SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · PENNSYLVANIA
Home Instead franchise in Pennsylvania: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Home Instead in Pennsylvania have taken 29 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $460,934). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. Home Instead's national ratio is 0.2×. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 41 franchised outlets in Pennsylvania (fiscal 2025) — about 0.31 per 100k residents.
Loans in PA
29
Charged off (all years)
0 of 16
Loss ratio in PA
—
Loss ratio nationally
0.2×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = PA. Loss ratio = charge-offs among loans approved through FY2020 ÷ the charge-offs expected if each had defaulted at the national rate for franchise loans approved the same year; 1.0× is the same. Only charged-off and paid-in-full loans count. A ratio is shown at 30+ such loans; “not clear” marks a ratio chance alone could produce. The all-years count mixes every era and is evidence, not a rate to compare. Borrowers are matched to the brand by name and SBA franchise code; some matches may be wrong or missing.
Businesses in this industry
2,056
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
15.7
national 17.4
Versus the country
-10%
thinner
Every business in Home Instead's industry operating in Pennsylvania — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across the brand-state cells in the loan data, denser markets have historically charged off less often than the thinnest (see the research page). A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$933
Pennsylvania, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$799
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+17%
costlier to staff
What Home Instead's industry actually pays workers in Pennsylvania, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This cost signal is independent of the FDD: a market can look demand-rich above and still carry a margin headwind here if local wages run hot for the sector.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 40 | — |
| 2024 | 41 | — |
| 2025 | 41 | — |
| System | Loans in PA | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in PA | Units in PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SENIOR HELPERS | 13 | 0 of 10 | — | 23 |
| Visiting Angels | 10 | 0 of 5 | — | — |
| Bright Star Healthcare/Brightstar | 7 | 0 of 6 | — | — |
| Right at Home | 6 | 0 of 5 | — | 31 |
| Interim Healthcare | 5 | 1 of 4 | — | 10 |
Other systems in Home Instead's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Pennsylvania. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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