Five Star Franchising brands named among Entrepreneur’s fastest-growing franchises

Mosquito Shield and Five Star Bath Solutions honored on annual list, signaling major growth in home services sector

SPRINGVILLE, Utah — March 11, 2025 — Two brands from the rapidly expanding Five Star Franchising platform have been included in Entrepreneur’s annual ranking of Fastest-Growing Franchises, denoting their continued success in the United States and Canada. The inclusion of these brands on the list underscores the ongoing opportunities available to prospective franchisees within the home services sector.

The 2025 edition of the Fastest-Growing Franchises list ranks Five Star Bath Solutions (#28) and Mosquito Shield (#48), both of which have become staples on the list. Five Star Bath Solutions appears for the second year in a row and Mosquito Shield for the third.

“It’s exciting for us to witness these two brands recognized for their continued growth,” said Scott Abbott, CEO and co-founder of Five Star Franchising. “To see these brands honored year after year for their expansion shows the extent to which our franchise owners’ hard work and commitment pays off. It also demonstrates the exceptional drive of our teams at the brand and platform level to help our franchise owners to succeed.”

Each year, Entrepreneur’s Fastest-Growing Franchises list highlights franchise brands that prove themselves able to scale quickly across North America. The 2025 rankings are based on the net total of new franchise units added between July 2023 and July 2024, as verified by Entrepreneur. Their inclusion on the list shows that both Mosquito Shield, representing residential pest control services, and Five Star Bath Solutions, focusing on bathroom transformations, address real consumer needs.

“The Five Star Franchising platform of brands offers tremendous value to franchise owners,” said Colt Florence, senior vice president of franchise development for Five Star Franchising. “Our shared platform is designed to empower franchise owner success, equipping them with the resources and support structures needed to thrive. That our brands continue to expand is a direct result of our commitment to growth and fostering an environment where aspiring business owners can achieve their desired lifestyle through franchising.”

To view the full ranking, visit www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/directory/fastest-growing-ranking. Results can also be seen in March/April 2025 issue of Entrepreneur, available on newsstands March 11.

For more information about Five Star Franchising and its platform of home service brands, visit Five Star Franchising.

About Five Star Franchising

Five Star Franchising is an innovative, growing platform of home service brands with more than 1,500 total locations throughout North America. Franchise owners across Five Star’s brands, including Five Star Bath Solutions, Gotcha Covered, Bio-One, Mosquito Shield, 1-800-Packouts, and Card My Yard enjoy a robust support network and access to industry-leading tools such as ProNexis, the 24/7 sales support solution tailored for home service businesses, and Five Star Marketing Services, Five Star Franchising’s elite marketing engine. Five Star Franchising’s commitment to core values — Driven, Real, Innovative, Vital, and Enthusiastic (DRIVE) — ensures its brands are category leaders and empowers franchise owners to maximize profitable growth and secure their financial destiny. Five Star Franchising is consistently recognized as one of the most successful companies in the industry. The company has appeared on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America four times, ranking #157 in 2024. Five Star Franchising also ranks among the fastest-growing businesses in its home state, with positions on the MountainWest Capital Network Utah 100, the Utah Valley BusinessQ UV50 and the Utah Business Fast 50 lists. For more information, visit fivestarfranchising.com.

About Five Star Bath Solutions

Five Star Bath Solutions is the premier bath transformation franchise in the home remodeling industry. The company, named to the highly competitive Entrepreneur Franchise 500 for seven consecutive years, designs and builds dream bathrooms through expertise and trust providing affordable transformations and beautiful solutions. Part of the Five Star Franchising portfolio of home service brands since 2014, Five Star Bath Solutions is one of the fastest-growing bath remodeling franchises in the world with more than 200 franchise locations. Five Star Bath Solutions was also recognized as one of the fastest-growing franchises in the U.S. and Canada by Entrepreneur in 2024 and named a Top Low-Cost Franchise for 2023 by Franchise Business Review. For more information, visit fivestarbathsolutions.com. To learn about franchising with Five Star Bath Solutions, visit bathsolutionsfranchising.com.

About Mosquito Shield

Mosquito Shield is America’s trusted provider of effective residential mosquito, tick and perimeter pest control service. Combining an innovative proprietary blend of natural oils and select control products with a responsive spraying schedule designed around real-time pest population analysis and weather conditions, Mosquito Shield delivers the best results in the industry to help customers in over 375 territories enjoy their outdoor spaces. Mosquito Shield, part of the Five Star Franchising platform of home service brands, was ranked the top pest control franchise in the U.S. by Entrepreneur in 2023, 2024 and 2025. For more information about Mosquito Shield, visit moshield.com. To learn about franchising opportunities, visit moshield.fivestarfranchising.com.

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