?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Franchise expansion · Texas

Best cities to expand a franchise in Texas

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Franchise expansion” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on businesses per 1k residents, median household income, avg. weekly wage, crime index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

Re-rank for your priorities
Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Flower Mound, TX78k residents

    69/100

    population: 78k · median household income: $161,235 · crime index: 50/100

  2. 2.Frisco, TX219k residents

    67/100

    population: 219k · median household income: $150,212 · crime index: 50/100

  3. 3.Pearland, TX128k residents

    67/100

    population: 128k · median household income: $118,842 · crime index: 50/100

  4. 4.Sugar Land, TX110k residents

    67/100

    population: 110k · median household income: $136,217 · crime index: 50/100

  5. 5.League City, TX116k residents

    65/100

    population: 116k · median household income: $121,099 · crime index: 50/100

  6. 6.Amarillo, TX202k residents

    63/100

    population: 202k · median household income: $65,912 · crime index: 50/100

  7. 7.McAllen, TX145k residents

    63/100

    population: 145k · median household income: $61,579 · crime index: 50/100

  8. 8.Edinburg, TX105k residents

    63/100

    population: 105k · median household income: $59,466 · crime index: 50/100

  9. 9.Mission, TX87k residents

    63/100

    population: 87k · median household income: $60,767 · crime index: 50/100

  10. 10.Pharr, TX80k residents

    62/100

    population: 80k · median household income: $52,814 · crime index: 50/100

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to expand a franchise in Texas?
Flower Mound, TX ranks first with a fit score of 69/100, followed by Frisco (67) and Pearland (67), using the "Franchise expansion" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on businesses per 1k residents, median household income, avg. weekly wage, crime index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.