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ITEMS 5–7 · 2020 FDD · 5+ YEARS OLD

How much is a Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) franchise?

Per Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model)'s 2020 FDD, the initial franchise fee is $49,500 (Item 5) and the total initial investment runs $106K–$133K (Item 7); once open, you pay an ongoing royalty of 4.0% of gross sales (Item 6). This is the most recent filing tracked here (2020 FDD · 5+ years old); fees have likely changed, so ask the franchisor for the current FDD.

Franchise fee · Item 5

$49,500

one-time, to buy in

Royalty · Item 6

4.0%

of gross sales, ongoing

Total investment · Item 7

$106K–$133K

franchisor's own estimate

Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) vs senior care medians29 systems benchmarked
Cost lineGriswold Home Care (Full Employment Model)Sector median
Initial franchise fee ITEM 5$49,500$54,000
Ongoing royalty ITEM 64.0%6.0%
Total initial investment ITEM 7$106K–$133K$100K–$181K

MEDIANS: LATEST FDD FILINGS (≤24 MONTHS OLD) OF 29 SENIOR CARE SYSTEMS · FULL SENIOR CARE BENCHMARK →

Breakeven framingwhat it costs · what it drags

The buy-in is the smaller number. The larger one is the drag: 4.0% of every sale leaves before rent, labor, or your salary — so breakeven depends on volume you cannot know from the FDD; use the Item 19 figures as a starting point, not a promise.

To open (Item 7)

$106K–$133K

all-in investment range

Franchise fee (Item 5)

$49,500

upfront, one-time

Royalty (Item 6)

4%

of sales, ongoing

If a unit does this in annual sales…$500K/yr

Starts at a placeholder of $500K — a round figure for the sector, not from Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model)’s filings. Set your own figure and check it against this brand's Item 19 and what owners tell you.

Royalty you'd pay / yr

$20K

4% of sales, before profit

Over a 10-yr term

$200K

royalties alone, excl. ad fund

This estimate is computed by software from the brand's public filings and any inputs you enter. No CPA prepared it for you and no assurance is provided on it. Actual results will differ, and the differences may be material.

This is not profit. It covers what the FDD fixes: what you put in, and the royalty you owe on sales. Your take-home depends on labor, rent, supplies, and the months to breakeven, none of which the FDD fixes for your unit (some Item 19s include cost data — read it).

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Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) cost questions, answered from the filing

How much is a Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) franchise?

Per Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model)'s 2020 FDD, opening a franchise requires an initial franchise fee of $49,500 (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $106K–$133K (Item 7). Item 7 is the franchisor's own estimate — treat the low end as a floor, not a budget.

What royalty does Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) charge?

Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) charges an ongoing royalty of 4.0% of gross sales, per Item 6 of its 2020 FDD. The median across 29 senior care systems tracked here is 6.0%.

Does Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) tell you what franchisees earn?

Partly — Griswold Home Care (Full Employment Model) makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2020 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $757K. Unit revenue is not owner profit: subtract royalties, ad fund, rent, labor, and debt service.

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