Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640730
BrightStar Care franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a BrightStar Care cost $101,464 to $217,486 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,963,777 in the franchisor's 2025 fiscal year figures; 6.3% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: BrightStar Franchising, LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-01, amended 2026-08-24. Fiscal year end 2025-12-28. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
single Agency.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $50,000 | Item 5, p. 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty 5.25% of monthly Net Billings, 6.25% on National Accounts billings | Item 6, p. 8 |
| Advertising fund | General Marketing Fee the greater of $500 a month or 2.5% of the prior month's Net Billings | Item 6, p. 8 |
territory of 200,000 to 300,000 people; $100 more per 1,000 people above that.
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
| Measure | 2025 Revenue, franchised Agencies open 12 months or longer (Table A) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 202 units: 202 franchised Agencies open 12 months or longer at year-end 2025, shown in quartiles; a 207-agency table that adds affiliate-owned agencies (average $2,413,076, median $1,943,606) and first-, second- and third-year cohorts precede it | |
| Period | 2025 fiscal year | |
| High / low | $14,781,044 / $48,123 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 median / Item 7 total (midpoint, low, high). A ratio of 1.00 means one year of median unit revenue equals the investment; it says nothing about profit.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 347 | 347 | 373 |
| Opened | 15 | 35 | 34 |
| Terminated | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Not renewed | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| End of year | 347 | 373 | 396 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 31 | 35 | 31 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 87; Table 3 totals p. 94.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the BrightStar Care Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-01 and amended 2026-08-24, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640730, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
Informational only, not professional, legal or investment advice. Unitnomics computes from the filing and does not advise on, rank, or refer to any franchise. Last reviewed: November 2026.