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<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9
        http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">

  <!-- Homepage - Highest Priority -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Core Product Pages - Very High Priority -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=home</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=multi-unit-franchisees</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=fdd</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=franchisees</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=price</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Blog Section - High Priority for SEO -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/blog</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Example Blog Posts - Add your actual blog post URLs here -->
  <!-- These should be dynamically generated based on your content -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/blog/transitioning-from-employee-to-qsr-franchisee</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-10</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Add more blog post URLs as they're published -->
  <!-- TEMPLATE:
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/blog/[slug]</loc>
    <lastmod>[publication-date]</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>
  -->

  <!-- Franchise resources-->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=affordability_calculator</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=benchmark-input</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=top-franchises&amp;type=highest-franchisee-revenue</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=top-franchises&amp;type=biggest-franchise-systems</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=top-franchises&amp;type=lowest-franchisee-attrition</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=top-franchises&amp;type=fastest-growing-emerging-brands</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=top-franchises&amp;type=top-rated-franchises</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=top-franchises&amp;type=lowest-franchisee-fees</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Secondary Pages -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=credit</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Static/Legal Pages - Lower Priority but Important -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=privacy</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=terms</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=about</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.franchimp.com/?page=contact</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-11-11</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- 
  DYNAMIC CONTENT SECTIONS:
  The following sections should be generated programmatically:
  
  1. Individual Franchise Profile Pages (~9,000 pages)
     Pattern: https://www.franchimp.com/franchise/[franchise-name]-[id]
     Priority: 0.6-0.7
     
  2. Individual FDD Pages (~18,000 pages)
     Pattern: https://www.franchimp.com/?page=pdf&amp;f=[id]_[year].pdf
     Priority: 0.5
     
  For large sites, consider creating a sitemap index file that references
  multiple sitemap files (one for blog, one for franchises, one for FDDs, etc.)
  -->

</urlset>