Senior Care Authority Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $85K – $113K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Limited · 32 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Senior Care Authority is a senior-care franchise providing eldercare consulting and placement, helping families find assisted living and care options. Franchisees run an advisory business assessing needs and matching clients to providers, typically home-based.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Senior Care Authority franchise requires a total initial investment of $85K – $113K, including a $53K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
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 scored4 of 4 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $85K – $113K
- 31st pct Senior Care
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Outlet subset
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 85th pct Senior Care
- Units
- 110
- 68th 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 $85K – $113K including a $53K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSSenior Care Authority publishes NO system-wide average, median or range. Item 19 gives CY2024 Gross Sales in two separate tables, each cut into five tenure bands measured from the month the franchisee began marketing. Agencies with a SINGLE Marketing Area (41 agencies): 54+ months, 12 agencies, range $121,125-$524,553, average $278,404, median $288,817; 43-54 months, 5 agencies, $134,654-$380,685, average $214,816, median $175,322; 31-42 months, 6 agencies, $90,540-$210,654, average $150,447, median $105,743; 19-30 months, 7 agencies, $71,307-$181,229, average $126,268, median $85,718; 6-18 months, 12 agencies, $35,932-$118,568, average $77,250, median $52,189. Agencies with MULTIPLE Marketing Areas (15 agencies): 54+ months, 6 agencies, $139,770-$1,149,878, average $464,419, median $360,175; 43-54 months, 2 agencies, $81,042-$564,638, average $322,840; 31-42 months, 2 agencies, $78,446-$172,797, average $125,622; 19-30 months, 2 agencies, $24,855-$127,822, average $76,339; 6-18 months, $8,085-$11,500, average $10,038, median $10,530. A Placement Agency is defined as one operated by a single franchisee and may cover several Marketing Areas, each historically granted under its own franchise agreement, so the multiple-Marketing-Area figures are per owner rather than per territory. The franchisor notes some longstanding franchisees hold Marketing Areas larger than the 2,500-4,000 beds now granted. The 56 agencies are those marketing full-time for more than six months; 6 part-time agencies are excluded. Gross Sales is all consideration reported as received, by cash, credit or in kind; self-reported and unaudited.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 75/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +8 franchised outlets in the latest year (15 opened, 7 closed) (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 38.5% CAGR over 3 years with 110 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Senior Care Authority, LLC
- Parent company
- Senior Care Authority Holdings, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2025 FDD
- CEO title
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Frank M. Samson
- Incorporated in
- Nevada
- HQ
- 885 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, Nevada 89451
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.7M
- vs $2.2M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Frank M. Samson
- Headquarters
- NV
- Founded
- 2009
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 29
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 28% below the typical senior care franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $53K | $53K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $2K | $5K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $31K | $55K |
| Total initial investment | $85K | $113K |
Source: Senior Care Authority 2025 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
- $85K – $113K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $2K – $5K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $53K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- No advertising fund or cooperative required; franchisor d…
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $950 |
| Transfer fee | $15K |
| Renewal fee | $8K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Senior Care Authority 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 Senior Care Authority 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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Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Senior Care Authority publishes NO system-wide average, median or range. Item 19 gives CY2024 Gross Sales in two separate tables, each cut into five tenure bands measured from the month the franchisee began marketing. Agencies with a SINGLE Marketing Area (41 agencies): 54+ months, 12 agencies, range $121,125-$524,553, average $278,404, median $288,817; 43-54 months, 5 agencies, $134,654-$380,685, average $214,816, median $175,322; 31-42 months, 6 agencies, $90,540-$210,654, average $150,447, median $105,743; 19-30 months, 7 agencies, $71,307-$181,229, average $126,268, median $85,718; 6-18 months, 12 agencies, $35,932-$118,568, average $77,250, median $52,189. Agencies with MULTIPLE Marketing Areas (15 agencies): 54+ months, 6 agencies, $139,770-$1,149,878, average $464,419, median $360,175; 43-54 months, 2 agencies, $81,042-$564,638, average $322,840; 31-42 months, 2 agencies, $78,446-$172,797, average $125,622; 19-30 months, 2 agencies, $24,855-$127,822, average $76,339; 6-18 months, $8,085-$11,500, average $10,038, median $10,530. A Placement Agency is defined as one operated by a single franchisee and may cover several Marketing Areas, each historically granted under its own franchise agreement, so the multiple-Marketing-Area figures are per owner rather than per territory. The franchisor notes some longstanding franchisees hold Marketing Areas larger than the 2,500-4,000 beds now granted. The 56 agencies are those marketing full-time for more than six months; 6 part-time agencies are excluded. Gross Sales is all consideration reported as received, by cash, credit or in kind; self-reported and unaudited.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Item 19 type
- gross sales by tenure band
- Sample size
- 56
- vs category median 22 · large
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
Compared against 79 Senior Care brands
Item 19 · by group
What the filing does disclose
Item 19 of this FDD reports performance in more than one group. We publish no single average for this brand; the groups the filing does disclose are listed below, quoted from its own Item 19 table.
Each row below is quoted from the FDD's own Item 19 table. Gross sales are not profit.
Outlet subsetItem 19 detail
Senior Care Authority publishes NO system-wide average, median or range. Item 19 gives CY2024 Gross Sales in two separate tables, each cut into five tenure bands measured from the month the franchisee began marketing. Agencies with a SINGLE Marketing Area (41 agencies): 54+ months, 12 agencies, range $121,125-$524,553, average $278,404, median $288,817; 43-54 months, 5 agencies, $134,654-$380,685, average $214,816, median $175,322; 31-42 months, 6 agencies, $90,540-$210,654, average $150,447, median $105,743; 19-30 months, 7 agencies, $71,307-$181,229, average $126,268, median $85,718; 6-18 months, 12 agencies, $35,932-$118,568, average $77,250, median $52,189. Agencies with MULTIPLE Marketing Areas (15 agencies): 54+ months, 6 agencies, $139,770-$1,149,878, average $464,419, median $360,175; 43-54 months, 2 agencies, $81,042-$564,638, average $322,840; 31-42 months, 2 agencies, $78,446-$172,797, average $125,622; 19-30 months, 2 agencies, $24,855-$127,822, average $76,339; 6-18 months, $8,085-$11,500, average $10,038, median $10,530. A Placement Agency is defined as one operated by a single franchisee and may cover several Marketing Areas, each historically granted under its own franchise agreement, so the multiple-Marketing-Area figures are per owner rather than per territory. The franchisor notes some longstanding franchisees hold Marketing Areas larger than the 2,500-4,000 beds now granted. The 56 agencies are those marketing full-time for more than six months; 6 part-time agencies are excluded. Gross Sales is all consideration reported as received, by cash, credit or in kind; self-reported and unaudited.
tenure band
| Segment | Sample | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Marketing-Area, 54+ months since beginning marketing | 6 | $464K |
| Multi-Marketing-Area, 43-54 months since beginning marketing | 2 | $323K |
| Multi-Marketing-Area, 31-42 months since beginning marketing | 2 | $126K |
| Multi-Marketing-Area, 19-30 months since beginning marketing | 2 | $76K |
| Multi-Marketing-Area, 6-18 months since beginning marketing | 19 | $10K |
| Single-Marketing-Area, 54+ months since beginning marketing | 12 | $278K |
| Single-Marketing-Area, 43-54 months since beginning marketing | 5 | $215K |
| Single-Marketing-Area, 31-42 months since beginning marketing | 6 | $150K |
| Single-Marketing-Area, 19-30 months since beginning marketing | 7 | $126K |
| Single-Marketing-Area, 6-18 months since beginning marketing | 12 | $77K |
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 outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Operator retention
System expanding at 38.5% CAGR over 3 years across 110 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 Senior Care Authority 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 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 110
- Opened
- 15
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 7
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 6.4%
- Company-owned
- 2
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 98%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +38.5%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +38.5%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 1
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 3
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 40
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 6 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
0 current owners across 0 states; 6 former (terminated, transferred or not renewed) listed separately.
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 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 32
- Loan volume
- $4.4M
- Median loan
- $150K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Limited · 32 loans
- Limited SBA coverage: 32 loans, rate hidden until 10 have resolved and loans reach 2% of franchised units
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Limited · 32 loans
- 5-yr charge-off
- Limited · 32 loans
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 4
- Defaults
- 3
- Typical loan rate
- 7.8%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 14.0%
- n=564 loans
- Jobs supported
- 101
- 2.3 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 84%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 97% went to startups / new businesses, 3% to established operators
Franchise vs independent — in services for the elderly and persons with disabi, franchised businesses charge off at 14.0% vs 12.2% for independents — franchising is associated with 15% higher SBA default risk in this category.
Top lenders financing Senior Care Authority franchisees
Showing 3 of 4 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Lender network · 7(a) + 504
SBA Lending Report
Full lending analysis for Senior Care Authority from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 5.7%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 83%
- Avg interest rate
- 7.83%
- Avg chargeoff amount
- $85K
- Lender concentration
- 84.4%
- Job velocity
- 2.3 per $100K
- NAICS benchmark
- 27.4%
- NAICS 624120
- Jobs supported
- 101
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 84% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Midwest Savings Bank National Association | 27 | $4.0M | 40.0% |
| 2 | Celtic Bank Corporation | 2 | $250K | 100.0% |
| 3 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 2 | $110K | 0.0% |
| 4 | Stearns Bank National Association | 1 | $81K | 0.0% |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZArizona | 4 | 0 | -- |
| FLFlorida | 4 | 0 | -- |
| MDMaryland | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| TXTexas | 3 | 1 | 50.0% |
| CACalifornia | 2 | 0 | -- |
| MIMichigan | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| MNMinnesota | 2 | 0 | -- |
| OHOhio | 2 | 0 | -- |
| TNTennessee | 2 | 0 | -- |
| ALAlabama | 1 | 0 | -- |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Borrower profile
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
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
Established senior-placement franchise (110 units, 108 franchised) with strong operations: revenue $2.67M, positive net income $464,365, and 38.5% net growth. The one concern is negative franchisor equity of -$2,045,494, but the entity is profitable with growing units and full Item 19 disclosure.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNegative franchisor net worth -$2,045,494
- 02MEDOffsetting strengths: positive net income $464,365, revenue $2.67M, 38.5% net growth, 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 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory sizeℹ | 2,500 to 4,000 licensed assisted living/memory care beds per Marketing Area |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 60 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 23 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 4 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Nevada |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 101 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 23 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 23 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Site selection
- not_applicable
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Salesforce
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Salesforce
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
6 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 Senior Care Authority franchise?
The total investment to open a Senior Care Authority franchise ranges from $85K – $113K, with an initial franchise fee of $53K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Senior Care Authority franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Senior Care Authority FDD discloses figures for part of the system 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 Senior Care Authority?
Senior Care Authority is franchised by Senior Care Authority, LLC. Its parent company is Senior Care Authority Holdings, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Senior Care Authority 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 Senior Care Authority FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Senior Care Authority's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Senior Care Authority (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 Senior Care Authority franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Senior Care Authority has 110 total units in the United States, including 108 franchised units and 2 company-owned units. 15 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Senior Care Authority a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Senior Care Authority as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 75 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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