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AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2025

The FDD is the 23-item legal disclosure every U.S. franchisor must hand you at least 14 days before you sign or pay anything (FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR 436). AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's most recent FDD tracked here is the 2025 FDD, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Registration-state filings are public records, so you can read it free, with no sign-up.

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PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2025 · SOURCE STATE MN

What the 2025 filing revealedextracted from the filing
ITEM 5Initial franchise fee$60,000
ITEM 6Ongoing royalty6.0% of gross sales
ITEM 7Total initial investment$956K–$1.5M
ITEM 3Disclosed litigation matters5
ITEM 19Earnings disclosure (FPR)Yes — median unit volume $1.6M (population and period as defined in the filing's Item 19)
ITEM 20Outlets (fiscal 2024)304 franchised at year end · 8 exits (exit rate 2.9%, fiscal 2024)
ITEM 21Franchisor financial statementsUnmodified (clean) opinion — Grant Thornton LLP
Item 19 · how AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's earnings claim is built2025 FDD · page-cited

The headline figure is Average Cash Revenue (ACR) for Calendar year 2024, for 270 of 304 units, leaving out commenced business in 2024. The mean is 8% above the median, so a minority of high-volume units pulls the average up. It shows no costs, so it says nothing about what an owner keeps.

PartialCovers 270 of 304 units (89%) · median and mean · no expenses

Graded on three things the filing states: coverage (2 points if the figure covers at least 75% of the units it is compared with, 1 point for 50–75%), centre (2 points if it prints both a median and a mean, 1 for one of them), and costs (2 points for costs through a profit line or full cost detail, 1 for some cost items). 5–6 points = More complete, 3–4 = Partial, 0–2 = Limited. The grade describes the disclosure, not the business.

What is measuredAverage Cash Revenue (ACR) (revenue)
PeriodCalendar year 2024
Whose resultsFranchised outlets
Units included270 of 304 Franchisee Owned Centers in operation at Dec 31, 2024
Left out
  • commenced business in 2024 (34)
Average (mean)$1.8M
Median$1.6M
Mean vs medianmean 8.3% above median
Met or beat the average112 / 41%
Costs shownNone — sales only
Wherep. 54 (Item 19 runs pp. 53–56)
The filing's words“The remaining 348 Centers (78 Affiliate Owned and 270 Franchisee Owned) operated for the entire calendar year 2024 and form the data set (the “Data Set”) for this Item 19”
Item 21 · AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's own audited statements2025 FDD · page-cited

Grant Thornton LLP gave an unmodified (clean) opinion on the statements in the 2025 FDD; revenue rose 4% from FY2022 to FY2024.

Audit opinion

Unmodified (clean) opinion

Grant Thornton LLP · p. 184

Revenue · FY2024

$39.5M

p. 188 · matched to statement

Net income · FY2024

$19.1M

p. 188 · matched to statement

Where FY2024 revenue came from

81% royalties

5% initial / development fees

  • Fiscal years covered: FY2022, FY2023, FY2024 (2025 FDD, statements from p. 188)
  • Statements are for: AFC Franchising, LLC
  • Parent / owner: not identified in the statements
Fiscal yearFY2022FY2023FY2024
Total revenue$38.0Mextracted · not cross-checked$33.0Mextracted · not cross-checked$39.5Mp. 188 · matched to statement
Royalty revenue$31.2Mextracted · not cross-checked$25.4Mextracted · not cross-checked$32.0Mp. 188 · matched to statement
Initial / development feesline: Initial franchise feesnot extractednot extracted$2.0Mp. 188
Net income (loss)$18.3Mextracted · not cross-checked$13.9Mextracted · not cross-checked$19.1Mp. 188 · matched to statement
Cash at year endnot extractednot extracted$5.9Mp. 187

How to read this: royalties recur as long as franchisees trade; initial and development fees arrive only when new franchises are sold. A franchisor whose revenue leans on initial fees is funding itself by selling territories, and that revenue stops when sales slow. Under ASC 606 most franchisors recognize initial fees over the agreement term, so the line understates the cash collected in a strong selling year. Ad-fund revenue, where reported, is included in total revenue as the statements present it.

Each figure links to its page in the filed PDF. “Matched to statement” means our extraction and a second, rule-based read of the statement page agree; “extracted · not cross-checked” means the statement page is a scanned image or could not be read as text. Figures we could not place on a consistent scale are withheld, not guessed. Spotted an error? Report a correction.

Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2025 AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE FDD as filed (figures are not individually checked by a person) and links back to that document. Fields that could not be extracted are omitted; no figure here is estimated. Extraction errors are possible: the filing controls, and FDDs are reissued annually; verify against the current issuance before relying on any number. Spotted an error? Franchisors and owners can report it via the contact on our Terms page.

AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE FDD questions, answered

Where can I download the AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE FDD for free?

AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is a public record, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). It can be downloaded free from the source link on this page — no broker form, no email signup required.

What year is AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's most recent FDD on file?

The most recent AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE FDD tracked here is the 2025 FDD, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Franchisors must update their FDD annually; confirm you are reading the current issuance before signing.

Does AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2025 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $1.6M. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.

What does AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's FDD Item 20 show?

In fiscal 2024, AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE ended with 304 franchised outlets; 8 of 275 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 2.9%, fiscal 2024) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".

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