligible participating businesses unique, the perks they offered to employees, and the ways they accomplished the company’s mission while helping their employees advance their careers. View award details on Scotsman Guide’s website here.

2024 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2024 Franchise 500 and #1 Miscellaneous Financial Services Category Award

Motto Mortgage was ranked 487 in the 2024 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur’s category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of over 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, support, size and growth, and brand strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated June 1, 2022, to July 31, 2023, of 1,389 participating franchise systems across the United States and Canada which included 3 systems in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2024 Fastest-Growing Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2024 Fastest-Growing Franchise US and Canada based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added in the United States and in Canada between July 2022 to July 2023 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1389 participating franchises across all industries.

Entrepreneur 2024 Top Franchises for Less Than $100K

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2024 Top Franchises for Less than $100,000 but more than $50,000 based on the company’s initial investment range and Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of more than 150 data points, including costs, fees, size, growth, franchisee support, stability, and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated July 2022 to July 2023.

Scotsman Guide Top Workplaces 2024

Motto Franchising, LLC dba Motto Mortgage was named a 2024 Top Workplace by Scotsman Guide based on its analysis of submissions of eligible participating businesses. Eligible business were required to be U.S. based businesses in or servicing the mortgage industry with 10 or more employees that had been in operations for at least 1 year. Scotsman’s analysis focused on what made eligible participating businesses unique, the perks they offered to employees, and the ways they accomplished the company’s mission while helping their employees advance their careers. View award details on Scotsman Guide’s website here.

2023 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2023 Franchise 500 and #1 Miscellaneous Financial Services Category Award

Motto Mortgage was ranked 403 in the 2023 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur’s category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of data, including costs and fees, support, size and growth, brand strength, and financial strength and stability, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated June 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022 of 1,321 participating franchise systems which included 10 systems in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2023 Fastest-Growing Franchise (Worldwide)

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2023 Fastest-Growing Franchise (Worldwide) based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added in the United States and in Canada between July 2021 to July 2022 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,321 participating franchises across all industries with ties broken based on percentage of growth.

Entrepreneur 2023 Top Franchise for Less Than $100K

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2023 Top Franchises for Less than $100,000 but more than $50,000 based on the company’s initial investment range and Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth, stability, and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated July 2021 to July 2022.

2022 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2022 Franchise 500 and #1 Miscellaneous Financial Services Category Award

Motto Mortgage was ranked 306 in the 2022 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur’s category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of data, including costs and fees, support, size and growth, brand strength, and financial strength and stability, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021 of 1,177 participating franchise systems which included 3 systems in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2022 Franchise 500: #1 Best of the Best Franchise for Miscellaneous Financial Services

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur Magazine 2022 Best of the Best franchise based on Entrepreneur Magazine’s analysis of more than 150 data points in the areas of costs, fees, size, growth, franchisee support, and brand and financial strength and stability, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021 of 1,177 participating franchise systems, which ranked the company number 1 in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2022 Fastest-Growing Franchise (Worldwide)

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2022 Fastest-Growing Franchise based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added worldwide between July 2020 to July 2021 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,177 participating franchises across all industries.

Entrepreneur 2022 Fastest-Growing Franchise (US & Canada)

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2021 Fastest-Growing Franchise US and Canada based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added in the United States and in Canada between July 2020 to July 2021 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,116 participating franchises across all industries.

Entrepreneur 2022 Top Franchise for Less Than $100K

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine 2022 Top Franchises for Less than $100,000 but more than $50,000 category based on the company’s initial investment range and Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated July 2020 to July 2021.

Franchise Business Review Top 200 Franchises of 2022: Ranked in Top Large Category and #1 in the Financial and Tax Category

Rankings based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review in 2021 of 30,000 participating franchise owners across more than 300 participating brands (which included over 7,100 participants from the “Large” (150-324 Units) category and 353 franchise owners across 6 brands in the financial and tax category) as to their experience and satisfaction with areas of their franchise system including training and support, systems and operations, executive leadership, core values, franchisee community, and financial opportunity. Motto franchise owner participation rate was approximately 50% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2022 Top 100 Most Innovative Franchises

Rankings based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review in 2021 of more than 30,000 participating franchise owners across more than 300 participating brands as to their experience and satisfaction with areas of their franchise system including brand’s level of innovation and creativity, the level of trust they have in their franchisor, and the overall business opportunity with the franchise. Motto franchise owner participation rate was approximately 50% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2022 Top Recession-Proof Franchises

Rankings based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review (“FBR”) in 2021 of 30,000 participating franchise owners across more than 300 participating brands (as to their experience and satisfaction with areas of their franchise system including training and support, systems and operations, executive leadership, core values, franchisee community, and financial opportunity) as well as analysis by FBR of key factors designed to help gauge how recession-resistant a business is likely to be including strength of proof of concept; whether the product or service offered was a “need to have” vs. a “nice to have”; strength of the market sector; pricing; initial investment and development time; evidence of past performance during a recession; unit level economics; financial strength of parent company; and a review of franchise disclosure documents in the areas of management experience; turnover; current and prior financial health; and franchisee litigation. FBR emphasized that no business is completely recession-proof but FBR nonetheless had a strong feeling that ranked franchises represent some of the best potential business investments for investors over the next few years. Motto franchise owner participation rate was approximately 50% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review & Black Enterprise 2022 Top Franchises for Black Entrepreneurs

Rankings based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review in 2021 of 30,000 participating franchise owners across nearly 350 participating brands (about 4% of which were black-owned) as to their experience and satisfaction with areas of their franchise system including training and support, systems and operations, executive leadership, core values, franchisee community, financial opportunity, high satisfaction scores among black franchise owners, overall diversity of brands based on the total number and percentage of black owners, and a review by Franchise Business Review of Franchise Disclosure Documents for each participating brand in the areas of management experience, financial history and strength, litigation, and turnover rate. Motto franchise owner participation rate was approximately 50%, 7.5% of Motto participating franchise owners self-identified as “African American” and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

2021 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2021 Franchise 500 and #1 Miscellaneous Financial Services Category Award

Motto Mortgage was ranked 147 in the 2021 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur’s category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of data, including costs and fees, support, size and growth, brand strength, and financial strength and stability, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2019 to July 2020 of 1,116 participating franchise systems which included 3 systems in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2021 Franchise 500: Best of the Best Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine2021 Best of the Best franchise based on Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2019 to July 2020 of 1,116 participating franchise systems, which ranked the company number 1 in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2021 Fastest-Growing Franchise (Worldwide)

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur magazine2021 Fastest-Growing Franchise based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added worldwide between July 2019 to July 2020 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,116 participating franchises across all industries.

Entrepreneur 2021 Fastest-Growing Franchise (US & Canada)

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur magazine2021 Fastest-Growing Franchise based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added in the United States and in Canada between July 2019 to July 2020 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,116 participating franchises across all industries.

Entrepreneur 2021 Top New Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine2021 Top New Franchise based on Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2019 to July 2020 of 262 participating franchise systems that began franchising in the last 5 years (in 2016 or later).

Entrepreneur 2021 Top Franchise for Less Than $100K

Motto Mortgage was named an Entrepreneur Magazine2021 Top Low-Cost Franchise in the “Top franchises for less than $100,000” category based on the company’s initial investment range and Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2019 to July 2020.

Franchise Business Review Top 200 Franchises of 2021

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between July 2019 and December 2020 of more than 28,000 participating franchise owners across 300 participating brands as to their experience and satisfaction with areas of their franchise system including training and support, operations, franchisor/franchisee relations and financial opportunity. Motto franchise owner participation rate in the survey was nearly 47% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2021 Top Franchise Culture

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between January 2020 and June 2021 from over 25,000 participating franchise owners surveyed across 224 participating franchise brands as to highest overall rating on questions specifically focused on leadership, core values, enjoyment being part of the brand, and willingness to recommend their franchise brand to others. Motto franchise owner participation rate in the survey was nearly 47% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2021 Top Franchises for Veterans

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between March 2020 and September 2021 from over 2,500 participating veteran franchise owners surveyed across nearly 280 participating franchise brands as to their overall satisfaction with their brand and their likelihood to recommend their brand to others. 16% of Motto franchise owners who participated in the survey self-identified as veterans in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2021 Top Recession-Proof Franchises

Rankings based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review (“FBR”) between July 2019 and December 2020 from more than 28,000 participating franchise owners across 300 US and Canadian participating brands (as to their experience and satisfaction with areas of their franchise system including training and support, systems and operations, executive leadership, core values, franchisee community, and financial opportunity) as well as analysis by FBR of key factors designed to help gauge how recession-resistant a business is likely to be including strength of proof of concept; whether the product or service offered was a “need to have” vs. a “nice to have”; strength of the market sector; pricing; initial investment and development time; evidence of past performance during a recession; unit level economics; financial strength of parent company; and a review of franchise disclosure documents in the areas of management experience; turnover; current and prior financial health; and franchisee litigation. FBR emphasized that no business is completely recession-proof but FBR nonetheless had a strong feeling that ranked franchises represent some of the best potential business investments for investors over the next few years. Motto franchise owner participation rate was approximately 47% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

2020 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2020 Franchise 500 and #1 Miscellaneous Financial Services Category Award

Motto Mortgage was ranked in the 2020 Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500® and was named first in Entrepreneur’s category for Miscellaneous Financial Services. Both the overall and category ranking are based on an analysis of data, including costs and fees, support, size and growth, brand strength, and financial strength and stability, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2018 to July 2019 of 1,105 participating franchise systems.

Entrepreneur 2020 Franchise 500: Best of the Best Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine2020 Best of the Best franchise based on Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2018 to July 2019 of 1,105 participating franchise systems, which ranked the company number 1 in the Miscellaneous Financial Services category.

Entrepreneur 2020 Fastest-Growing Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine2020 Fastest-Growing Franchise based on the net number of franchise and company-owned units added worldwide between August 2018 to July 2019 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,105 participating franchise systems.

Entrepreneur 2020 Top New Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine 2020 Top New Franchise based on Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2018 to July 2019 of 255 participating franchise systems open for 5 years or less as of July 31, 2019.

Franchise Business Review Top 200 Franchises of 2020

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between June 2018 and November 2019 from nearly 28,000 franchise owners for 307 US and Canadian participating franchise brands with a minimum of 10 franchisees. Motto franchise owner participation rate in the survey was 50.4%, and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2020 Top Franchise for Veterans

Franchise Business Review 2020 Top Franchise Culture

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between January 2020 and June 2021 from over 25,000 participating franchise owners surveyed across 224 participating franchise brands as to highest overall rating on questions specifically focused on leadership, core values, enjoyment of being part of the brand, and willingness to recommend their franchise brand to others. Motto franchise owner participation rate in the survey was nearly 47% and all Motto franchise owners open for at least 30 days and in good standing were included in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2020 Top Low-Cost Franchise

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between June 2018 and November 2019 from over 16,500 franchise owners across 156 US and Canadian participating franchise brands with an initial investment starting under $100K as reflected in their 2019 Franchise Disclosure Documents.

Franchise Business Review 2020 Top Franchise for Women

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between June 2018 and November 2019 from over 9,500 women franchise owners surveyed across 282 US and Canadian participating franchise brands. Over 36% of Motto franchise owners who participated in the survey self-identified as female in the survey.

Franchise Business Review 2020 Top Franchise for 2nd Careers

Ranking based on survey results collected by Franchise Business Review between June 2018 and November 2019 from over 2,500 “Second Career” franchisees surveyed across 168 US and Canadian participating franchise brands. “Second Career” franchisee was defined as franchise owners age 55+ that started their business within the last 5 years. Over 25% of Motto franchise owners who participated in the survey self-identified as “Second Career” franchisees.

2019 Awards:

Entrepreneur 2019 Fastest-Growing Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine 2019 Fastest-Growing Franchise based on the net number of franchise units added in the U.S. and Canada between July 2017 to July 2018 according to Entrepreneur magazine’s review of unit lists and Franchise Disclosure Documents of 1,094 participating franchises across all industries.

Entrepreneur 2019 Top New Franchise

Motto Mortgage was named as an Entrepreneur magazine 2019 Top New Franchise based on Entrepreneur magazine’s analysis of data, including costs, fees, size, growth and brand and financial strength, from franchise disclosure and related documents dated August 2017 to July 2018 of 274 participating franchise systems open for 5 years or less as of July 31, 2018.anding were included in the survey.

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