AFC Urgent Care franchise unit economics
AFC Urgent Care franchisees run walk-in clinics of 1,750 to 2,000 square feet with four to five exam rooms. Across 291 franchised centers the average is $1,867,756 of cash revenue on 35.2 patients a day, while 79 affiliate-run centers average $1,793,641 with a full profit line. Break-even sits at 29.6 patients a day, exactly what the 156 centers opened since 2021 average.
- Primary source
- AFC Franchising, LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
- Items read
- Items 5 and 6 for fees; Item 7 for cost to open; Item 19 for sales and any profit figure; Item 20 for the location count
- Population
- 291 of 327 locations
- Our calculations
- Marked on the page with an asterisk. Method
- Last reviewed
- 26 September 2026
Disclosure-based. Not a forecast, not an offer to sell a franchise, and not advice.
An AFC center covers its own costs at 29.6 patients a day. The 156 centers opened since 2021 average 29.6. Everything above that line falls almost straight through, because the cost of running the building changes littlebetween a center seeing 22 patients a day and one seeing 57. The difference is $130,426 of operating expense against $1,858,139 of revenue.
- The break-even day is 29.6 patients. Between the filed $70,959 of profit at 32.0 patients a day and the filed loss of $45,895 at 28.1 *, about 10,759 visits a year.
- The 156 centers opened since 2021 average 29.6 patients a day. Against 40.0 for the 214 open by 2020, a gap of 10.4 patients a day and $546,110 of revenue.
- Running costs move $130,426 while revenue moves $1,858,139. $586,273 of operating expense at the lowest-selling tenth against $716,699 at the highest-selling *, so patient 30 and patient 50 cost about the same to serve.
- Total cost a visit falls from $152.41 to $94.00 as the day fills. $58.41 a visit *, and the direct patient-care line alone falls $21.46, from $80.68 to $59.22.
- Georgia's six centers see 19.5 patients a day and out-earn Florida's fourteen at 27.3. $150.76 collected a visit against $105.36 *, a $45.40 gap that beats 7.8 patients a day.
How much does a AFC Urgent Care franchise make?
The average AFC Urgent Care unit reported $1,867,756 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $1,699,854. The brand’s disclosure document puts the profit line at 15.7% of revenue. Fees come off the top first, at about 8.5% of sales across royalty, brand fund and the rest of the stack. Revenue is not income. Rent, wages, cost of goods and the franchise fees all come out before an owner is paid. The figures for the highest-selling and lowest-selling businesses are below.
What a visit collects
Franchisees earn $74,115 more on 777 fewer visits.
The 291 franchised centers average $1,867,756 against $1,793,641 at the 79 affiliate-run ones. They do it on 12,772 visits against 13,549, 2.1 fewer patients a day. The whole difference is what a visit collects: $146.24 against $132.38.
| Group | Centers | Cash revenue | Median | Revenue range | Patients a day | Revenue a visit * | Reaching the average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest-selling eighth | 37 | $3,655,680 | $3,472,873 | $2,879,961–$5,796,592 | 63.1 | $159.59 | 13 / 35% |
| Second | 36 | $2,568,269 | $2,555,779 | $2,278,960–$2,852,440 | 46.0 | $153.70 | 18 / 50% |
| Third | 36 | $2,129,230 | $2,134,707 | $1,976,302–$2,269,284 | 39.6 | $148.07 | 18 / 50% |
| Fourth | 37 | $1,821,193 | $1,803,780 | $1,699,854–$1,958,788 | 35.7 | $140.68 | 18 / 49% |
| Fifth | 36 | $1,583,374 | $1,586,890 | $1,483,673–$1,698,096 | 31.1 | $140.17 | 19 / 53% |
| Sixth | 36 | $1,341,324 | $1,326,638 | $1,203,381–$1,483,425 | 26.9 | $137.40 | 17 / 47% |
| Seventh | 36 | $1,071,942 | $1,080,174 | $929,852–$1,199,261 | 22.3 | $132.52 | 20 / 56% |
| Lowest-selling eighth | 37 | $753,609 | $791,784 | $245,832–$928,942 | 16.5 | $125.83 | 22 / 59% |
| All 291 | 291 | $1,867,756 | $1,699,854 | $245,832–$5,796,592 | 35.2 | $146.24 | 145 / 50% |
Counts, revenue, medians, ranges, patients a day and the attainment column are as the brand reported it. Revenue a visit is each group's revenue divided by its filed annual visits and is marked *.
The highest-selling franchised tenth collects $33.76 more a visit than the lowest-selling one. $159.59 against $125.83 *, on the lowest-selling group's 5,989 visits that rate alone is worth $202,205 a year.
Half the system reaches its own group average. 145 of 291, and the proportion climbs as the groups get weaker, 35% in the highest-selling tenth against 59% in the lowest-selling one. So the top of this system is pulled up by a handful of very large centers.
The widest single gap is 23.6-fold. $5,796,592 against $245,832 *, 57.7 patients a day against 7.0.
Five years of trading is worth 10.4 patients a day.
| Group | Centers | Cash revenue | Median | Patients a day | Revenue a visit * | 4-Wall profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchised, open by 2020 | 145 | $2,206,107 | $2,057,358 | 41.0 | $148.30 | n/a |
| Franchised, opened 2021–2025 | 146 | $1,531,721 | $1,441,153 | 29.4 | $143.39 | n/a |
| Affiliate, open by 2020 | 69 | $1,821,761 | $1,773,878 | 38.0 | $132.06 | $292,571 |
| Affiliate, opened 2021–2025 | 10 | $1,599,610 | $1,415,986 | 32.6 | $134.98 | $211,771 |
| Everything, open by 2020 | 214 | $2,082,183 | $1,965,956 | 40.0 | $143.32 | n/a |
| Everything, opened 2021–2025 | 156 | $1,536,073 | $1,439,540 | 29.6 | $142.79 | n/a |
Counts, revenue, medians, patients a day and profit are as the brand reported it. Revenue a visit is marked *, dividing each row's revenue by its filed annual visits.
The newer 42% of the system averages the break-even day. 156 centers at 29.6 patients a day against a crossing point of 29.6 *, so roughly half of them are already above it and half below.
Volume has 89% of the maturity gap and price has the rest. The older franchised centers do 4,194 more visits a year, which at the newer group's own rate is $601,389 of the $674,386 difference *; the remaining $72,997 comes from collecting $4.91 more a visit.
An affiliate center opened since 2021 still earns $211,771. Against $292,571 for the older ones, at 32.6 patients a day against 38.0, 5.4 patients a day is worth $80,800.
Top performers
What separates the top AFC Urgent Care performers
AFC Urgent Care splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The best group averaged $3,655,680 a year. The worst averaged $753,609. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $1,699,854. The average was $1,867,756. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.
Decided before you open
- Trade area and site.A 4.9× gap between bands is not an operating gap. Catchment, daytime population and what sits next door set the ceiling before the first customer arrives.
- Capacity, fixed at build.Locations run 1,750 to 2,000 square feet. What you can sell is set by the build, and the build does not change after opening.
- What you spend to open.Opening costs $948,250 to $1,514,000, a 1.6× range inside one brand. The high end usually buys more capacity, so the cheapest build is not always the cheapest route to the top band.
Live operating levers
- Cost of what you sell.Products and materials take 50.3% of sales, against 15.7% kept at the end. Buying terms, price discipline and waste are where this is won, and each of them compounds at volume. Small movements here move the result more than anything else, because nothing else in the structure is that large.
- Visits, the operating driver.This model bills on visits. The owner watches how many visits happen, what each one is worth, and how many customers book the next one before they leave. It is worth watching every week, because by the time it turns up in a monthly close the quarter is half gone.
- Fees, and where the minimum bites.Fees run about 8.5% of sales. A minimum sits underneath the percentage, so the low-volume location pays the higher effective rate. The brand charges the weakest locations the most. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum and know which side of it you are on, because the answer changes what an extra dollar of sales is worth.
- The first year.This filing shows how a new location builds up, so the ramp can be underwritten from the document rather than assumed. Read two things out of it: the month sales cross the point where costs are covered, and how much cash you fund before that month arrives. Everything before break-even is paid for by you.
Context you underwrite around
- The reporting screen.291 of 327 locations are behind these figures. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded, as are locations under the brand’s current size standard, so the numbers describe locations that cleared that screen, not the system as a whole.
- Brand-owned locations.The franchisor reports its own locations alongside the franchised ones. Treat them as indicative rather than representative: they are operated by the franchisor, usually mature, and usually few.
Top performers
How far apart the locations are
Where these figures come from.
Every figure here comes from AFC Franchising, LLC’s 2026 FDD and is unaudited by us. We are unaffiliated with the brand. Calculations of our own are labeled where they appear, the figures describe past performance at other businesses and are not a projection of yours. This page is an educational summary. It is not an offer to sell a franchise, and it is not financial, legal or tax advice. AFC Urgent Care® and American Family Care® are registered trademarks of their owner. How Averan reads a Franchise Disclosure Document.
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