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Organization and Business: | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2018
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Organization and Business: | 1. Organization and Business: Winmark Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) offers licenses to operate franchises using the service marks Plato’s Closet®, Play It Again Sports®, Once Upon A Child®, Style Encore® and Music Go Round®. In addition, the Company sells point-of-sale system hardware to its franchisees and certain merchandise to its Play It Again Sports franchisees. The Company uses its Winmark Franchise Partners® mark in connection with its strategic consulting and corporate development activities. The Company also operates both middle market and small-ticket equipment leasing businesses under the Winmark Capital® and Wirth Business Credit® marks. The Company has a 52/53-week fiscal year that ends on the last Saturday in December. Fiscal years 2018 and 2017 were 52-week fiscal years, while 2016 was a 53-week fiscal year. Following is a summary of our franchising activity for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018:
|  | 12/30/2017 |  | OPENED |  | CLOSED |  | 12/29/2018 |
Plato’s Closet |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchises - US and Canada |  | 476 |  | 11 |  | (7) |  | 480 |
Once Upon A Child |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchises - US and Canada |  | 360 |  | 24 |  | (5) |  | 379 |
Play It Again Sports |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchises - US and Canada |  | 281 |  | 6 |  | (6) |  | 281 |
Style Encore |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchises - US and Canada |  | 61 |  | 9 |  | (3) |  | 67 |
Music Go Round |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchises - US |  | 33 |  | 2 |  | (1) |  | 34 |
Total Franchised Stores |  | 1,211 |  | 52 |  | (22) |  | 1,241 |

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