Your Choice Senior CareFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Your Choice Senior Care franchise requires a total initial investment of $88K – $151K, including a $45K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $782K[2]. Verdict grade: A. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $88K – $151K
- 35th pct Senior Care
- Avg gross sales
- $782K
- 22nd pct Senior Care
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 7th pct Senior Care
- Units
- 8
- 29th pct Senior Care
- SBA default
- N/A
Quick verdict · Senior Care · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Senior Care avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Each dollar invested generates 6.6x in gross revenue, well above the typical 1.5-2.5x range.
The system contracted 11% year-over-year. Investigate why units are closing.
Bottom line
- Total investment $88K – $151K including a $45K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $782K/year (median $784K).
- Verdict A (Top Quintile) with a risk score of 36/100.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Your Choice Senior Care Franchising, LLC
- Predecessor
- is Young Chefs International LP
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Joseph K. Soles
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- AL
- HQ
- 500 Southland Drive, Suite 224, Birmingham, AL 35226
- Auditor
- KMS Financial Consulting
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $279K
- vs $353K prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Affiliated brands
- has previously offered franchises of any type
- Seniors First Choice Management
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
Your Choice Senior Care franchisees operate in-home senior care services, coordinating caregivers to provide companionship, personal assistance, and support services to elderly clients. Day-to-day operations involve client intake, caregiver scheduling and management, quality assurance, billing, and direct sales/marketing to build a local client base.
- CEO
- Joseph K. Soles
- Headquarters
- AL
- Founded
- 2019
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 4
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 15 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $45K | $45K | |
| Start-Up Kit | $4K | $4K | |
| Franchise Location – Rent/Security Deposit | $1K | $3K | |
| Leasehold Improvement | $0 | $2K | |
| Supplies | $500 | $2K | |
| Signage | $300 | $2K | |
| Utility Deposits, Licenses, Permits | $500 | $2K | |
| Professional Fees | $500 | $2K | |
| Computer Hardware and Software | $2K | $3K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising | $500 | $2K | |
| Travel and Living Expenses while Training | $2K | $4K | |
| Insurance | $2K | $4K | |
| Additional Funds – Initial 3 Months | $30K | $60K | |
| State Fees | $0 | $6K | |
| Consultant Fees for License Procurement | $0 | $10K | |
| Total initial investment | $88K | $151K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$149K
19.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
90%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
13 mo
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $88K – $151K
- Better than avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $30K – $60K
- Near category avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $45K – $45K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- Gross Revenue · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 6.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $275 |
| Training fee | $3K |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $5K – $8K |
| Total fee load | 6.0% of rev |
A 6.0% total fee load is unusually lean. More of each revenue dollar stays with the franchisee.
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $782K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $784K
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 6 units
- vs category median 22 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $617K→$951K
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $617K→$951K
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Transparency tier
- full
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 4 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Compared against 70 Senior Care brands
Revenue is 6.6x the investment midpoint. At typical franchise margins, this suggests a payback under 3 years.
vs Senior Care averages
How Your Choice Senior Care Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 8
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 1
- Turnover rate
- 12.5%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 1.0%
- Net growth (yr3)
- -11.1%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- +60.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 17
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 12.5%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 7 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.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Maryland
- Michigan
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 7 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 7
- Loan volume
- N/A
- Amount data pending
- Median loan
- N/A
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 0
- Defaults
- 0
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
A contracting senior care franchise with undisclosed profitability, recent litigation, and insufficient scale to support franchisee success.
Litigation (Item 3)
3 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · KMS Financial Consulting
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 36 / 100 rating
- 01MINORUnit count declining 11.1% year-over-year (8 units) suggests system contraction and potential franchisee dissatisfaction
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 prevents accurate ROI calculation on $87,800–$150,500 investment
- 03HIGHRecent litigation (2020–2021) involving franchisor raises questions about operational practices and franchisee relations
- 04MEDHigh royalty rate (5%) on disclosed $781,785 average revenue may compress margins in capital-intensive senior care business
- 05MINORSmall franchise system (8 units) limits support infrastructure and brand recognition in competitive senior care market
- 06MINOR10-year term locks franchisees into relationship with shrinking system; exit options unclear
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Population-based |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Territory population | 200,000 |
| 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 | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Alabama |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
3 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 28 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 88 hrs
- Training location
- Woodway, TX or site of a Young Chefs Academy franchise
- Field support
- 24 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Time to open
- 6 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisor
- POS system
- WellSky
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: WellSky
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
18 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Your Choice Senior Care · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Your Choice Senior Care franchise?
The total investment to open a Your Choice Senior Care franchise ranges from $88K – $151K, with an initial franchise fee of $45K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Your Choice Senior Care franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Your Choice Senior Care FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $782K. The median is $784K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Your Choice Senior Care's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Your Choice Senior Care (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 Your Choice Senior Care franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Your Choice Senior Care has 8 total units in the United States, including 5 franchised units and 0 company-owned units.
Is Your Choice Senior Care a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Your Choice Senior Care as a A-grade franchise with a risk score of 36 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. 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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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.