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What does an owner pay CareBuilders at Home each year?

CareBuilders at Home takes 10.0% of a million dollars of sales each year. That is higher than most among home care systems.

Across 20 home care systems

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CareBuilders at Home takes $100,300 a year from a business billing a million dollars

At $1M in annual sales

Royalty — $90,000Brand fund — $10,000Technology — $300
At $1M in annual sales — Royalty: $90,000At $1M in annual sales — Brand fund: $10,000At $1M in annual sales — Technology: $300At $1M in annual sales
Source: Item 6 fee schedule, 2026 filingHomecareHQ Intelligence · 2026 FDDs
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CareBuilders at Home: recurring fees at $1M in annual sales
FeeAs the filing states itA year at $1M
Royalty9.0% of net revenue$90,000
Brand fund1.0% of sales$10,000
Technology$25 a month$300
All of it10.0%$100,300

Arithmetic, not a forecast: each fee as the filing states it, applied to a million dollars of annual sales so that percentages, monthly amounts and minimums can be added together. The total is published only where all three fees are stated — two of three would not be a smaller number, it would be an understated one.

$100,300 a year. That is higher than most in this field, where the middle system takes $72,850.

CareBuilders at Home charges the same rate on every dollar of net revenue.

The rate on the price list, and the rate a million dollars of sales pays

Where the two marks sit on top of each other, the rate is flat.

on the price listat $1M in sales
CareBuilders at Home: 9.0% → 9.0%CareBuilders at HomeHomeCare Advocacy Network: 7.0% → 7.0%HomeCare Advocacy Net…Executive Home Care: 6.0% → 6.0%Executive Home CareHallmark Homecare: 6.0% → 6.0%Hallmark HomecareHome Matters Caregiving: 6.0% → 6.0%Home Matters Caregivi…HomeWell Care Services: 6.0% → 6.0%HomeWell Care ServicesA Place At Home: 5.5% → 5.5%A Place At HomeSeniors Helping Seniors: 6.0% → 5.4%Seniors Helping Senio…BrightStar Care: 5.3% → 5.3%BrightStar CareAmada Senior Care: 5.0% → 5.0%Amada Senior CareAssisting Hands Home Care: 5.0% → 5.0%Assisting Hands Home…ComForCare: 5.0% → 5.0%ComForCareComfort Keepers: 5.0% → 5.0%Comfort KeepersFirstLight Home Care: 5.0% → 5.0%FirstLight Home CareGriswold: 5.0% → 5.0%GriswoldHome Instead: 5.0% → 5.0%Home InsteadHomewatch CareGivers: 5.0% → 5.0%Homewatch CareGiversNurse Next Door: 5.0% → 5.0%Nurse Next DoorOne You Love Homecare: 5.0% → 5.0%One You Love HomecareRight at Home: 5.0% → 5.0%Right at HomeSenior Helpers: 5.0% → 5.0%Senior HelpersSYNERGY HomeCare: 5.0% → 5.0%SYNERGY HomeCareVisiting Angels: 3.5% → 3.5%Visiting Angels3.3%9.2%
Source: Item 6, 2026 filingsHomecareHQ Intelligence · 2026 FDDs
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Sticker royalty against the effective rate at $1M in sales
SystemOn the price listAt $1M in sales
CareBuilders at Home9.0%9.0%
HomeCare Advocacy Network7.0%7.0%
Executive Home Care6.0%6.0%
Hallmark Homecare6.0%6.0%
Home Matters Caregiving6.0%6.0%
HomeWell Care Services6.0%6.0%
A Place At Home5.5%5.5%
Seniors Helping Seniors6.0%5.4%
BrightStar Care5.3%5.3%
Amada Senior Care5.0%5.0%
Assisting Hands Home Care5.0%5.0%
ComForCare5.0%5.0%
Comfort Keepers5.0%5.0%
FirstLight Home Care5.0%5.0%
Griswold5.0%5.0%
Home Instead5.0%5.0%
Homewatch CareGivers5.0%5.0%
Nurse Next Door5.0%5.0%
One You Love Homecare5.0%5.0%
Right at Home5.0%5.0%
Senior Helpers5.0%5.0%
SYNERGY HomeCare5.0%5.0%
Visiting Angels3.5%3.5%

The effective rate is what the schedule actually collects at a million dollars of sales, worked out from the tiers as the filing prints them. A flat schedule collects its sticker rate at every level, so its two marks coincide — that is the picture, not a drawing error.

$500K in sales
9.0%
$1M in sales
9.0%
$2M in sales
9.0%

Charged on net revenue. 4 of the 21 systems that state a base charge on billings after refunds. Source ↗

What else comes out every month

Brand fund
A share of sales, spent on marketing the brand.
1.0%
Technology
Operating Software: $8.60 per active client, Plus Business Intelligence (BI) Tool $25-$75 per month and a monthly charge per active caregiver in addition to the BI Tool; Caregiver Training Tool $3.50 per seat; CRM Software $47.24; Senior Housing Placement Technology $125 per month, per user; HRIS $2.00 per active caregiver; Recruitment Software $250; Technical Support Contract $600 annually — covers: Operating Software, Business Intelligence (BI) Tool, Caregiver Training Tool, CRM Software, Senior Housing Placement Technology, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Recruitment Software, Technical Support Contract
$25/mo
Local marketing
1% of total revenue or $1,000 per month, whichever is greater
Spent in the owner’s own market, not paid to the franchisor — so it is not in the figure above.
at least $1K/mo

CareBuilders at Home expects a business to be billing $625K a semiannual once it is established.

The sales an owner is expected to reach

Each step is a period the filing names.

Yr 1$0Yr 1$100KYr 2$200KYr 2$200KYr 3$400KYr 3$400KYr 4$625KYr 4$625K$0
Source: Item 12 and the franchise agreement, 2026 filingHomecareHQ Intelligence · 2026 FDDs
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CareBuilders at Home: the minimum schedule as the filing prints it
PeriodAmount
Yr 1$0
Yr 1$100K
Yr 2$200K
Yr 2$200K
Yr 3$400K
Yr 3$400K
Yr 4$625K
Yr 4$625K

Drawn only where the filing makes the timing of each step clear. Where a schedule’s periods are ambiguous it is listed in words and not charted, because a step chart is a claim about months.

Miss it and the agreement can be terminated. p. 35 ↗

What is paid once

To join
$50K
$111K is the low end of what it takes to open
Source ↗
To sell the business on
A share of the joining fee
30% of the then-current initial franchise fee $7,500 if the transfer is to an immediate family member
p. 14 ↗
To renew
$5K
Renewal fee: $5,000
p. 14 ↗

How to read these fees

  • The sticker royalty is the smallest part of the answer. What a rate collects depends on what it is charged on — everything billed, or billings after refunds and collected taxes — and on what else recurs beside it.
  • The total is shown at a million dollars of sales. That is a common figure to reach and it makes systems quoting percentages, monthly amounts and flat minimums add up in the same units. It is arithmetic, not a forecast.
  • Local marketing is not a fee. Money a system requires an owner to spend in their own market is a real obligation and it does not go to the franchisor, so it sits outside the total and is listed on its own.
›The numbers behind this page
CareBuilders at Home: recurring fees, as stated and at $1M in sales
FeeAs the filing states itA year at $1M
Royalty9.0% of net revenue$90,000
Brand fund1.0% of sales$10,000
Technology$25 a month$300
All of it10.0%$100,300

What the agreement says about the minimum

If you do not achieve these minimum revenue amounts then you must pay to us the balance of the minimum semi-annual Continuing Royalty Fee owed. In addition, if you do not meet the minimum revenue amounts or you are otherwise in default under your Franchise Agreement, we may reduce or eliminate your Designated Territory in our sole and absolute discretion. We may also terminate your Franchise Agreement.

What this filing does not disclose

  • What is owed before the first client: the filing does not state all three of the fixed monthly amounts that would make one up.

Every fee on this page is read from CareBuilders at Home’s own 2026 disclosure document. The annual total is our arithmetic on those stated fees at a million dollars of sales, and it holds the royalty, the brand fund and the technology fee — the three things paid to the franchisor every year, whatever the business does. Source ↗

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