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Home Instead vs Caring Transitions — which franchise is the better buy?

Side by side from the public FDDs — no franchisor spin.

	Home Instead	Caring Transitions
Disclosure honesty	B	B
Investment from	$91,040	$75,760
Total fees	7%	—
Outlets	619	423
Lawsuits	3	3

Home Instead: what their numbers say

Discloses 2024 gross sales for 603 franchises (median $2.26M, average $2.61M) and care platform growth data. Cherry-picks by excluding closed units and using median rather than mean emphasis.

Caring Transitions: what their numbers say

Gross receipts and profit percentages by quartile for 2022-2025. Only franchises open full year included. Average gross receipts range $61K-$964K by quartile. 34-42% of franchisees attain average gross receipts.

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