Your Choice Senior Care
Formerly known as Young Chefs Academy
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
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?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
114%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Your Choice Senior Care units return on equity?
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
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.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
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 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.
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.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 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
Item 11
Training & Operations
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
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Your Choice Senior Care · FDD (2025) PDF