Averan BrightStar Care Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new BrightStar Care location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The BrightStar Care opening package
BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $101,464 to $217,486, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps BrightStar Care franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated senior care specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for BrightStar Care’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against BrightStar Care’s Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
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Already open with another bookkeeper? See the BrightStar Care conversion package.
What the BrightStar Care opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your BrightStar Care location and connect every bank account and card to it.
Reporting format
We set up the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report BrightStar Care asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn BrightStar Care’s Item 7 estimate into your opening budget and record every opening cost against its line.
Loan draw packages
We prepare a file for each loan draw your lender asks for, including SBA loan draws.
Systems connected
We connect the point-of-sale system BrightStar Care requires, its client scheduling and billing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your BrightStar Care location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your BrightStar Care royalty, brand fund and report due dates go on one calendar for the monthly close.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and send the list of documents we need.
- 2Setup10 business days
We build the QuickBooks file and connect your accounts.
- 3Build-outEach month
We tag every payment to a line of BrightStar Care’s Item 7 and prepare each loan draw.
- 4Systems45 days before opening
We test the point of sale, the other systems and payroll.
- 5Opening dayYour opening date
We match each day of sales to the deposits that follow it.
BrightStar Care figures from the FDD
BrightStar Care franchisees averaged $2,413,076 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,943,606, according to Item 19 of BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD, issued 1 April 2026. The 207 in that group are 52%* of BrightStar Care’s 396 locations. Fees paid to BrightStar Care come to about 5.25%* of sales. A BrightStar Care franchise costs $101,464 to $217,486 to open.
The BrightStar Care initial franchise fee is $50,000, which is part of the BrightStar Care Item 7 estimate, according to BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD.
At the BrightStar Care average of $2,413,076 of sales a year, the 5.25% royalty comes to about $10,557* a month.
34 BrightStar Care locations opened in the last year that Item 20 of BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD reports.
At the end of the last year that Item 20 reports, BrightStar Care had 21 franchise agreements signed for locations not yet open.
Send us to start
- Your signed BrightStar Care franchise agreement.
- BrightStar Care’s current FDD.
- The BrightStar Care monthly report format and the software it uses.
- Your entity documents and EIN letter.
- Your lease, contractor bid and loan agreements.
Access we need
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system BrightStar Care requires.
- The client scheduling and billing system.
- The BrightStar Care reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
Questions from BrightStar Care owners
Does Averan Advisors work with BrightStar Care owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for BrightStar Care owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the BrightStar Care royalty show up in the books?
The BrightStar Care royalty is 5.25% of sales, according to BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At the BrightStar Care average of $2,413,076 a year, it comes to about $10,557 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a BrightStar Care franchise?
BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one BrightStar Care location costs $101,464 to $217,486. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my BrightStar Care location opens?
Your BrightStar Care books move to the Monthly Close, which closes each month and sends a profit and loss, a balance sheet and the royalty reconciliation. The QuickBooks file stays yours.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in BrightStar Care’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your BrightStar Care opening
Send the short form for the BrightStar Care opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your BrightStar Care location and your opening date.
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