Franchisor Intelligence / Right at Home / The agreement
What does an owner commit to at Right at Home?
Right at Home gives an owner a territory of at least 15,000 residents aged 65 and over. That is below typical among home care systems.
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: 1.5 years covering the territory and areas within 10 miles (see quote for the full scope)
The typical system: 2 years
What it costs to hand the business on
Currently, our Transfer Fee for a transfer to an existing franchisee (where a broker is not engaged) is $8,000. Our current Transfer Fee for a transfer to a non-current franchisee (where a broker is not engaged) is $24,500. Our current Transfer Fee for any transfer where a broker is engaged is $44,500
It depends who buys
p. 19 ↗What renewing means
10% of the then current initial franchise fee at the time of the renewal for each Renewal Term approved by us
A share of the joining fee
p. 18 ↗A standard Right at Home territory holds at least 15,000 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
›View data & method
| 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.
No exclusive territory: Territory is not exclusive
at least 15,000 people 65+p. 50 ↗
What an owner has to hit, and what happens if they miss
Brand fund you must pay
A floor: an owner pays this or the percentage, whichever is larger.
$4K a quarter, once established
p. 54 ↗Local marketing you must spend
Minimum local marketing spend: stated without a dollar schedule (see quote)
Stated in the filing
p. 22 ↗Royalty you owe regardless
Miss it and the territory stops being protected.
A floor: an owner pays this or the percentage, whichever is larger.
$11K a quarter, once established
p. 54 ↗Sales you must reach
$211K a quarter, once established
p. 54 ↗What an owner may not do
What you may sell
- Franchisee may only offer and sell services and products approved by the franchisor as part of the System; may not offer unauthorized products or services.p. 64 ↗
Who you may sell to
- Franchisor reserves the right to designate national or regional accounts and develop national/regional alliance programs, with franchisee obligations to participate as set out in the Brand Standards Manual.p. 64 ↗
Other restrictions
- Franchisee is prohibited from using independent contractors to provide services to clients of the Franchised Business.p. 64 ↗
- Franchisor reserves the right to change approved services and add products with no limits on that right.p. 64 ↗
- Franchisee must not engage in any business or other activities that conflict with obligations under the Franchise Agreement.p. 64 ↗
- Franchisee must at all times hold itself out as an independent contractor and take actions indicating the business is independently owned and operated, not an agent of the franchisor.p. 64 ↗
- Franchisee may not advertise or list the sale of the Franchised Business or rights under the Franchise Agreement without written consent.p. 64 ↗
Right at Home’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.
LITIGATION No litigation information 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
- Brand fund you must pay: “Additionally, at the time set out in the Basic Term in your Franchise Agreement (as the same may be amended), for each Quarter, you will contribute to the Brand Marketing and Promotion Fund the greater of the Brand Marketing and Promotion Fee and the Minimum Brand Marketing and Promotion Fee (See Item 6).”
- Local marketing you must spend: “Except as described below, each calendar month you must spend at least 2% of your Net Billings on local marketing, sales, and promotion in your Designated Area.”
- Royalty you owe regardless: “After the No Minimum Period expires (as the same may be extended by a Calendar Quarter Extension), for each consecutive 13-week period (“Quarter”), you will be required to pay the greater of the Royalty Fee and the Minimum Royalty Fee (See Item 6).”
- Sales you must reach: “After the applicable No Minimum Period expires (as the same may be extended by a Calendar Quarter Extension), you will also be required to generate per Quarter the Minimum Quarterly Net Billings from your Franchised Business.”
What this filing does not disclose
- Nothing material to this question is missing from this filing.
Every term on this page is read from Right at Home’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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