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Caring Senior Service

Health & Wellness - Senior CareFranchising since 2002Website
Investment
$97K – $149K
52nd pct Senior Care
Avg revenue
$953K
34th pct Senior Care
Royalty
5.0%
6th pct Senior Care
Units
62
61st pct Senior Care
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $97K – $149K including a $49K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $953K/year (median $921K).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 49/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 6 loans (below the industry average).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Caring Senior Service Franchise Partnership, L.P.
Incorporated in
Texas
HQ
201 East Park Avenue, #201, San Antonio, Texas 78212
Auditor
Haynie & Company
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$2.7M
vs $3.5M prior year

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 Caring Senior Service unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $953,065
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $97K–$149K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$51K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

134%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$219K
EBITDA margin
23.0%
Total invested
$164K
Payback
9 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Caring Senior Service units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

33.9%

4.30× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

2.39×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$5.7M

on $15.2M purchase

Total debt

$9.6M

SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note

SBA 7(a) request ($7.6M) exceeds the $5M program cap. Excess capped automatically; backfill via conventional or equity.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate in-home senior care services, managing caregiver recruitment, scheduling, and client care coordination across a protected territory. Day-to-day operations involve managing caregiver teams, handling client billing and insurance, maintaining regulatory compliance, and scaling the local client base through marketing and referral partnerships.

CEO
Jeff Salter
Founded
2001
FDD year
2025
States available
19

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$97K – $149K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $51K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$49K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Billings · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$953K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$921K
Item 19 type
Historical
Sample size
40 units
vs category median 23
Range (low → high)
$89K$2.7M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank34th
vs Health & Wellness - Senior Care peers
Investment cost rank52th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank6th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank61th
vs Health & Wellness - Senior Care peers
Risk score rank29th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
62
Opened
6
Last reporting year
Closed
1
Turnover rate
1.6%
Company-owned
5
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
92%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
12.5%
Net growth (yr3)
+9.6%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+11.8%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
57+5
Franchised units
2024
52
Franchised units
2025
51
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 9 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 9 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
6
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

49
Risk · 0-100
STRONG49 / 100

Senior care franchise with solid average revenue but opaque profitability metrics, undisclosed minimum royalty structure, and slowing unit growth creates material due diligence gaps.

Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNet Income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — unable to validate profitability claims or ROI
  2. 02MEDMinimum Royalty Fee structure undisclosed — could create cash flow pressure in ramp-up phase
  3. 03MINORModest unit growth of 9.6% YoY suggests slower expansion and potential market saturation concerns
  4. 04MEDHigh initial investment ($97k–$149k) relative to disclosed average revenue ($953k) without net income transparency raises capital recovery risk
  5. 05MINOR5-year term is relatively short; renewal/extension risk and brand continuity unclear

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Protected Territory
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Granted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Texas

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
37 hrs
On-the-job training
68 hrs
POS system
Tendio
Operating tech stack

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

55 numbers

Locked
(303) 500-••••
CA
(402) 682-••••
NE
(386) 991-••••
VA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Caring Senior Service · FDD (2025) PDF

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