Keller Williams Realty led among real estate brokerage franchises in an annual survey by Entrepreneur Magazine, and ranked 78th overall out of 500 franchises.

Keller Williams also ranked 66th overall in a list of 200 top global franchises — higher than any other real estate franchise. Keller Williams had 672 franchises in the U.S. and 15 in Canada in 2010, according to the magazine.

Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC ranked second among real estate franchises in the Entrepreneur Magazine survey, and was also ranked as the fastest-growing real estate franchise, placing 14th overall out of 100 franchises on that list.

Overall, eight real estate franchises were chosen among the Franchise 500. Financial strength and stability, growth rate, size of the system, number of years in operation and total time franchising, startup cost, litigation, percentage of terminations, and other statistics factor into the franchiser rankings, according to Entrepreneur.com.