1+1 Cares Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $66K – $124K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
1+1 Cares is a senior care referral franchise that connects families with vetted caregivers for in-home care. Franchisees run local agencies, matching caregivers with clients and managing relationships and billing.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A 1+1 Cares franchise requires a total initial investment of $66K – $124K, including a $40K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Limited operating history: franchising since 2025. A system this young has fewer than three years of Item 20 outlet history and rarely enough SBA loans for a charge-off rate, so its grade rests on less evidence than an established system's. Read its Item 20 tables and talk to its first franchisees before relying on the grade. Other new franchisors
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
Evidence: partial✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored6 of 6 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $66K – $124K
- 12th pct Senior Care
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 54th pct Senior Care
- Units
- 6
- 23rd pct Senior Care
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Senior Care · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Senior Care median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $66K – $124K including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 reflects AFFILIATE (1+1 Senior Care Inc.) unaudited cash-basis figures for CY2023-2025, allocated among six hypothetical territories. No 1+1 Cares franchised outlets were operating as of 12/31/2025. Client Billings = total billed to clients for Referral and Caregiver Services, net of refunds/credits, exclusive of sales tax. Figures shown are 2025 (most recent year) Client Billings per territory.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 45/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHFlat: no net change in franchised outlets in the latest year (0 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- 1 Plus 1 Cares Franchising, LLC
- CEO title
- President
- Ray Liu
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 3031 Tisch Way, Suite 110PW, San Jose, California 95128
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy
- Audited financials
Independent franchisee associations
- Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)
Franchisee-led councils or alliances disclosed in Item 20. Indicates operator voice.
Affiliated brands
- offers certain operational assistance to Clients and Caregivers
- Careforce Software
- Bridge Service Solutions
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Ray Liu
- Headquarters
- California
- Founded
- 2024
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 30% below the typical senior care franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown14 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $40K | $40K | |
| Office Furniture and Fixtures | $0 | $2K | |
| Office Rent and Utilities (3 months) | $0 | $3K | |
| Office Equipment and Computer System | $1K | $3K | |
| Office Supplies | $100 | $500 | |
| Customer Relationship Management Software and Back Office System (3 months) | $2K | $2K | |
| Vehicle | $2K | $30K | |
| Support Team Fee (3 months) | $8K | $8K | |
| Business Telephone and Internet (3 months) | $650 | $950 | |
| Professional Fees | $2K | $6K | |
| Training Expenses | $0 | $3K | |
| Insurance | $730 | $2K | |
| Initial Launch Advertising | $1K | $5K | |
| Additional Funds (3 months) | $10K | $20K | |
| Total initial investment | $66K | $124K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $66K – $124K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $10K – $20K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $40K – $40K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% |
| Technology fee | $125 |
| Training fee | $300 |
| Transfer fee | $40K |
| Renewal fee | $8K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for 1+1 Cares is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one 1+1 Cares unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 reflects AFFILIATE (1+1 Senior Care Inc.) unaudited cash-basis figures for CY2023-2025, allocated among six hypothetical territories. No 1+1 Cares franchised outlets were operating as of 12/31/2025. Client Billings = total billed to clients for Referral and Caregiver Services, net of refunds/credits, exclusive of sales tax. Figures shown are 2025 (most recent year) Client Billings per territory.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 6
- vs category median 22 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $418K→$2.0MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 37 of the 2026 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 7 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 79 Senior Care brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% (near the Senior Care median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Senior Care medians
How 1+1 Cares Compares
Category median of published Senior Care brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 6
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 6
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 6
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 45 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDOnly 6 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory indicates extremely limited track record and unproven scalability
- 02MINORHigh franchise fee ($39,500) plus $66K-$124K total investment creates steep entry cost for unproven 6-unit concept
- 03MINORExtremely small franchisee base (6 units) limits your ability to network, learn best practices, or find peer support
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 7 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 15,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 21 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | San Jose, California |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | California |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 28 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 12 hrs
- Training location
- Franchisor's corporate headquarters, a designated location, or via video conferencing at franchisor's option
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 3 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee (home-based)
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- CareForce Software
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: CareForce Software
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a 1+1 Cares franchise?
The total investment to open a 1+1 Cares franchise ranges from $66K – $124K, with an initial franchise fee of $40K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do 1+1 Cares franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the 1+1 Cares FDD discloses outlet figures from $418K to $2.0M but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns 1+1 Cares?
1+1 Cares is franchised by 1 Plus 1 Cares Franchising, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the 1+1 Cares FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the 1+1 Cares FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is 1+1 Cares's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for 1+1 Cares (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many 1+1 Cares franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, 1+1 Cares has 6 total units in the United States.
Is 1+1 Cares a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates 1+1 Cares as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 45 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.