Averan FirstLight Home Care Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new FirstLight Home Care location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The FirstLight Home Care opening package
FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $151,425 to $256,380, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps FirstLight Home Care franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated senior care specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for FirstLight Home Care’s reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home Care conversion package.
What the FirstLight Home Care opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home Care asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home Care requires, its client scheduling and billing system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your FirstLight Home Care location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home 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.
FirstLight Home Care figures from the FDD
FirstLight Home Care franchisees averaged $1,545,697 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,195,409, according to Item 19 of FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD, issued 24 March 2026. The 194 in that group are 68%* of FirstLight Home Care’s 284 locations. Fees paid to FirstLight Home Care come to about 6%* of sales.
FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one FirstLight Home Care location costs $151,425 to $256,380, including the $52,000 initial franchise fee.
At the FirstLight Home Care average of $1,545,697 of sales a year, the 5% royalty comes to about $6,440* a month and the 1% brand fund to about $1,288* a month.
Send us to start
- Your signed FirstLight Home Care franchise agreement.
- FirstLight Home Care’s current FDD.
- The FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home Care requires.
- The client scheduling and billing system.
- The FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home Care owners
Does Averan Advisors work with FirstLight Home Care owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for FirstLight Home Care owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the FirstLight Home Care royalty show up in the books?
The FirstLight Home Care royalty is 5% of sales, according to FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At the FirstLight Home Care average of $1,545,697 a year, it comes to about $6,440 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a FirstLight Home Care franchise?
FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one FirstLight Home Care location costs $151,425 to $256,380. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my FirstLight Home Care location opens?
Your FirstLight Home 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 FirstLight Home Care’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your FirstLight Home Care opening
Send the short form for the FirstLight Home Care opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your FirstLight Home Care location and your opening date.
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