Assisting Hands Home Care franchise unit economics
Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees run non-medical in-home care agencies from a leased office that bill clients by the hour for personal care within a defined territory.
Assisting Hands Home Care franchise at a glance
In its 2026 FDD Assisting Hands Home Care reports 2025 billings for 91 owners, with averages per territory by years open and for owners running one territory or several.
Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees averaged $2,300,967 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,476,525, according to Item 19 of Assisting Hands Home Care’s 2026 FDD, issued 17 April 2026. The 91 in that group are 39%* of Assisting Hands Home Care’s 232 locations. Fees paid to Assisting Hands Home Care come to about 5.5%* of sales.
- An Assisting Hands Home Care franchise costs $98,050 to $181,200 to open, including a $55,000 initial franchise fee, according to the brand's 2026 FDD.
- Assisting Hands Home Care charges a royalty of 5% of sales and a 0.5% brand fund contribution.
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- 91 reporting Assisting Hands Home Care owners billed $209,387,967 across 200 territories and 98 offices during 2025, an average of $1,046,940 a territory.
These figures come from Assisting Hands Home Care's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, as the brand reported them, and were read by Averan Advisors.
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Talk to Averan → Move your books and accounting to Averan →- Weekly billings of $48,000 cut the royalty rate from 5% to 4.5%. 62 of 91 reporting owners sit under it. A year held above is worth $12,480.
- Owners running one territory average $1,351,530; owners running several average $980,079 each. One market worked hard yields 38% more than the same territory inside a group.
- A territory bills $400,264 in year two and $1,256,125 past ten years. The ladder rises through every group in between: $792,339, $954,731, $1,114,804.
- Royalty and the ad fund take 5.5% of revenue. $126,553 at the average reporting owner. The required local advertising adds $46,019 that you place yourself.
- A second territory out of the same office adds $662,326. The first produces $1,351,530, so the second has 49% of the weight.
How much does an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise make?
The average Assisting Hands Home Care unit reported $2,300,967 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $1,476,525. The filing discloses revenue and not profit, so what an owner keeps depends on the cost structure set out below. Fees come off the top first, at about 5.5% 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.
The royalty step
Royalty rate by weekly billings
| Rate | Weekly billings | Owners | Share of system revenue | Average annual revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | Under $48,000 | 62 | 31% | $1,058,885 |
| 4.5% | $48,000 to $95,999 | 19 | 29% | $3,153,866 |
| 4% | $96,000 and above | 10 | 40% | $8,381,366 |
Rates as the brand reported it, charged weekly.
Billing $48,000 in a week against $47,999 is worth $239.95. The rate applies to the whole week, so a week that lands at $47,999 costs $2,400.00 in royalty and a week at $48,000 costs $2,160.00.
A year above $48,000 a week saves $12,480 of royalty. $2,496,000 invoiced in a year costs $124,800 of royalty at 5% and $112,320 at 4.5%. The second step, at $96,000 a week, belongs to ten owners who average $8,381,366 and hold 40% of everything the system billed.
The median owner bills $28,395 a week. Reaching $48,000 means adding $19,605 of weekly billings, a 69% increase, so for most of the network this is a multi-year build.
What the fees come to
| Revenue | Royalty | Ad fund | Local advertising | Paid to the brand | Share paid to the brand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average territory | $1,046,940 | $52,347 | $5,235 | $20,939 | $57,582 | 5.5% |
| Median reporting owner | $1,476,525 | $73,826 | $7,383 | $29,530 | $81,209 | 5.5% |
| Average reporting owner | $2,300,967 | $115,048 | $11,505 | $46,019 | $126,553 | 5.5% |
We worked this out, applying the 5% royalty, the 0.5% national advertising fund and the 2% local advertising that starts in the second full year. The last two columns count the royalty and ad fund only.
Local advertising is a further 2 points that you place yourself. Shortfalls get swept to the national fund. So an owner who underspends pays the same total and loses the local benefit. At the median owner that line is $29,530 a year, sized off last year's billings.
The first-year advertising requirement is $18,000 per office. $1,500 a month per office comes to $18,000, and 2% overtakes that at $900,000 of prior-year revenue. Owners who build-up fast find their required spend jumps the moment the percentage takes over.
The minimum is $10,400 a year from year three. Minimum royalty runs $50 a week per office in year one, $100 in year two and $200 thereafter. 5% equals that minimum at $208,000 of sales a year. Four owners sell less than that. At the smallest, $41,782, the minimum works out at 24.9% of sales.
Top performers
What separates the top Assisting Hands Home Care performers
Assisting Hands Home Care splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The top group averaged $5,575,739 a year. The lowest averaged $466,643. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $1,476,525. The average was $2,300,967. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.
Decided before you open
- Site and trade area.The top band sells 11.9× the bottom band. Catchment, daytime population and neighboring businesses affect where a location falls.
- Territory.This model sells from a territory quoted at 225,000 people, with no storefront. Population density sets how much driving sits between jobs.
- Opening cost range.Opening costs $98,050 to $181,200, a 1.8× range inside one brand.
- Fees and the minimum.Fees run about 5.5% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Cash needed in the first year.This filing shows how a new location builds up: the month sales cover costs, and how much cash you fund before then.
Live operating levers
- Billed hours.You pay for every hour worked and bill only the hours a client accepts. Track hours worked against hours billed, and the rate charged against the rate paid.
Context you underwrite around
- Locations included.These figures cover 91 of 232 locations. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded.
- What the filing does not include.Item 19 publishes no profit or cost data for franchised locations, no attainment figure. Ask the franchisor or current owners for cost and profit figures.
Sales
Revenue by the year you opened
| Year opened | Owners | Territories | Average per owner | Average per territory | Median owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | $489,211 | $400,264 | $340,687 |
| 2023 | 9 | 17 | $1,496,641 | $792,339 | $1,253,774 |
| 2020 to 2022 | 26 | 50 | $1,836,022 | $954,731 | $1,606,458 |
| 2015 to 2019 | 28 | 67 | $2,667,566 | $1,114,804 | $1,730,920 |
| 2008 to 2014 | 19 | 55 | $3,636,151 | $1,256,125 | $1,601,369 |
Year opened and gross revenue as the brand reported it, location by location.
Revenue per territory doubles between the 2024 and 2023 opening groups. That is $400,264 a territory for the 2024 openers against $792,339 for the 2023 group. In residents that is $16.01 a year from each over-65 person in the territory rising to $31.69.
Revenue per territory rises in every age group past four years. That is $954,731 a territory at four to six years, $1,114,804 at seven to eleven, $1,256,125 past twelve. An owner eight years in, selling what a four-year owner sells, is $160,073 a territory short. That is $6.40 a year from each resident over 65.
The oldest group earns $50.25 a year from each over-65 resident. On a territory of 25,000 such residents, and with the brand's own research putting 80% of business in that age group.
Revenue by quartile, 2025
| Quarter, ranked by sales | Owners | Range | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 23 | $2,801,018 to $13,411,839 | $5,575,739 |
| Third | 23 | $1,476,525 to $2,776,249 | $1,975,156 |
| Second | 23 | $813,067 to $1,461,024 | $1,106,576 |
| Bottom | 22 | $41,782 to $810,737 | $466,643 |
Ours, ranking the 91 reporting owners by disclosed 2025 gross revenue.
The top quarter bills twelve times the bottom. $5,575,739 against $466,643, and the ten largest owners alone hold $83,813,663 of the system's $209,387,967. The middle of the table is where the movement happens. The step from the second quarter to the third is $868,580, about $34.74 a year from each over-65 resident in a single territory.
29 owners bill under $1,000,000 and 13 under $500,000. At those levels the royalty stays at 5%, while the largest owners pay 4% above $96,000 a week. Office rent, insurance and a scheduler are largely fixed. Volume is the only lever that moves the overhead line.
Territory & network
What a second territory adds
| Territories from one office | Owners | Average revenue | Per territory | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | $1,351,530 | $1,351,530 | $897,020 |
| 2 | 28 | $2,013,856 | $1,006,928 | $1,821,352 |
| 3 | 9 | $2,860,506 | $953,502 | $1,628,592 |
| 4 | 7 | $5,221,274 | $1,305,319 | $3,721,663 |
| 5 or 6 | 5 | $2,720,015 | $523,080 | $1,453,863 |
We used the location-by-location table, limited to the 85 reporting owners running a single office.
A second territory produces 49% of what the first one does. One territory produces $1,351,530; two produce $2,013,856 together, an increase of $662,326. The office, the scheduler and the license are already paid for. So that second $662,326 lands with far less cost behind it.
Past four territories the yield per territory falls to $523,080. Five owners run five or six from one office and average $2,720,015, against $5,221,274 for the seven running four. That is $20.92 a year from each resident over 65, against $54.06 for an owner working a single territory.
A second territory bought at signing costs $50,000. The discount applies to the second and third franchise purchased alongside the first, and that fee is the only additional opening cost. Set against the $662,326 of billings the second territory adds on the network average, the fee is the smallest part of the decision.
What it costs to open
| Line | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $55,000 | $55,000 |
| Insurance | $3,500 | $7,000 |
| Licensing and credentialing | $700 | $10,000 |
| Office, deposits, build-out, signage, furniture | $4,200 | $26,000 |
| Systems, training, professional fees, recruiting, opening marketing | $14,300 | $33,100 |
| Additional funds, three months | $20,350 | $50,100 |
| Total | $98,050 | $181,200 |
As the brand reported it, except two lines that Averan grouped. The office line adds the security deposit, three months' lease payments, building work, signage and furnishings. The systems line adds the computer system, business licenses, initial training travel, professional fees, the convention fee, recruiting, compliance materials and opening advertising. $57,400 of the total goes to the franchisor or an affiliate.
Discounts available
- Assisting Hands Home Care charges $50,000 for each of up to two additional franchises bought at the same time as the first.
- Assisting Hands Home Care takes 10% off the fee for honorably discharged U.S. veterans and current firefighters or police officers who are majority owners.
From Item 5 of the Assisting Hands Home Care 2026 FDD. The costs on this page use the full initial franchise fee for one unit, before any discount.
The licensing line varies by $9,300 by state. It runs from $700 to $10,000 depending on the state, and it is paid before the first hour is billed. States that require a home health agency license also delay the royalty clock, which starts 90 days after the license against 90 days after training.
Working capital covers three months and excludes any owner draw. The $20,350 to $50,100 covers wages for the first three months. Territories opened in 2024 averaged $400,264 in 2025, against $1,046,940 across all territories.
The network of locations
| Year | Start | Opened | Departed | End | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 170 | 20 | 6 | 184 | 11 |
| 2024 | 184 | 21 | 3 | 202 | 4 |
| 2025 | 202 | 37 | 7 | 232 | 2 |
As the brand reported it.
232 territories run from 118 offices, an average of 1.97 each. The network is built around clustering, so the per-territory figures matter more than the per-owner ones when you benchmark yourself.
The seven departures in 2025 had all been open at least a year. Arizona fell from seven territories to three in a single year. Against 37 openings, the year was a heavy net build. The 37 territories opened in 2025 are not in this Item 19; the newest group in it, the 2024 openers, averaged $400,264 a territory.
Transfers fell from 11 to 2 across three years. There were 11 transfers in 2023, 4 in 2024 and 2 in 2025.
Questions we get asked
How much does an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise make?
Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees averaged $2,300,967 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,476,525, according to Item 19 of Assisting Hands Home Care’s 2026 FDD, issued 17 April 2026. The 91 in that group are 39%* of Assisting Hands Home Care’s 232 locations. Fees paid to Assisting Hands Home Care come to about 5.5%* of sales.
What should my Assisting Hands Home Care territory be billing?
Across all 91 reporting owners the average territory produced $1,046,940 in 2025. By age: $400,264 for territories whose owner opened in 2024, $792,339 for 2023, $954,731 for 2020 to 2022, $1,114,804 for 2015 to 2019 and $1,256,125 for 2008 to 2014. Focused single-territory owners do better than the system average at $1,351,530.
When does my royalty rate drop at Assisting Hands Home Care?
At $48,000 of gross revenue in a week the rate moves from 5% to 4.5%, and at $96,000 it moves to 4%. The rate applies to the whole week, so crossing $48,000 by a dollar saves $239.95 that week. Sustained for a year, the first step is worth $12,480. 62 of the 91 reporting owners bill below the first line, and the median bills $28,395 a week.
What do Assisting Hands Home Care's fees add up to?
Assisting Hands Home Care takes 5.5% of revenue: a 5% royalty and 0.5% to the national advertising fund. You must also spend 2% on local advertising from the second full calendar year. In the first part-year and first full year, the charge is a flat $1,500 a month for each office instead of the 2%. Minimum royalty is $200 a week per office from year three, which is $10,400 a year and exceeds 5% until you reach $208,000 of revenue. The fund contribution may rise to 3% on 30 days' notice.
Is a second territory worth it at Assisting Hands Home Care?
On the network average, a second territory adds revenue. Owners running two territories from one office bill $2,013,856, against $1,351,530 for one. So the second adds $662,326 against a $50,000 fee when bought alongside the first, with the office and the back end already paid for. The yield thins as you stack more: $953,502 a territory at three, and $523,080 at five or six.
Who does bookkeeping for an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise?
Royalty is calculated on weekly gross revenue and debited every Wednesday, so the close has to hold a clean weekly revenue series. That series is what shows whether you are clearing $48,000 and what the rate step is worth. Owners running several territories report one combined figure to the franchisor. That means the per-territory profit and loss has to be built internally or you are steering by an aggregate. The 2% local advertising requirement is sized off the preceding twelve months and any shortfall is swept to the national fund, so it belongs on a tracked schedule. Averan provides bookkeeping, controller, and fractional CFO support for franchise owners and has Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors on the team.
- The filing gives no profit figure. The filing reports sales and not earnings, so what an owner keeps is not disclosed.
- The filing breaks out no cost lines. Wages, rent and cost of goods are not broken out, so margin cannot be rebuilt from the document.
- The filing gives no attainment figure. The filing does not say how many locations reached the average it publishes.
Questions worth putting to Assisting Hands Home Care
The filing answers what it answers. These are the gaps an owner or a buyer should close directly.
- What do locations at the median spend on wages and rent as a share of sales? The filing reports sales only.
- Which factors does Assisting Hands Home Care see in its highest-selling locations, such as trade area, years open and size?
- How long does a new location take to reach the average you publish, and what does the build-up look like month by month?
- At what level of sales do the minimum charges stop applying and the percentage take over?
- How many Assisting Hands Home Care locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
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Talk to AveranWhere these figures come from.
Every figure here comes from Assisting Hands Home Care. LLC's 2026 FDD, issued 17 April 2026 and covering the 2025 calendar year. The document is unaudited by us. We are unaffiliated with the brand. The figures describe past performance at other franchised territories. Calculations of our own are labeled where they appear. This page is an educational summary and is not legal or tax advice. ASSISTING HANDS® is a registered trademark of its owner. How Averan reads a Franchise Disclosure Document.
These figures come from the brand's disclosure. They are not a forecast, an offer to sell a franchise or advice. Source: Assisting Hands Home Care, LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, issued 17 April 2026.
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