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FV-03029·MODERATEExcellent95

Your Choice Senior Care

Formerly known as Young Chefs Academy

Health & Wellness - Senior CareFranchising since 2019Website
Investment
$88K – $151K
39th pct Senior Care
Avg revenue
$782K
23rd pct Senior Care
Royalty
5.0%
6th pct Senior Care
Units
8
29th pct Senior Care
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $88K – $151K including a $45K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $782K/year (median $784K).
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 7 loans (below the industry average).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Your Choice Senior Care Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Alabama
HQ
500 Southland Drive, Suite 224, Birmingham, AL 35226
Auditor
KMS Financial Consulting
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$279K
vs $353K 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 Your Choice Senior Care unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $781,785
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $88K–$151K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$60K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

114%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$188K
EBITDA margin
24.0%
Total invested
$164K
Payback
10 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 Your Choice Senior Care units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

37.2%

4.87× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

2.22×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$4.3M

on $13.3M purchase

Total debt

$9.0M

SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note

SBA 7(a) request ($6.6M) exceeds the $5M program cap. Excess capped automatically; backfill via conventional or equity.

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
Founded
2019
FDD year
2025
States available
4

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$88K – $151K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$45K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Revenue · 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
$782K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$784K
Item 19 type
Gross Revenue
Sample size
6 units
vs category median 23 · small
Range (low → high)
$617K$951K
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank23th
vs Health & Wellness - Senior Care peers
Investment cost rank39th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank6th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank29th
vs Health & Wellness - Senior Care peers
Risk score rank60th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

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
2023
8-1
Franchised units
2024
9
Franchised units
2025
5
Franchised units

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).

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 · 7 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
7
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

60
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE60 / 100

A contracting senior care franchise with undisclosed profitability, recent litigation, and insufficient scale to support franchisee success.

Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORUnit count declining 11.1% year-over-year (8 units) suggests system contraction and potential franchisee dissatisfaction
  2. 02MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 prevents accurate ROI calculation on $87,800–$150,500 investment
  3. 03HIGHRecent litigation (2020–2021) involving franchisor raises questions about operational practices and franchisee relations
  4. 04MEDHigh royalty rate (5%) on disclosed $781,785 average revenue may compress margins in capital-intensive senior care business
  5. 05MINORSmall franchise system (8 units) limits support infrastructure and brand recognition in competitive senior care market
  6. 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

Territory
Population-based
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
1
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Alabama

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
28 hrs
On-the-job training
88 hrs
POS system
WellSky
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

18 numbers

Locked
(605) 773-••••
ND
(916) 445-••••
CA
(415) 972-••••
CA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Your Choice Senior Care · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above