Assisting Hands Home Care Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Assisting Hands Home Care franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2025), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Assisting Hands Home Care discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it C.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Average AR Royalty Per Franchised AR Business 2024: $129,153 mean, $39,657 median. 30% of 20 AR Businesses met/exceeded average. Range: $839-$529,863. No operating expense deductions shown.
What a Assisting Hands Home Care franchise actually costs to run
| Fee | Disclosed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $156,500 | Item 5 — paid up front, before you open |
| Advertising fund | 2% of gross sales | Item 6 — brand marketing, spent at the franchisor's discretion |
| Total recurring fees | 2% of gross sales | Before rent, labor, food or debt service |
| Total initial investment | $177,300 – $590,150 | Item 7 — franchisor's own low/high estimate |
Development Fee $156.5k-$503k (proprietary formula). 2% max AR Fund, $500/mo local advertising minimum month 7+, $2,400/year convention.
Royalty and ad-fund percentages are charged on gross sales — an owner pays them whether or not the location is profitable.
Assisting Hands Home Care system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 25 |
| Ceased operations | 0 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 2 |
| Transferred to new owners | 0 |
| Closure rate | 0.0% of outlets |
4 terminations 2022, 2 terminations 2023, 0 terminations 2024. Low recent churn.
From Item 20 of the FDD 2025. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.
Is Assisting Hands Home Care worth it? — how it compares to 436 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 2% of sales | lower than most (median 8%) |
| Startup cost | from $177,300 | about average (median $138,750) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade C | typical for the category |
| Closure rate | 0.0% of outlets | better than most (median 1.5%) |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 0 | fewer than most |
Benchmarked against every other franchises franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a Assisting Hands Home Care
The franchisor's framing: Average AR Royalty Per Franchised AR Business 2024: $129,153 mean, $39,657 median. 30% of … We reconstruct what an owner actually keeps, from their own FDD.
- Reconstructed owner P&L — net take-home after royalty, ad fund, rent, labor & debt
- Break-even timeline + cash-on-cash ROI
- Full fee stack + required-purchase markups
- Decoded real failure / closure rate
- How it ranks vs comparable franchises
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Assisting Hands Home Care franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Assisting Hands Home Care franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $177,300–$590,150, including a $156,500 initial franchise fee.
- How much do Assisting Hands Home Care franchise owners make?
- Average AR Royalty Per Franchised AR Business 2024: $129,153 mean, $39,657 median. 30% of 20 AR Businesses met/exceeded average. Range: $839-$529,863. No operating expense deductions shown. We grade this disclosure C for honesty.
- What are the Assisting Hands Home Care franchise fees?
- Assisting Hands Home Care's FDD discloses a $156,500 initial franchise fee, a 2% advertising-fund contribution, for roughly 2% of gross sales in recurring fees before rent, labor, or debt service. Development Fee $156.5k-$503k (proprietary formula). 2% max AR Fund, $500/mo local advertising minimum month 7+, $2,400/year convention.
- What is the Assisting Hands Home Care franchise profit margin?
- Assisting Hands Home Care does not publish a franchisee net-profit margin — almost no franchisor does. What Item 19 actually shows: Average AR Royalty Per Franchised AR Business 2024: $129,153 mean, $39,657 median. 30% of 20 AR Businesses met/exceeded average. Range: $839-$529,863. No operating expense deductions shown. Recurring fees alone take about 2% of gross sales, before rent, labor, food or debt service. Margin has to be reconstructed from the disclosure, not read off it.
- What is the Assisting Hands Home Care franchise failure rate?
- 4 terminations 2022, 2 terminations 2023, 0 terminations 2024. Low recent churn.
- How many Assisting Hands Home Care locations are there?
- Assisting Hands Home Care's FDD reports 25 total outlets, with 0 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 0 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does Assisting Hands Home Care have complaints or lawsuits?
- Assisting Hands Home Care discloses no material litigation in Item 3 of the filing we reviewed. That's a positive signal, though it covers only what the franchisor is required to report.
- Is a Assisting Hands Home Care franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Assisting Hands Home Care scores C on disclosure honesty, carries about 2% of sales in ongoing fees. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: MN CARDS 33672-202504-05 (Clean FDD 2025). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Assisting Hands Home Care or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.