Home Instead vs SYNERGY HOME CARE
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
+2.4% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
+25.5% (2023–2025)
Strong
Exit quality
Fair
Fair
Transfer / churn
Strong
0.2× expected (5 of 245)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
1.1× expected (4 of 37)
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Distress
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$54,000
Franchise fee
$55,000
$93K–$351K
Investment range
$80K–$164K
5%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
Home Instead
SYNERGY HOME CARE
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