CARMEL, Ind. — J.D. Byrider recently unveiled its Franchise of the Year winners and President's Awards, honoring a slew of stores throughout the country.

The company announced the winners at its November convention in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

In the Franchise of the Year segment, there were three categories of winners: single (one location), mid (two to three locations) and multiple (more than three).

Taking this year's honors were:

—Single: J.T. Gandolfo (Columbia, S.C. location)
—Mid: Mark Bedgood, Bill Evans, and Fred Nichols (Longview and Tyler, Texas locations)
—Multiple: Russ Larson, Doug Stewart and Jeff Lee (locations in areas near Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa).

These three have won six years in a row.

Moving over to the President's Awards, J.D. Byrider recognizes individual stores for excellence in store earnings, portfolio quality and customer service ratings.

This year's winners are as follows, broken down by state with owners in parenthesis:

Iowa
Burlington (Larson and Stewart)
Cedar Rapids (Larson and Stewart)
Davenport (Larson and Stewart)
Des Moines (Larson and Lee)

Kentucky
Owensboro (Jeff Anderson)

Maryland
Glen Burnie (Ward Griffith and Brad Helms)

Pennsylvania
Hermitage (J.D. Byrider company-owned location)
Pittsburgh (J.D. Byrider company-owned location)

South Carolina
Columbia (Gandolfo)

Texas
Tyler (Bedgood, Evans and Nichols)

West Virginia
South Charleston (Bill Rowland, Mark Morris and Jim Park)

Wisconsin
Appleton (Russ Darrow Jr. and Mike Darrow)
Madison (Russ Darrow Jr. and Mike Darrow)
Milwaukee (Russ Darrow Jr. and Mike Darrow)