Entrepreneur Magazine has ranked ActionCOACH as 46th Fastest-Growing Franchise for 2008; up 9 rankings from last year. Entrepreneur’s announcement of the 29th Annual Franchise 500 Award winners, demonstrates ActionCOACH’s ongoing growth in the franchise industry.

“Every day, someone in the world joins the ActionCOACH franchise,” ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars said.

For its rankings, Entrepreneur based its Franchise 500 awards on a number of factors that include financial strength, financial stability, growth rate and size of the franchise system.

ActionCOACH has been instrumental in developing the business coaching category since Brad Sugars started the business in 1993 from his home in Brisbane, Australia. Over the past 15 years, the firm has grown into an internationally recognized and award-winning franchise with more than 1,000 offices in 26 countries.

The full list of ActionCOACH’s rankings in Entrepreneur’s 2008 rankings include: #76 in the Franchise 500; #1 in the Business Coaching category; #46 Fastest-Growing Franchise; #17 Top Home Based Franchise and #49 as America’s Top Global Franchise.

ActionCOACH is the world’s number one business coaching franchise with more than 1,000 offices in 26 countries.