Home Helpers Home Care
Bottom line
- Total investment $113K – $162K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.7M/year (median $1.1M).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 46/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 75 loans (below the industry average).
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 Home Helpers Home Care unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
198%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Home Helpers Home Care units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
26.9%
3.29× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
3.05×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$13.1M
on $25.9M purchase
Total debt
$12.8M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Home Helpers franchisees operate in-home personal care and non-medical assistance services for elderly, disabled, and post-recovery patients. Day-to-day operations include recruiting and managing caregiving staff, scheduling client visits, maintaining regulatory compliance (background checks, training), managing client billing and insurance claims, and delivering or overseeing direct care services in clients' homes.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 10 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
Home Helpers presents meaningful caution due to undisclosed profitability metrics, active litigation, slow growth, and lack of transparent Item 19 data in a competitive home care market.
Score breakdown · what drove the 46 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed despite $1.7M average revenue claim — unable to verify profitability or typical franchisee returns
- 02HIGHActive litigation: royalty collection suit indicates franchisor enforcement issues; tortious interference case suggests franchisor disputes with franchisees or partners
- 03MINORSlow system growth of only 3.9% YoY with 316 units suggests market saturation or franchisee struggles in home care sector
- 04MINORRoyalty structure (6% down to 4%) on thin-margin home care operations may be unsustainable for franchisees with <30% net margins
- 05MEDHigh initial investment ($113K-$162K) relative to disclosed revenue lacks corresponding profitability transparency
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
23 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Home Helpers Home Care · FDD (2024) PDF