Always Best Care Senior Services
Bottom line
- Total investment $90K – $146K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 53/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 70 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 19.0% CAGR over 3 years with 275 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one Always Best Care Senior Services unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
111%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate a senior home care service business, recruiting and managing caregivers who provide in-home assistance to elderly clients. Day-to-day operations include client acquisition, caregiver scheduling/supervision, quality assurance, and billing/payroll management. Revenue is generated through hourly billing for caregiver services, typically with franchisees managing 10-50+ active client relationships per location.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 25 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Undisclosed financials, recurring litigation including recent franchisor collection action, and modest unit growth present meaningful profitability and operational risk despite reasonable initial investment and protected territory.
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 financial disclosure (Avg Revenue and Net Income not disclosed) prevents ROI validation on $89,725-$145,900 investment
- 02HIGHMultiple litigation incidents over 14 years including recent 2024 franchisor lawsuit for past-due amounts and 2012 FTC consent order, suggesting compliance and collection issues
- 03MED10.4% YoY unit growth is modest for senior care sector; 275 units is relatively small system with limited scale economies
- 04MED6% royalty + minimum royalty structure creates fixed cost burden if revenue targets aren't met, especially without disclosed benchmarks
- 05HIGHProtected territory language vague—unclear if territorial exclusivity is truly enforced given litigation history and franchise compliance concerns
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
96 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Always Best Care Senior Services · FDD (2025) PDF