Franchisor Intelligence / Assisting Hands Home Care / The agreement
What does an owner commit to at Assisting Hands Home Care?
Assisting Hands gives an owner a territory of at least 25,000 residents aged 65 and over.
Across 17 home care systems
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How long you are in, and what leaving looks like
How long the agreement runs
How long you may not compete after
Post-term non-compete: 1 year within 15 miles
The typical system: 2 years
What it costs to hand the business on
50% of the then-current Initial Franchise Fee for a single Assisting Hands Business, plus costs of training
A share of the joining fee
p. 23 ↗What renewing means
10% of the then-current Initial Franchise Fee for a single Assisting Hands Business plus any applicable attorneys fees
Signing the agreement as it stands then
p. 52 ↗A standard Assisting Hands Home Care territory holds at least 25,000 residents aged 65 and over.
Standard territory size, across the systems measuring it the same way
Every system here sizes on residents aged 65 and over.
3 systems between the highest and lowest are not drawn here. The full field is in the data table below.
Source: Item 12, 2026 filingsHomecareHQ Intelligence · 2026 FDDs
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| System | Residents aged 65+ |
|---|---|
| A Place At Home | about 40,000 |
| Amada Senior Care | 32,000–42,000 |
| Assisting Hands Home Care | at least 25,000 |
| BrightStar Care | at least 15,000 |
| CareBuilders at Home | 30,000–40,000 |
| ComForCare | 25,000–35,000 |
| FirstLight Home Care | about 25,000 |
| Griswold | 25,000 |
| Home Instead | 10,000 |
| HomeCare Advocacy Network | 30,000–50,000 |
| Homewatch CareGivers | 38,000–40,000 |
| HomeWell Care Services | 30,000–40,000 |
| Nurse Next Door | about 9,000 |
| One You Love Homecare | about 50,000 |
| Right at Home | at least 15,000 |
| Senior Helpers | 25,000–35,000 |
| SYNERGY HomeCare | about 20,000 |
Only systems that state a 65-and-over population are drawn: a system sizing on the whole population has measured something different, and the two are never ranked against each other. Where a filing says “at least” a number, the qualifier travels with the value.
What an owner has to hit, and what happens if they miss
What an owner may not do
What you may sell
- Franchisee must sell or offer all types of services and products specified by the franchisor.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee may only sell services and products authorized by the franchisor that meet its standards and specifications, following the franchisor's policies and procedures.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee must discontinue selling or offering any services or products the franchisor disapproves.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee may only offer skilled medical assistance if it meets the franchisor's requirements (six months of operation, average weekly revenue over $10,000, completion of medical training) and complies with laws; approval may be granted or revoked at the franchisor's sole discretion.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee must comply with regulatory authority, referral source, or payor requirements (enrollment, licensure, authorization) before offering certain restricted services or accessing certain clients.p. 51 ↗
Who you may sell to
- Franchisee must operate from an Office located in its Territory and serve/sell to clients who reside within its Territory.p. 51 ↗
Where you may sell
- Restrictions apply to the franchisee's ability to serve clients or market to clients and referral sources outside of its Territory.p. 51 ↗
Other restrictions
- Franchisor reserves the right to establish minimum and maximum resale prices for multi-area marketing programs and special price promotions.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee may not sell products through other channels of distribution such as wholesale, internet, or mail order sales.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee must comply with brand standards for internet or digital advertising; the franchisor can revoke permission to conduct internet and digital advertising.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisor may change or add to required services and products at its discretion with prior notice, with no limitations on that right; changes remain permanent unless specified otherwise.p. 51 ↗
- Franchisee cannot participate in any federally managed Medicare programs.p. 51 ↗
Assisting Hands Home Care’s filing states that it has no litigation to disclose.
That is 0.0 per 100 locations, against 1.3 per 100 locations across the whole field. A count of proceedings mostly measures how large and how old a system is, which is why it is shown as a rate and never as a score.
ITEM 3 LITIGATION No litigation is required to be disclosed in this Item.
How to read these terms
- Contract language does not summarize. Where a filing states a term in words, those words are what we publish, with the page they are on. Only the handful of terms that are genuinely numbers get compared with other systems.
- A territory is only comparable to one measured the same way. Some systems size on residents aged 65 and over, some on the whole population. We keep those apart and never rank one against the other.
- Disclosed cases are not a score. A count of proceedings mostly measures how big and how old a system is. We publish what each filing discloses, in its own words, with a rate per hundred locations so the count is not mistaken for a verdict.
›The numbers behind this page
What the agreement says about the minimums
- Local marketing you must spend: “If you fail to meet your requirement for local advertising expenditures, you must pay us the difference between the amount you spent and the required advertising expenditure, which will be contributed to the National Advertising Fund.”
- Royalty you owe regardless: “The “Minimum Royalty” is equal to $50 per week per Office during your first 12 months of operation, $100 per week per Office between your 12th and 24th months of operation; and $200 per week per Office thereafter and throughout the remainder of the Initial Term.”
What this filing does not disclose
- Nothing material to this question is missing from this filing.
Every term on this page is read from Assisting Hands Home Care’s own 2026 disclosure document, and the wording is the filing’s rather than ours. Territory sizes are compared only with systems measuring on the same basis. Disclosed proceedings are shown as the filing describes them, with their status where the filing states one. Source ↗
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