ATC Healthcare Services Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $159K – $303K
- Disclosed sales
- $3.1M
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (1)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
ATC Healthcare Services is a medical staffing franchise placing nurses and clinical professionals with hospitals and healthcare facilities. Franchisees run staffing offices, recruiting candidates and managing placements, billing, and payroll.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A ATC Healthcare Services franchise requires a total initial investment of $159K – $303K, including a $50K franchise fee. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $3.1M[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
Evidence: strong✓ 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
- $159K – $303K
- 49th pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- $3.1M
- Cohort-only Item 1918th pct Business Serv…
- Royalty
- Not extracted
- Units
- 35
- 30th pct Business Serv…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Business Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Business Services 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 $159K – $303K including a $50K franchise fee.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $3.1M/year. ATC Healthcare Services discloses Item 19 performance by how long the branch has been open, and states no single system-wide average, so the unit revenue shown is not a figure its FDD publishes.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 60/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHFlat: no net change in franchised outlets in the latest year (1 opened, 0 closed); 3 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- DECLINESystem contracting at -47.0% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- ATC Healthcare Services, LLC
- Parent company
- ATC Healthcare, Inc.
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2026 FDD
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director
- David Savitsky
- Incorporated in
- GA
- HQ
- 1 Hollow Lane, Suite 201, Lake Success, NY 11042
- Auditor
- Hoberman & Lesser, CPAs, LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $142.0M
- vs $141.7M prior year
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 8
1 other brand on this site name ATC Healthcare, Inc. as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2026 FDD). Spelling variants of the same group may be listed apart; a brand is never grouped with an owner its filing does not name.
Overview
About
- CEO
- David Savitsky
- Headquarters
- NY
- Founded
- 1985
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 17
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 73% above the typical business services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $71K | $141K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $37K | $112K |
| Total initial investment | $159K | $303K |
Source: ATC Healthcare Services 2026 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $159K – $303K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $71K – $141K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 45% of gross margin for temporary and temp-to-hire perm p…
- Ad fund
- 0.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 46.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Marketing / ad fund | 0.0% |
| Technology fee | $2K |
| Transfer fee | $15K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Inventory (initial) | $1K – $1K |
| Total fee load | 46.0% of rev |
At 46.0% total fee load, roughly $1425K per year goes to the franchisor before you pay a single operating expense.
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 352% above the business services norm.
Item 19 of this FDD reports outlet performance by how long the branch has been open, and states no single system-wide average. The figure shown here is not one the filing publishes; the cohorts it does disclose are listed with it.
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for ATC Healthcare Services until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for royalty rate, 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.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$336K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one ATC Healthcare Services 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 royalty rate, 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.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for royalty rate, 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.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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 of this FDD reports outlet performance by how long the branch has been open, and states no single system-wide average. The figure shown here is not one the filing publishes; the cohorts it does disclose are listed with it.
- Avg gross sales
- $3.1M
- Per unit, per year
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- Weighted mean of Total Revenue across the three Years-Open cohorts of Table #1 - Total Revenue and Gross Margin Percent by Years Open, fiscal year ended 30 September 2025: Open 1-5 Years $3,536,960 (14 Reporting Franchises), Open 6-10 Years $1,799,504 (8), Open 11+ Years $3,485,449 (11). The 33 Reporting Franchises are the ATC branches operating at least one year as of 30 September 2025; the filing excludes 1 branch that opened during fiscal 2025 and 1 abandoned during 2025. Nine of the 33 operate MULTIPLE TERRITORIES and nine offer permanent placement. Reported beside gross margin percentages of 22% / 25% / 22%, where gross margin is Total Revenue less Direct Costs - the temporary employees' wages, payroll taxes and insurance - so a franchisee retains roughly a fifth of this figure
- Sample size
- 33 outlets
- vs category median 37
- Range (low → high)
- $106K→$13.8MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 51 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
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 296 Business Services brands
Item 19 · by how long the branch has been open
What the filing does disclose
Each row below is quoted from the FDD's own Item 19 table. The single average above is not - the filing states no system-wide figure, and we cannot attribute the one shown to any row here.
Item 19 detail
Weighted mean across all three printed tenure cohorts of the 33 Reporting Franchises: 1-5 years $3,536,960 (n=14), 6-10 years $1,799,504 (n=8), 11+ years $3,485,449 (n=11), printed p.44. Each cohort is heavily right-skewed — the 1-5 year group's median is $1,518,641 against its $3,536,960 mean.
By years open
| Segment | Sample (outlets) | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Open 1-5 Years | 14 outlets | $3.5M |
| Open 6-10 Years | 8 outlets | $1.8M |
| Open 11+ Years | 11 outlets | $3.5M |
Revenue is 13.4x the investment midpoint. At typical franchise margins, this suggests a payback under 3 years.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $3.1M/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 13.4x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 46.0% — above the Business Services median of 9.0%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System contracting at -47.0% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven consolidation or franchisee exits.
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 Business Services medians
How ATC Healthcare Services Compares
Category median of published Business Services 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
- 35
- Opened
- 1
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 2.9%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -47.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- -47.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 1
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 3
- 0.09 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 5
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 11 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
29 current owners across 11 states.
- FL 4
- OH 4
- CA 3
- IL 3
- NV 3
- NY 3
- AL 2
- MD 2
- NJ 2
- VA 2
- SC 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 1 7(a) loan on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 1
- Loan volume
- $25K
- Median loan
- $25K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (1)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 1 loan, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (1)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (1)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 1
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
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
ATC Healthcare presents a caution-to-high-risk profile due to unsustainable royalty structures, undisclosed profitability data, small system size, and lack of earnings claims documentation.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation is required to be disclosed in this Item.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Hoberman & Lesser, CPAs, LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
ⓘ These are the parent company's consolidated financials (the parent guarantees the franchisor), not this brand's standalone results — the figure reflects the whole corporate group, not this brand alone.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORExtremely high royalty rate of 45% on temp/temp-to-hire gross margin leaves minimal profitability after operating costs
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD — inability to verify franchisee profitability claims despite $3.1M average revenue
- 03MEDOnly 35 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory suggests limited scale and potential stagnation
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($158.5K-$302.5K) paired with opaque profitability creates significant capital-at-risk scenario
- 05MINORStaffing industry commoditization risk — temp/perm placement market highly competitive with low barriers to entry
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 46.0% 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 | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 500,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 3 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 75 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 5 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 4 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Nassau County, New York |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | NY |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation is required to be disclosed in this Item.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 42 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 110 hrs
- Training location
- Lake Success, NY (or telephone/remote)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 40 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Time to open
- 3 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects, franchisor approves
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- ATS (Applicant Tracking System) + HRIS + scheduling app
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: ATS (Applicant Tracking System) + HRIS + scheduling app
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
29 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a ATC Healthcare Services franchise?
The total investment to open a ATC Healthcare Services franchise ranges from $159K – $303K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do ATC Healthcare Services franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the ATC Healthcare Services FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $3.1M. Important context: Item 19 of this FDD reports outlet performance by how long the branch has been open, and states no single system-wide average. The figure shown here is not one the filing publishes; the cohorts it does disclose are listed with it.. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns ATC Healthcare Services?
ATC Healthcare Services is franchised by ATC Healthcare Services, LLC. Its parent company is ATC Healthcare, Inc.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the ATC Healthcare Services 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 ATC Healthcare Services FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is ATC Healthcare Services's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for ATC Healthcare Services (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 ATC Healthcare Services franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, ATC Healthcare Services has 35 total units in the United States, including 35 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is ATC Healthcare Services a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates ATC Healthcare Services as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 60 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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