Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641419
Senior Helpers franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Senior Helpers cost $176,500 to $231,500 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 11.8% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: SH Franchising, LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-29, amended 2026-08-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
single Senior Helpers Care Business.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $55,000 | Item 5, p. 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty 5% of Gross Sales every two weeks, with a Minimum Periodic Royalty after the first year | Item 6, p. 8 |
| Advertising fund | Marketing Fund up to 2% of Gross Sales, currently 1.5% | Item 6, p. 9 |
territory of up to 40,000 seniors; up to $75,000 for larger territories.
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.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. 2025 Gross Revenue of franchised businesses in five age cohorts; the 241 businesses open 60 months or more averaged $1,839,518 (median $1,452,858); no all-business figure (Item 19, p. 49, 50, 51, 52).
Sample: franchised Senior Helpers Care Businesses open at least 12 months at 2025-12-31, in cohorts of 60+ months (241), 48 to 59 months (20), 36 to 47 months (25), 24 to 35 months (30) and 12 to 23 months (33 or so); some businesses excluded per the notes. Period: 2025 calendar year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 gives age cohorts with no all-business figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 314 | 333 | 355 |
| Opened | 33 | 36 | 49 |
| Terminated | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| End of year | 333 | 355 | 394 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 13 | 13 | 7 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 53; Table 3 totals p. 60.
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 Senior Helpers Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-29 and amended 2026-08-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641419, 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.