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Qualicare

Home Services - OtherFranchising since 2011Website
Investment
$98K – $174K
41st pct Other
Avg revenue
$853K
34th pct Other
Royalty
5.0%
6th pct Other
Units
33
45th pct Other
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $98K – $174K including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $853K/year (median $330K).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 39/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 13 loans (below the industry average).
  • System contracting at -8.3% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Qualicare of America, Inc.
Parent company
Clear Summit Group, Inc. (“CSGI”)
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
91 Skyway Ave, Unit 104, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9W 6R5, Canada
Auditor
BDO Canada LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$633K
vs $873K 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 Qualicare unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $852,618
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $98K–$174K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $15K–$20K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

72%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$111K
EBITDA margin
13.0%
Total invested
$154K
Payback
17 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 Qualicare units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

49.9%

7.57× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.88×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$1.0M

on $5.1M purchase

Total debt

$4.1M

SBA $2.6M + senior + seller note

Overview

About

Qualicare franchisees operate a healthcare staffing or home care services business, likely managing client relationships, recruiting and scheduling care personnel (nurses, aides, or support staff), and overseeing service delivery to patients or elderly/disabled individuals. Day-to-day operations involve managing staff compliance, handling client billing, maintaining regulatory certifications, and responding to service requests.

CEO
Antonio (Tony) Valle
Founded
1995
FDD year
2025
States available
8

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$98K – $174K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$15K – $20K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
6.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$853K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$330K
Item 19 type
Net Revenue
Sample size
9 units
vs category median 21 · small
Range (low → high)
$106K$2.9M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank34th
vs Home Services - Other peers
Investment cost rank41th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank6th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank45th
vs Home Services - Other peers
Risk score rank2th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
33
Opened
15
Last reporting year
Closed
10
Turnover rate
30.3%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+17.9%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-8.3%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
33+5
Franchised units
2024
28
Franchised units
2025
36
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 14 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 · 14 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
13
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

39
Risk · 0-100
STRONG39 / 100

Qualicare presents moderate-to-caution risk due to undisclosed net income, going concern status, lack of Item 19 profitability data, and high upfront franchisor capture relative to total investment.

Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — cannot validate actual profitability against $852,618 average revenue claim
  2. 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests franchisor may have financial stability issues or operational uncertainties
  3. 03MINOR17.9% YoY unit growth is modest for a franchise system and could indicate market saturation or recruitment challenges
  4. 04MINORHigh franchise fee ($49,700) relative to total investment range ($98,150–$174,150) means 50.6% of minimum investment goes to franchisor before operations begin
  5. 05MINORWide investment range ($76,000 spread) suggests high variability in startup costs and unclear cost structure for prospective franchisees

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
5 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
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
New York

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
176 hrs
On-the-job training
19 hrs
POS system
ERP software (ClearCare)
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

16 numbers

Locked
(213) 576-••••
CA
(701) 328-••••
ND
(651) 539-••••
MN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Qualicare · FDD (2025) PDF

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