Preferred Care At Home Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $84K – $112K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (6)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Preferred Care at Home is an in-home care franchise providing non-medical personal care and companionship to seniors and other adults. Franchisees run an agency recruiting caregivers, scheduling visits, and managing client care in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Preferred Care At Home franchise requires a total initial investment of $84K – $112K, including a $65K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: 2026 filing · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - the current year's filing
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 scored5 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $84K – $112K
- 27th pct Senior Care
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Partial period
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 5th pct Senior Care
- Units
- 130
- 69th pct Senior Care
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Senior Care · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Senior Care 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 $84K – $112K including a $65K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAll Item 19 figures are MONTHLY gross revenue amounts (not annual). Systemwide Average Monthly Gross Revenue = $108,598.52 (annualized ~$1,303,182); Average excl. top/bottom 20% = $73,204.00/mo; Top 20% Average = $302,538.21/mo (Jan-Dec 2024, n=85 reporting units). Percentile breakdown (monthly): Top 20% avg $307,561.92/median $238,677.27 (n=25); Middle 60% avg $98,949.47/median $92,153.32 (n=45); Bottom 20% avg $17,183.98/median $13,784.98 (n=15). By years in operation (monthly avg/median): 0-<2 yrs $125,945.88/$125,945.88 (n=6); 2-<5 yrs $116,923.38/$108,451.64 (n=22); 5+ yrs $137,590.18/$85,384.49 (n=57). Figures are gross revenue only, unaudited, pulled from WellSky software; exclude expenses/costs.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 55/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHFlat: no net change in franchised outlets in the latest year (8 opened, 6 closed) (Item 20).
- FLAGItem 4 discloses a bankruptcy of an officer or of a company an officer ran, not of the franchisor. Review Item 4 for details.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Help At Home Franchise Service, L.L.C.
- Predecessor
- Help at Home Health Care Services, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- President / Managing Member
- Frank V. Guerrieri
- Incorporated in
- Florida
- HQ
- 414 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902
- Auditor
- BAS Partners
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.9M
- vs $3.0M prior year
Affiliated brands
- PCAH Brands
- described below operates and has operated a Preferred Care At Home business s
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Frank V. Guerrieri
- Headquarters
- TN
- Founded
- 2013
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 16
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 29% below the typical senior care franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $65K | $65K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $7K | $8K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $12K | $39K |
| Total initial investment | $84K | $112K |
Source: Preferred Care At Home 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
- $84K – $112K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $7K – $8K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $65K – $65K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- Tiered by sales volume · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- $180 monthly ad fund.
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Transfer fee | $16K |
| Renewal fee | $6K |
| Inventory (initial) | $2K – $3K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Preferred Care At Home is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Preferred Care At Home 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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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
All Item 19 figures are MONTHLY gross revenue amounts (not annual). Systemwide Average Monthly Gross Revenue = $108,598.52 (annualized ~$1,303,182); Average excl. top/bottom 20% = $73,204.00/mo; Top 20% Average = $302,538.21/mo (Jan-Dec 2024, n=85 reporting units). Percentile breakdown (monthly): Top 20% avg $307,561.92/median $238,677.27 (n=25); Middle 60% avg $98,949.47/median $92,153.32 (n=45); Bottom 20% avg $17,183.98/median $13,784.98 (n=15). By years in operation (monthly avg/median): 0-<2 yrs $125,945.88/$125,945.88 (n=6); 2-<5 yrs $116,923.38/$108,451.64 (n=22); 5+ yrs $137,590.18/$85,384.49 (n=57). Figures are gross revenue only, unaudited, pulled from WellSky software; exclude expenses/costs.
Covers a partial period, not a full year
- Item 19 type
- Systemwide Average Gross Revenue, percentile breakdown, and years-in-operation breakdown for 2024
- Sample size
- 85
- vs category median 22 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $17K→$308KCited, not corroborated — printed on page 40 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
- 3 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · below
Compared against 79 Senior Care brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% (near the Senior Care median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports revenue for a partial period rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
System expanding at 8.3% CAGR over 3 years across 130 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
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 Senior Care medians
How Preferred Care At Home Compares
Category median of published Senior Care 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
- 130
- Opened
- 8
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 6
- Turnover rate
- 4.6%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +1.5%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +8.3%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 5 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
8 current owners across 5 states.
- FL 3
- PA 2
- CA 1
- MD 1
- MI 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 6 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 6
- Loan volume
- $2.2M
- Median loan
- $274K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (6)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 6 loans, 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 (6)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (6)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 6
- 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
Franchisor filed Chapter 11 on July 10, 2014 following a litigation cluster (4 matters), but the plan was confirmed September 9, 2015 and all matters resolved via global settlement over a decade ago. financial_distress is flagged but the bankruptcy is old and resolved. No pending litigation; audited with Item 19.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
All 4 disclosed matters stem from a 2011-2014 dispute cluster (CAM Enterprises, PCC Universal, Family First Home Health Care, and a related trademark infringement suit) that led to the franchisor's 2014 Chapter 11 filing; resolved via global settlement confirmed September 9, 2015. No pending litigation as of FDD issuance.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
Subject: an officer. An officer’s own bankruptcy or a company an officer ran, not the franchisor’s
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, under Case No. 14-25709-PGH and No. 14-25706-PGH respectively. The bankruptcy case of Help at Home Franchise Service, LLC was substantively consolidated with the bankruptcy case of Help at Home Health Care Service, Inc., having a case number of
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · BAS Partners
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 55 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORFranchisor Chapter 11 in 2014, plan confirmed 2015 (old, resolved)
- 02HIGH4 litigation matters, all resolved via 2015 global settlement
- 03MEDNo pending litigation; audited, Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% 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 | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 30,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 75 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 15 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Governing law | Tennessee |
| Litigation count | 4 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
All 4 disclosed matters stem from a 2011-2014 dispute cluster (CAM Enterprises, PCC Universal, Family First Home Health Care, and a related trademark infringement suit) that led to the franchisor's 2014 Chapter 11 filing; resolved via global settlement confirmed September 9, 2015. No pending litigation as of FDD issuance.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 32 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 32 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and at franchisor location
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- WellSky
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: WellSky
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
8 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 Preferred Care At Home franchise?
The total investment to open a Preferred Care At Home franchise ranges from $84K – $112K, with an initial franchise fee of $65K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Preferred Care At Home franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Preferred Care At Home FDD discloses outlet figures from $17K to $308K but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Preferred Care At Home?
Preferred Care At Home is franchised by Help At Home Franchise Service, L.L.C.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Preferred Care At Home 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 Preferred Care At Home FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Preferred Care At Home's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Preferred Care At Home (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 Preferred Care At Home franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Preferred Care At Home has 130 total units in the United States, including 130 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 8 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Preferred Care At Home a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Preferred Care At Home as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 55 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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