Growth
Homecare Advocacy Network lost 50.0% of its franchised locations last year, up from 10.0% a year earlier.
Growth with a high exit rate is churn, not health.
Why did HomeCare Advocacy Network locations leave?→Franchisor Intelligence / HomeCare Advocacy Network
HomeCare Advocacy Network
early / small basefranchising since 2020
HomeCare Advocacy Network is one of the smaller home care franchise systems, with 7 locations, and it ended last year smaller than it started. Owners pay a 7.0% royalty on gross sales. — HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing.
What stands out
Economics
Homecare Advocacy Network runs a -103.9% operating margin, lower than most among franchisors reporting their own books.
It shows whether the company selling the franchise is itself on solid ground.
Which franchisors keep more of their revenue than HomeCare Advocacy Network?→Support
Homecare Advocacy Network adds 82 hours of on-the-job training, higher than most among home care systems.
It shows whether a system teaches the job or just the theory.
Which systems give more on-the-job training than HomeCare Advocacy Network?→HomecareHQ analysis of 23 home care franchise systems' 2026 disclosure documents.
How HomeCare Advocacy Network compares
Differs from typical
- Transfer rate0.0%below typical
- Royalty share of revenue70.5%above typical
- Initial franchise fee$50Kbelow typical
Growth, against 7 other smaller systems
Net unit growth
−41.7%
lower than most
Exit rate
50.0%
higher than most
Fees, across every system that discloses the measure
Effective royalty at $1M
7.0%
higher than most
Initial franchise fee
$50K
below typical
Technology fee
$250/mo
near typical
Economics, against 12 franchisors reporting their own books
Royalty share of revenue
70.5%
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: three-year unit growth (the filing does not disclose it) · all-in fee load at $1M (the filing does not disclose it).
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How it performs
How it's designed
Questions this data answers
What does it cost to open a HomeCare Advocacy Network franchise?
$142K — That is above typical; the middle system reports $103K.
What does HomeCare Advocacy Network’s royalty actually cost an owner?
7.0% — That is higher than most; the middle system reports 5.0%.
What do HomeCare Advocacy Network owners' businesses bring in?
$674K — Reported as one location or territory, everything billed, open for a period the filing does not state. Too few systems report it the same way to say where that sits.
How much does Homecare Advocacy Network explain its revenue figures?
5 basic facts about its revenue figures spelled out — That is lower than most; the middle system reports 9.
How many Homecare Advocacy Network franchises are sold and waiting to open?
9 franchises sold and not yet open — That is below typical; the middle system reports 18.
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The basics
- Royalty
- 7.0%on gross salesSource ↗
- Initial franchise fee
- $50KSource ↗
- Cost to open, from
- $142KSource ↗
- Technology fee
- $250/moSource ↗
- Franchised locations
- 7at the end of 2025Source ↗
- Standard territory
- 30,000–50,000residents aged 65 and overp. 10 ↗
- Legal entity
- HomeCare Advocacy Network Inc.
- Franchising since
- 2020p. 6 ↗
- Filing read
- 2026 disclosure document
›Key statistics to cite
- HomeCare Advocacy Network added −41.7% to its franchised locations last year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network lost 50.0% of its franchised locations last year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network has 9 franchises sold and not yet open (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network ended the year with 7 franchised locations (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network saw 0.0% of its locations change hands (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network draws 70.5% of its revenue from royalties (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network draws 7.8% of its revenue from selling new franchises (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network runs a -103.9% operating margin (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network spells out 5 of the basic facts behind its revenue figures (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network charges a 7.0% royalty (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network collects 7.0% on a million dollars of sales (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network charges $50K to buy the franchise (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network charges $250/mo for technology (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network puts the cost of opening at $142K and up (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network gives new owners 54 hours of classroom training (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network adds 82 hours of on-the-job training (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
- HomeCare Advocacy Network gives an owner a territory of 30,000–50,000 residents aged 65 and over (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
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