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Seniors Helping Seniors

scalingfranchising since 2006

Seniors Helping Seniors is a home care franchise system, with 224 locations, and it is still adding more. Owners pay a 6.0% royalty on gross sales. — HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing.

What stands out

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

How Seniors Helping Seniors compares

Runs ahead of the field
  • Three-year unit growth+85.1%
    above typical
Differs from typical
  • All-in fee load at $1M6.4%
    below typical
  • Brand fund1.0%
    below typical
  • Technology fee$30/mo
    below 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%
+24.4%
above 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%
+85.1%
above 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%
5.6%
near 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%
5.4%
above 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%
6.4%
below typical

Economics, against 12 franchisors reporting their own books

Royalty share of revenue
Hallmark Homecare: 18.3%Home Matters Caregiving: 43.0%Amada Senior Care: 50.0%Visiting Angels: 53.0%Nurse Next Door: 57.6%SYNERGY HomeCare: 60.6%BrightStar Care: 64.4%Seniors Helping Seniors: 66.9%HomeCare Advocacy Network: 70.5%Senior Helpers: 72.4%Assisting Hands Home Care: 72.7%HomeWell Care Services: 75.2%
66.9%
near typical

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

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The basics

Royalty
6.0%on gross salesSource ↗
Brand fund
1.0%Source ↗
Initial franchise fee
$55KSource ↗
Cost to open, from
$95KSource ↗
Technology fee
$30/moSource ↗
Agreement term
10 yearsSource ↗
Franchised locations
224at the end of 2025Source ↗
Standard territory
250,000residents of any agep. 34 ↗
Legal entity
SENIORS HELPING SENIORS, LLC
Franchising since
2006p. 10 ↗
Filing read
2026 disclosure document
›Key statistics to cite
  • Seniors Helping Seniors added +24.4% to its franchised locations last year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors grew its franchised locations +85.1% over three years (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors lost 5.6% of its franchised locations last year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors has 26 franchises sold and not yet open (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors ended the year with 224 franchised locations (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors saw 1.1% of its locations change hands (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors draws 66.9% of its revenue from royalties (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors draws 27.3% of its revenue from selling new franchises (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors grew its royalty income +33.9% (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors runs a 64.2% operating margin (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors spells out 5 of the basic facts behind its revenue figures (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors charges a 6.0% royalty (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors collects 5.4% on a million dollars of sales (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors takes 6.4% of a million dollars of sales each year (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors charges $55K to buy the franchise (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors asks 1.0% of sales for the brand fund (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors charges $30/mo for technology (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors bills $2K/mo a month whatever the business earns (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors puts the cost of opening at $95K and up (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors gives new owners 32 hours of classroom training (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors adds 10 hours of on-the-job training (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
  • Seniors Helping Seniors runs its agreement for 10 years (HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing).
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