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Visiting Angels is one of the largest home care franchise systems, with 541 locations, and it held roughly steady last year. Owners pay a 3.5% royalty. — HomecareHQ analysis of its 2026 filing.
Visiting Angels grew its franchised locations +1.7% over three years, lower than most for a large system.
It separates a system on a sustained run from one that had a single good year.
Which systems have outgrown Visiting Angels over three years?→Visiting Angels takes 6.0% of a million dollars of sales each year, lower than most among home care systems.
It is the honest answer to what belonging costs each year.
Which systems take more each year than Visiting Angels?→Visiting Angels draws 5.5% of its revenue from selling new franchises, below typical among franchisors reporting their own books.
A company funded by new sales needs a steady supply of new buyers.
Which franchisors lean on new sales more than Visiting Angels?→HomecareHQ analysis of 23 home care franchise systems' 2026 disclosure documents.
The typical home care franchise: 5.0% royalty rate, $52K initial franchise fee, +12.6% net unit growth. See what’s typical →
$125K — That is above typical; the middle system reports $103K.
3.5% — That is lower than most; the middle system reports 5.0%.
$1.79M — Reported as everything one owner runs, everything billed, open for a period the filing does not state. Too few systems report it the same way to say where that sits.
+7.2% — That is below typical; the middle system reports +17.6%.
11 franchises sold and not yet open — That is below typical; the middle system reports 18.
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Ask HQ reads your own numbers against the same benchmarks — growth, fees, margins and the rest of what these filings make comparable.
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