Century 21 Real Estate Corp.: The company...

Century 21 Real Estate Corp.: The company said Monday it has been named the top U.S. real estate services franchise by Entrepreneur magazine. The Irvine-based company was also ranked 16th by Entrepreneur among franchises in all categories.

Entrepreneur judged more than 900 franchises, based on such factors as the length of time in business and number of years franchising, start-up costs, growth rate, percentage of terminations and the company’s financial stability.