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Comfort Keepers

scalingfranchising since 1999owned by CK Franchising, Inc. and SDX Home Care Operations, LLC dba Comfort Keepers

Comfort Keepers is one of the largest home care franchise systems, with 619 locations, and it is still adding more. Owners pay a 5.0% royalty on gross sales. — HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing.

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What stands out

HomecareHQ analysis of 23 home care franchise systems' 2026 disclosure documents.

How Comfort Keepers compares

Runs ahead of the field
  • Exit rate0.7%
    below typical
Runs behind
  • Three-year unit growth+15.7%
    below typical
Differs from typical
  • Initial franchise fee$55K
    above typical
  • Brand fund2.0%
    above typical

Growth, against 12 other scaling systems

Net unit growth
HomeCare Advocacy Network: −41.7%Nurse Next Door: −2.7%Visiting Angels: +0.4%Home Instead: +1.1%Right at Home: +5.0%BrightStar Care: +6.2%Comfort Keepers: +7.1%Griswold: +8.8%ComForCare: +9.3%Senior Helpers: +11.0%HomeWell Care Services: +11.7%Homewatch CareGivers: +12.6%SYNERGY HomeCare: +13.8%Assisting Hands Home Care: +14.9%FirstLight Home Care: +17.2%Seniors Helping Seniors: +24.4%CareBuilders at Home: +27.3%Amada Senior Care: +33.2%A Place At Home: +38.9%Hallmark Homecare: +63.9%One You Love Homecare: +71.4%Home Matters Caregiving: +93.8%Executive Home Care: +276.2%
+7.1%
below typical
Three-year unit growth
Visiting Angels: +1.7%Home Instead: +2.0%BrightStar Care: +14.1%Right at Home: +14.1%Comfort Keepers: +15.7%Homewatch CareGivers: +17.1%Griswold: +21.5%ComForCare: +24.3%Senior Helpers: +25.5%FirstLight Home Care: +30.1%Assisting Hands Home Care: +36.5%SYNERGY HomeCare: +37.9%Nurse Next Door: +42.0%Amada Senior Care: +63.1%HomeWell Care Services: +63.4%One You Love Homecare: +71.4%CareBuilders at Home: +75.0%Seniors Helping Seniors: +85.1%A Place At Home: +163.2%Executive Home Care: +338.9%
+15.7%
below typical
Exit rate
CareBuilders at Home: 0.0%Home Matters Caregiving: 0.0%Right at Home: 0.4%Comfort Keepers: 0.7%Home Instead: 1.6%Visiting Angels: 1.7%FirstLight Home Care: 2.0%ComForCare: 2.4%Senior Helpers: 2.8%BrightStar Care: 2.9%Griswold: 3.3%Assisting Hands Home Care: 3.5%SYNERGY HomeCare: 4.7%A Place At Home: 5.6%Homewatch CareGivers: 5.6%Seniors Helping Seniors: 5.6%One You Love Homecare: 7.1%Amada Senior Care: 9.2%Executive Home Care: 9.5%HomeWell Care Services: 12.2%Nurse Next Door: 16.4%Hallmark Homecare: 25.0%HomeCare Advocacy Network: 50.0%
0.7%
below typical

Fees, across every system that discloses the measure

Effective royalty at $1M
Visiting Angels: 3.5%Amada Senior Care: 5.0%Assisting Hands Home Care: 5.0%ComForCare: 5.0%Comfort Keepers: 5.0%FirstLight Home Care: 5.0%Griswold: 5.0%Home Instead: 5.0%Homewatch CareGivers: 5.0%Nurse Next Door: 5.0%One You Love Homecare: 5.0%Right at Home: 5.0%Senior Helpers: 5.0%SYNERGY HomeCare: 5.0%BrightStar Care: 5.3%Seniors Helping Seniors: 5.4%A Place At Home: 5.5%Executive Home Care: 6.0%Hallmark Homecare: 6.0%Home Matters Caregiving: 6.0%HomeWell Care Services: 6.0%HomeCare Advocacy Network: 7.0%CareBuilders at Home: 9.0%
5.0%
near typical
All-in fee load at $1M
Visiting Angels: 6.0%ComForCare: 6.1%One You Love Homecare: 6.2%FirstLight Home Care: 6.2%Amada Senior Care: 6.4%Seniors Helping Seniors: 6.4%Nurse Next Door: 6.7%Comfort Keepers: 7.0%Right at Home: 7.2%Homewatch CareGivers: 7.3%Hallmark Homecare: 7.3%Home Matters Caregiving: 7.3%SYNERGY HomeCare: 7.5%Senior Helpers: 7.6%Home Instead: 7.6%A Place At Home: 7.7%BrightStar Care: 8.1%Executive Home Care: 8.2%Assisting Hands Home Care: 10.0%CareBuilders at Home: 10.0%
7.0%
near typical
Initial franchise fee
A Place At Home: $50KCareBuilders at Home: $50KGriswold: $50KHomeWell Care Services: $50KOne You Love Homecare: $50KRight at Home: $50KHomeCare Advocacy Network: $50KExecutive Home Care: $50KBrightStar Care: $50KFirstLight Home Care: $50KHomewatch CareGivers: $50KVisiting Angels: $52KHome Matters Caregiving: $52KHome Instead: $54KAssisting Hands Home Care: $55KComfort Keepers: $55KSenior Helpers: $55KSeniors Helping Seniors: $55KSYNERGY HomeCare: $55KAmada Senior Care: $57KComForCare: $59KHallmark Homecare: $60KNurse Next Door: $72K
$55K
above typical

The typical home care franchise: 5.0% royalty rate, $52K initial franchise fee, +12.6% net unit growth. See what’s typical →

Not shown for this system: royalty share of revenue (its financial statements are filed by CK Franchising, Inc. and SDX Home Care Operations, LLC dba Comfort Keepers, where the figure is not broken out).

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The basics

Royalty
5.0%on gross salesSource ↗
Brand fund
2.0%Source ↗
Initial franchise fee
$55KSource ↗
Cost to open, from
$120KSource ↗
Technology fee
$0/moSource ↗
Agreement term
10 yearsSource ↗
Franchised locations
619at the end of 2025Source ↗
Legal entity
CK Franchising, Inc.
Franchising since
1999p. 9 ↗
Filing read
2026 disclosure document
›Key statistics to cite
  • Comfort Keepers added +7.1% to its franchised locations last year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers grew its franchised locations +15.7% over three years (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers lost 0.7% of its franchised locations last year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers has 3 franchises sold and not yet open (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers ended the year with 619 franchised locations (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers saw 5.4% of its locations change hands (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers spells out 11 of the basic facts behind its revenue figures (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers charges a 5.0% royalty (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers collects 5.0% on a million dollars of sales (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers takes 7.0% of a million dollars of sales each year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers charges $55K to buy the franchise (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers asks 2.0% of sales for the brand fund (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers charges $0/mo for technology (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers puts the cost of opening at $120K and up (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Comfort Keepers runs its agreement for 10 years (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
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