Start a Assisting Hands Home Care Franchise in 2025

2025 Franchise 500 Rank: #299 Ranked #280 last year

Initial investment: $95K - $176K

Units as of 2024: 202 27.0% over 3 years

Assisting Hands Home Care works to provide clients with quality in-home care. This could be caring for the elderly or anyone who needs help due to disability, illness, or recovery.

With more than 140 franchise locations in more than 18 states, Assisting Hands Home Care is a substantial market competitor in a multi-billion dollar business.

Why You May Want to Start an Assisting Hands Home Care Franchise

Clients with Assisting Hands Home Care can have caregivers assist them at their residence at scheduled times up to 24 hours a day. Caregivers interact with clients who may need medical and non-medical assistance. This type of service allows clients to remain in their own homes and maintain a quality of life that may not have been accessible to them before.

To be a franchisee with Assisting Hands Home Care, you do not need a medical background or similar clinical training. You should have good management skills with a deep desire to help those in your community.

Assisting Hands Home Care has been ranked in BIZ Experiences's Franchise 500 multiple times in recent years. This ranking is based on an evaluation of more than 150 data points in the areas of costs and fees, size and growth, franchisee support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability.

What Might Make an Assisting Hands Home Care Franchise a Good Choice?

If a franchisee is awarded an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise, they will participate in several days of training. The training consists of classroom lectures and on-site visits. Topics will cover caregiver training, employee recruitment and hiring, billing, scheduling, and more. The company also provides franchisees with software for billing and scheduling and round-the-clock customer support.

Opening an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise may offer a more predictable outcome than investing in a completely new brand that may struggle to thrive in an already crowded and competitive home healthcare industry.

How To Open an Assisting Hands Home Care Franchise

As you decide if opening an Assisting Hands Home Care, make sure you take time to explore the opportunity. Research the brand and your local area to see if an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise would do well in your community. While competition is healthy, too much of it may not allow for the most possible growth.

To be part of the Assisting Hands Home Care team, you should make sure you're financially ready for an initial investment made up of a franchise fee and other startup costs. You should also prepare yourself for ongoing fees that will include advertising, royalty, and potential renewal fees. Franchisees will also need to meet the company's set net worth and liquid capital requirements.

Before making any financial commitment or signing an agreement, you must perform your due diligence and establish if this is the right opportunity for you. As part of your due diligence, you may want to speak to existing franchisees and ask the Assisting Hands Home Care franchising team questions.

Soon, you may find yourself operating as the newest Assisting Hands Home Care franchisee.

Company Overview

About Assisting Hands Home Care

Industry	Personal-Care Businesses
Related Categories	Senior Care
Founded	2006
Parent Company	Assisting Hands Home Care LLC
Leadership	Lane Kofoed, CEO
Corporate Address	5700 E. Franklin Rd., #105 Nampa, ID 83687
Social	Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube

Business Overview

Franchising Since	2006 (19 years)
# of employees at HQ	9
Where seeking	This company is offering new franchises throughout the US. This company is offering new franchises worldwide.
# of Units	202 (as of 2024)

Information for Franchisees

Here's what you need to know if you're interested in opening a Assisting Hands Home Care franchise.

Financial Requirements & Ongoing Fees

Here's what you can expect to spend to start the business and what ongoing fees the franchisor charges throughout the life of the business.

Initial Franchise Fee Definition: The initial fee paid to a franchisor to join their system What you need to know: Found in Item 5 of the FDD, this may be a flat fee, or may vary based on territory size, experience, or other factors.The franchise fee is an up-front (one-time) cost that a new franchisee pays to the franchisor. This fee is usually due at the signing of the franchise agreement and covers the right to use the franchisor's trademarks, name, and related business systems.	$55,000
Initial Investment Definition: The total amount necessary to begin operation of the franchise What you need to know: The initial investment includes the franchise fee, along with other startup expenses such as real estate, equipment, supplies, business licenses, and working capital. This is outlined in a chart in Item 7 of the FDD, showing a range of possible costs from low to high.	$94,500 - $176,400
Net Worth Requirement Definition: The minimum net worth you must have in order to qualify to become a franchisee of this company What you need to know: Net worth is the value of a person's assets minus liabilities. Assets include cash, stocks, retirement accounts, and real estate. Liabilities include items like mortgages, car payments, and credit card debt.	$300,000
Cash Requirement Definition: The minimum liquid capital you must have available in order to qualify to become a franchisee of this company.	$100,000
Veteran Incentives Definition: A discount or other incentive offered to military veterans who buy a franchise with this company.	10% off franchise fee
Royalty Fee Definition: A ongoing fee paid to the franchisor on a regular basis. What you need to know: Most franchisors require franchisees to pay an ongoing royalty fee, which is detailed in Item 6 of the FDD. This fee is typically a percentage of weekly or monthly gross sales, but may also be a flat weekly, monthly, or annual fee.	5%-4%
Ad Royalty Fee Definition: An going fee paid to the franchisor on a regular basis to support advertising or marketing efforts. What you need to know: This may also be called advertising fee, marketing fee, brand fund fee, and more, but the basic purpose is the same-- to support promotion of the brand systemwide. As with the royalty fee, it is detailed in Item 6 of the FDD, and can be a percentage of weekly or monthly gross sales or a weekly, monthly, or annual fee.	0.5%
Term of Agreement Definition: The length of time your franchise agreement will last. What you need to know: Franchise terms are typically anywhere from 5 to 20 years in length, but are sometimes instead dependent on factors such as the term of your lease. Once your term is up, you may have the option to renew your agreement, typically for a smaller fee than the original franchise fee.	10 years
Is franchise term renewable?	Yes

Financing Options

Some franchisors offer in-house financing, while others have relationships with third-party financing sources to which they refer qualified franchisees.

Third Party Financing	Assisting Hands Home Care has relationships with third-party sources which offer financing to cover the following: franchise fee, startup costs, payroll

Training & Support Offered

Franchisors offer initial training programs and a variety of ongoing support options to help franchisees run their businesses.

On-The-Job Training	20 hours
Classroom Training	40 hours
Ongoing Support	Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings & Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Security & Safety Procedures Lease Negotiation Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing Support	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates Social Media SEO Website Development Email Marketing

Operations

Additional details about running this franchise.

Is absentee ownership allowed?	No
Can this franchise be run from home/mobile unit? Definition: The business can be run from your home and/or a vehicle, and it is not necessary to have a retail facility, office space, or warehouse.	No
Can this franchise be run part time? Definition: This business can be run by the owner on a part-time basis (less than 40 hours per week) and/or as a side business; it is not necessary for the business to be open/run full-time.	No
Are exclusive territories available? Definition: An exclusive territory is a fixed area in which you are given the right to operate and in which no other units of the same franchise may be opened. What you need to know: Territory size may be based on factors such as radius, population size, zip codes, and more. Details can be found in Item 12 of the FDD.	Yes