Interim Healthcare Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Interim Healthcare franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2025), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Interim Healthcare discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it C.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Home healthcare 2024: avg $3.6M (down 13%), median $1.66M. Hospice 2024: avg $6.8M (up 63%), median $4.5M. Top performers significantly exceed averages. No expense/profit data included.
What a Interim Healthcare franchise actually costs to run
| Fee | Disclosed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $75,000 | Item 5 — paid up front, before you open |
| Royalty | 4.5% of gross sales | Item 6 — charged on revenue, not profit |
| Advertising fund | 1% of gross sales | Item 6 — brand marketing, spent at the franchisor's discretion |
| Total recurring fees | 5.5% of gross sales | Before rent, labor, food or debt service |
| Total initial investment | $156,000 – $628,000 | Item 7 — franchisor's own low/high estimate |
3.5%-5.5% weekly royalty (Primary); 5.5% hospice (after $200K waiver); $485/mo tech; 1% marketing; $2K annual conference
Royalty and ad-fund percentages are charged on gross sales — an owner pays them whether or not the location is profitable.
Interim Healthcare system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 230 |
| Ceased operations | 16 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 13 |
| Transferred to new owners | 4 |
| Closure rate | 7.0% of outlets |
16 ceased 2024; 13 terminations 2024; declining avg home health sales (-13% YoY)
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 Interim Healthcare worth it? — how it compares to 436 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 5.5% of sales | lower than most (median 8%) |
| Startup cost | from $156,000 | about average (median $138,750) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade C | typical for the category |
| Closure rate | 7.0% of outlets | worse than 80% of peers |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 4 | more litigious than 80% of peers |
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 Interim Healthcare
The franchisor's framing: Home healthcare 2024: avg $3.6M (down 13%), median $1.66M. Hospice 2024: avg $6.8M (up 63%… 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
- Validation-call playbook — the exact questions to ask
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Interim Healthcare franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Interim Healthcare franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $156,000–$628,000, including a $75,000 initial franchise fee.
- How much do Interim Healthcare franchise owners make?
- Home healthcare 2024: avg $3.6M (down 13%), median $1.66M. Hospice 2024: avg $6.8M (up 63%), median $4.5M. Top performers significantly exceed averages. No expense/profit data included. We grade this disclosure C for honesty.
- What are the Interim Healthcare franchise fees?
- Interim Healthcare's FDD discloses a $75,000 initial franchise fee, a 4.5% royalty on gross sales, a 1% advertising-fund contribution, for roughly 5.5% of gross sales in recurring fees before rent, labor, or debt service. 3.5%-5.5% weekly royalty (Primary); 5.5% hospice (after $200K waiver); $485/mo tech; 1% marketing; $2K annual conference
- What is the Interim Healthcare franchise profit margin?
- Interim Healthcare does not publish a franchisee net-profit margin — almost no franchisor does. What Item 19 actually shows: Home healthcare 2024: avg $3.6M (down 13%), median $1.66M. Hospice 2024: avg $6.8M (up 63%), median $4.5M. Top performers significantly exceed averages. No expense/profit data included. Recurring fees alone take about 5.5% 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 Interim Healthcare franchise failure rate?
- 16 ceased 2024; 13 terminations 2024; declining avg home health sales (-13% YoY)
- How many Interim Healthcare locations are there?
- Interim Healthcare's FDD reports 230 total outlets, with 16 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 4 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does Interim Healthcare have complaints or lawsuits?
- Interim Healthcare discloses 4 legal matters in Item 3 of its FDD. Item 3 covers the franchisor's litigation history, which is the closest thing to a public record of how it treats franchisees — read the case descriptions, not just the count.
- Is a Interim Healthcare franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Interim Healthcare scores C on disclosure honesty, carries about 5.5% of sales in ongoing fees, and discloses 4 legal matters. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: MN CARDS 34432-202506-06 (Clean FDD 2025). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Interim Healthcare or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.