SYNERGY HomeCare franchise unit economics
SYNERGY HomeCare franchisees run an in-home care agency across one or more protected territories, billing caregiver hours for companion care, personal care and specialized support.
SYNERGY HomeCare in the news
- SYNERGY HomeCare Reaches 626 Territories Nationwide · HomeCare ·
The SYNERGY HomeCare headline above is the publisher's own and links to the publisher. Averan Advisors checked this SYNERGY HomeCare link on 11 October 2026. Franchise news lists news on 95 brands, including SYNERGY HomeCare. SYNERGY HomeCare is in the Non-medical Home Care franchise guide.
SYNERGY HomeCare franchise at a glance
Item 19 of SYNERGY HomeCare's 2026 FDD reports 2025 revenue for 186 businesses covering 523 territories, split by single or multiple territories and by years open, with the average gross margin for each group.
SYNERGY HomeCare’s 141 multi-territory franchise businesses open a year or more averaged $2,116,737 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,763,025, according to Item 19 of SYNERGY HomeCare’s 2026 FDD, issued 3 April 2026. Those 141 SYNERGY HomeCare businesses held 478 of SYNERGY HomeCare’s 626 territories at the end of 2025, or 76%*. Fees paid to SYNERGY HomeCare come to about 7%* of sales. A SYNERGY HomeCare franchise costs $80,245 to $164,091 to open.
- A SYNERGY HomeCare franchise costs $80,245 to $164,091 to open, according to the brand's 2026 FDD.
- SYNERGY HomeCare charges a royalty of 5% of sales and a 2% brand fund contribution.
- Work out SYNERGY HomeCare's fees at your own sales with the minimum fee calculator.
These figures come from SYNERGY HomeCare'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 →- A single-territory owner past ten years averages $2,500,418. A multi-territory owner of the same age averages $693,009 per territory, 3.6 times less.
- Gross profit runs 49% to 54%, and it is highest at the smallest businesses. That is 54% for single-territory owners under five years, 49% for mature multi-territory ones.
- The sales quota reaches $600,000 a year per territory by year five. Miss it and you pay royalty and marketing on the quota instead, $42,000 a year.
- The median single-territory owner under five years bills $378,078. That compares with a year-five quota of $600,000 per territory.
- Sixteen businesses closed in 2025 while the network added 76 territories. That is 626 territories at year end, up from 454 at the start of 2023.
How much does a SYNERGY HomeCare franchise make?
SYNERGY HomeCare’s 141 multi-territory franchise businesses open a year or more averaged $2,116,737 of sales in 2025 and their median was $1,763,025. The brand’s disclosure document 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 7% 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.
One or many
Revenue by number of territories
| Group | Businesses | Territories | Average per business | Median | Average per territory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single territory, over 10 years | 16 | 16 | $2,500,418 | $1,948,828 | $2,500,418 |
| Single territory, 6 to 9 years | 5 | 5 | $965,392 | $1,198,610 | $965,392 |
| Single territory, 1 to 5 years | 24 | 24 | $579,980 | $378,078 | $579,980 |
| Multi territory, over 10 years | 72 | 285 | $2,743,160 | $2,221,565 | $693,009 |
| Multi territory, 6 to 9 years | 16 | 49 | $2,215,248 | $1,870,948 | $723,346 |
| Multi territory, 1 to 5 years | 53 | 144 | $1,236,008 | $1,012,913 | $454,920 |
Business counts, territory counts, averages and medians as the brand reported it.
A single territory past ten years bills $2,500,418, against $693,009 per territory for multi-territory owners. The multi-territory owners run about four territories each. Even across all tenures the gap holds: $1,305,626 for single-territory owners against $624,393 per territory for multi-territory ones, a factor of 2.1.
Multi-territory owners still bill more in total. That is $2,743,160 against $2,500,418 past ten years, and $2,116,737 against $1,305,626 across all tenures. So adding territories grows the business. It just grows it less than four times as much, which makes the decision about how deeply you can work one market before spreading out.
The mature single-territory group holds sixteen businesses. That is worth knowing before treating $2,500,418 as a target: it describes a handful of owners who have spent over a decade in one market. What it establishes is the ceiling of a single territory, which is considerably higher than most owners in this system reach.
Businesses and territories by structure
| Businesses | Territories | Territories each | Average revenue | Median | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi territory, over 1 year | 141 | 478 | 3.4 | $2,116,737 | $1,763,025 |
| Single territory, over 1 year | 45 | 45 | 1.0 | $1,305,626 | $858,791 |
| All reporting | 186 | 523 | 2.8 | n/a | n/a |
As the brand reported it, except the territories-each column, which is marked *.
How we calculated this
246 businesses covering 626 territories were operating at 31 December 2025; 186 of them covering 523 territories had been open a year or more.
Three quarters of the businesses hold more than one territory. That is 141 of 186, averaging 3.4 each. So the multi-territory route is the norm here, and the per-territory figures above say that norm comes at a cost in market penetration.
The median owner sells less than the average. That is $1,763,025 against $2,116,737 for multi-territory owners; $858,791 against $1,305,626 for single-territory ones. In both groups the top few pull the average well clear of the middle, and one business bills $16,291,203.
Top performers
What separates the top SYNERGY HomeCare performers
SYNERGY HomeCare splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The top group averaged $2,743,160 a year. The lowest averaged $579,980. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $1,763,025. The average was $2,116,737. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.
Decided before you open
- Site and trade area.The top band sells 4.7× the bottom band. Catchment, daytime population and neighboring businesses affect where a location falls.
- Territory.This model sells from a territory, with no storefront. Population density sets how much driving sits between jobs.
- Opening cost range.Opening costs $80,245 to $164,091, a 2.0× range inside one brand.
- Fees and the minimum.Fees run about 7.0% 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 186 of SYNERGY HomeCare’s 246 businesses, holding 523 of its 626 territories at the end of 2025. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded.
What is kept
Gross margin by size and years open
| Group | Businesses | gross profit | Met or exceeded it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single territory, 1 to 5 years | 24 | 54% | 9 (38%) |
| Single territory, 6 to 9 years | 5 | 54% | 2 (40%) |
| Single territory, over 10 years | 16 | 49% | 10 (63%) |
| Multi territory, 1 to 5 years | 53 | 50% | 22 (42%) |
| Multi territory, 6 to 9 years | 16 | 49% | 8 (50%) |
| Multi territory, over 10 years | 72 | 49% | 39 (54%) |
Margins as the brand reported it.
The smallest and newest businesses keep the highest share after caregiver pay. Margin is 54% for single-territory owners under nine years, falling to 49% once they pass ten. The same pattern shows in the multi-territory column, 50% down to 49%. Growth in this model appears to come with a mix that costs more to serve, more hours, longer shifts, possibly more reimbursed work.
The 49% to 54% excludes payroll taxes and workers’ compensation. Payroll taxes and benefits add seven to nine points to caregiver wages. A reported 51% becomes about 45% once they are counted. That matters when you benchmark against a filing that defines things differently.
More owners are above the average margin than are above the average sales figure. 63% of mature single-territory businesses met or exceeded the average margin while 31% met the average revenue. The margin varies less between owners than sales do.
Targets and network
The minimum monthly sales quota
| Year of operation | Quota per month | Quota per year | minimum royalty | minimum marketing charge | Total minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | $120,000 | $6,000 | $2,400 | $8,400 |
| 2 | $20,000 | $240,000 | $12,000 | $4,800 | $16,800 |
| 3 | $30,000 | $360,000 | $18,000 | $7,200 | $25,200 |
| 4 | $40,000 | $480,000 | $24,000 | $9,600 | $33,600 |
| 5 | $50,000 | $600,000 | $30,000 | $12,000 | $42,000 |
Monthly quotas as the brand reported it, for each protected territory with 20,000 or more people aged 65 and over.
By year five each territory owes $42,000 in fees whether it bills $600,000 or less. The median single-territory business under five years bills $378,078, which is $221,922 short of the year-five quota. The sales target applies to each territory. Four territories means a combined target of $2,400,000 and $168,000 of fees at the minimum.
Missing the quota lets the franchisor act on your exclusivity. The test is the average across a year of operation. Missing the target can cost the exclusive rights to that market as well as the fee.
Multi-territory owners average $693,009 per territory past ten years. In their first five years they average $454,920 per territory. The year-five quota of $600,000 sits between those figures. So a portion of the multi-territory network is running below the bar on at least some of its territories.
The network of locations
| Year | Start | End | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 454 | 499 | +45 |
| 2024 | 499 | 550 | +51 |
| 2025 | 550 | 626 | +76 |
As the brand reported it.
The SYNERGY HomeCare network grew 38% from the start of 2023 to the end of 2025. That is 454 territories to 626, with 16 businesses closing in 2025. Nearly a fifth of the system had been trading under a year, so the averages will shift as those territories mature.
What it costs to open
| Structure | Low | High | To the franchisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| One full protected territory | $80,245 | $164,091 | $55,000 |
| Two full protected territories | $124,245 | $208,091 | $99,000 |
| Mini protected territory | $52,495 | $164,088 | $27,250–$54,997 |
As the brand reported it.
Discounts available
- SYNERGY HomeCare takes 20% off an additional territory bought together with the first one (the discount applies to the smaller territory).
From Item 5 of the SYNERGY HomeCare 2026 FDD. The costs on this page use the full initial franchise fee for one unit, before any discount.
A second territory at signing costs $44,000 more. That is $124,245 against $80,245 at the low end, almost all of it franchise fee. An extra territory is cheap to buy. Each one has its own sales target from its own year one.
Questions we get asked
How much does a SYNERGY HomeCare franchise make?
SYNERGY HomeCare’s 141 multi-territory franchise businesses open a year or more averaged $2,116,737 of sales in 2025, with a median of $1,763,025, according to Item 19 of SYNERGY HomeCare’s 2026 FDD, issued 3 April 2026. Those 141 SYNERGY HomeCare businesses held 478 of SYNERGY HomeCare’s 626 territories at the end of 2025, or 76%*. Fees paid to SYNERGY HomeCare come to about 7%* of sales. A SYNERGY HomeCare franchise costs $80,245 to $164,091 to open.
Should I take one territory or several at SYNERGY HomeCare?
The case for depth is unusually clear. Single-territory owners past ten years average $2,500,418 from one market; multi-territory owners of the same age average $693,009 per territory. Across all tenures the figures are $1,305,626 against $624,393. Owners with several territories sell $2,743,160 past ten years, against $2,500,418 for single-territory owners. They work about four markets to do it, and each has its own target.
What gross profit should I be running at SYNERGY HomeCare?
SYNERGY HomeCare gross profit runs 49% to 54% on the franchisor's definition, which counts caregiver wages only and leaves payroll taxes and workers' compensation outside. Single-territory businesses under nine years run 54% and mature ones 49%. Add seven to nine points of employment burden and a reported 51% becomes closer to 45% fully loaded. That is the figure to compare against brands that define it differently.
What is the sales quota and what happens if I miss it at SYNERGY HomeCare?
The SYNERGY HomeCare quota is $10,000 of monthly sales per territory in year one, rising $10,000 a year to $50,000 by year five, or $600,000 a year, and it is halved for territories with fewer than 20,000 seniors. From month seven, any month below quota means paying royalty and marketing fund on the quota, which at year five is $42,000 a year per territory. Missing the average across a full year of operation also gives the franchisor the right to act on your territory exclusivity.
What should I be billing in my first five years at SYNERGY HomeCare?
Single-territory businesses in that group average $579,980, and half sell less than $378,078. Owners with several territories average $1,236,008 across about 2.7 territories, which is $454,920 each. Both are below the year-five target of $600,000 a territory. The minimum fee applies most often in the early years.
Who does bookkeeping for a SYNERGY HomeCare franchise?
The sales quota applies per territory while franchisees report sales by business. An owner with several territories needs sales recorded separately for each one, to see which are meeting the target. The brand's figure counts caregiver wages only. So keep a second view with payroll taxes and workers' compensation included, because that is the number that pays your bills. SYNERGY HomeCare collects the royalty weekly and the shortfall fee monthly, so the books track fees owed on both cycles. Averan provides bookkeeping, controller, and fractional CFO support for franchise owners and has Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors on the team.
Questions worth putting to SYNERGY HomeCare
These are questions the SYNERGY HomeCare filing leaves open. An owner or a buyer can put them to SYNERGY HomeCare directly.
- What do locations at the median spend on wages and rent as a share of sales?
- Which factors does SYNERGY HomeCare 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 SYNERGY HomeCare 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 SYNERGY HomeCare Franchising, LLC's 2026 FDD, issued 3 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 businesses. Calculations of our own are labeled where they appear. This page is an educational summary and is not legal or tax advice. SYNERGY HOMECARE® 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: SYNERGY HomeCare Franchising, LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, issued 3 April 2026.
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