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FV-00857·MODERATEExcellent91

Emmucare Home Health

Formerly known as Helping Hands Home Care

Health & Wellness - OtherFranchising since 2023Website
Investment
$79K – $364K
16th pct Other
Avg revenue
$656K
23rd pct Other
Royalty
Units
6
27th pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $79K – $364K including a $50K franchise fee.
  • Average unit revenue of $656K/year (median $442K).
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 63/100.
  • Emerging franchise — only 3 years of franchising with 6 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Helping Hands Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Pennsylvania
HQ
515 West 4th Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701
Auditor
Metwally CPA PLLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
vs $28K 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 Emmucare Home Health unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $655,765
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: $79K–$364K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $18K–$105K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

53%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$151K
EBITDA margin
23.0%
Total invested
$283K
Payback
23 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 Emmucare Home Health units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

46.9%

6.83× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.94×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$2.3M

on $10.5M purchase

Total debt

$8.1M

SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note

SBA 7(a) request ($5.2M) exceeds the $5M program cap. Excess capped automatically; backfill via conventional or equity.

Overview

About

Emmucare Home Health franchisees operate in-home healthcare services, managing patient care coordination, staffing, scheduling, and billing for home health visits. Daily operations involve recruiting/training caregivers, managing client relationships, ensuring regulatory compliance, and handling administrative functions to generate revenue through insurance billing and private pay clients.

CEO
Kayla Borgess
Founded
2023
FDD year
2025
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$79K – $364K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$18K – $105K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
Greater of 5% of Gross Sales or Minimum Weekly Royalty Fe…
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
6.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$656K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$442K
Item 19 type
Company Owned Outlets
Sample size
4 units
vs category median 12 · small
Range (low → high)
$118K$1.6M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
5 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Revenue rank23th
vs Health & Wellness - Other peers
Investment cost rank16th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank72th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank27th
vs Health & Wellness - Other peers
Risk score rank57th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
6
Opened
2
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
4
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
33%
vs corporate-owned
2023
2+2
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 3 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 · 3 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.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

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

Risk & Legal

63
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE63 / 100

Micro-franchise system with insufficient financial transparency, unproven scalability, and inadequate franchisee support infrastructure poses material profitability and sustainability risks.

Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINOROnly 6 units in system with unknown growth trajectory indicates minimal scale and market validation
  2. 02MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 prevents assessment of actual profitability despite $655k avg revenue
  3. 03MINORWide investment range ($79k-$364k) suggests inconsistent startup costs and unclear capital requirements
  4. 04MINORMinimum weekly royalty requirement creates fixed cost burden regardless of revenue performance
  5. 05MINORSmall franchisee base (6 units) limits peer support network and increases franchisor dependency risk

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Population-based
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
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
Pennsylvania

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
18 hrs
On-the-job training
62 hrs
POS system
Business Management System
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

3 numbers

Locked
(212) 416-••••
NY
(701) 328-••••
NC
(360) 902-••••
UT

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Emmucare Home Health · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above