ALWAYS BEST CARE SENIOR SERVICES vs Home Instead
Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.
Units · latest run
+16.9% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
+2.4% (2023–2025)
Strong
Exit quality
Strong
Fair
Transfer / churn
Fair
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
0.2× expected (5 of 245)
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Distress
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$49,900
Franchise fee
$54,000
$90K–$146K
Investment range
$93K–$351K
6%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
ALWAYS BEST CARE SENIOR SERVICES
Home Instead
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