Senior Care
Amada Senior Care Franchise
A non-medical home care franchise providing companionship, personal care, and senior placement services, with administration of long-term care insurance claims for clients aging in place.
On record with state regulators
California regulators have twice found this franchisor in violation of the state's Franchise Investment Law: a January 2019 Consent Order for failing to disclose litigation and bankruptcy matters between 2012-2018 ($30,000 penalty, plus $6,000 in investigative costs and $6,000 paid to affected California franchisees), and an April 2020 Consent Order for a separate undisclosed litigation matter during part of 2019 ($10,000 penalty). Check the DFPI public record directly for the full consent orders.
Every franchisor has to file a document called an FDD before they can legally sell you a franchise. Buried in it are the two things a sales rep won't volunteer: what you'll actually spend to open, and whether existing locations are opening or closing. That's what's below, pulled straight from Amada Senior Care's own filing.
What it costs to open
From the filing's investment breakdown -- not a "starting at" number a sales rep quoted you.
Franchise fee
$57,000
Total to open
$121,577–$438,440
Ongoing royalty
5% of gross sales
What you'd actually spend, over time
The upfront cost is only part of it. Plug in what you expect a location to bring in, and see the real total once royalties over a few years are added on top.
Defaulted to a rough senior care industry average, not a figure from Amada Senior Care's own FDD -- change it to your own estimate.
Total cost of ownership over 5 years
$296,577 – $613,440
Startup investment
$121,577–$438,440
Royalty per year (5%)
$35,000
Total royalty, 5yr
$175,000
When would you break even?
Revenue alone doesn't tell you this -- it depends on what's left after rent, labor, and everything else. Amada Senior Care's FDD doesn't disclose a reliable profit figure (most franchisors don't), so this starts from a typical senior care profit margin (~12%) and applies it to the revenue you entered above -- adjust the percentage to your own realistic estimate.
Defaulted to a general senior care industry benchmark, not a figure from Amada Senior Care's own filing -- this is a starting point to adjust, not a promise about what franchisees actually make.
At that profit, you'd break even in about
1.4–5.2 years
Weigh that payback period against what you already know: Amada Senior Care is opening more locations. A long payback period on a shrinking brand is a very different bet than the same payback period on a growing one.
Is Amada Senior Care actually growing?
Franchisors have to report, every year, how many locations opened, closed, or changed hands. Most franchise sites never show you this. Here it is:
Locations opened vs. closed, by year
GrowingFrom Item 20 of Amada Senior Care's FDD, the section franchisors use to disclose real openings and closings.
| Year | Franchised units, start | Franchised units, end | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 160 | 176 | +16 |
| 2024 | 176 | 196 | +20 |
| 2025 | 196 | 261 | +65 |
Most recent year (2025): gained 65 franchised units, ending the year at 261 total.
What you're actually signing up for
The cost and growth numbers above are only part of the picture. These three FDD items are the ones a prospective franchisee tends to weigh most heavily once they're past the sticker price.
Training & ongoing support (Item 11)
Before opening, franchisees complete phone/webinar-based Start-up Business Training and Senior Placement Training, plus an in-person (or webinar) Senior Care Training Program at Amada's San Clemente, CA headquarters covering operations, sales, and staffing. After opening, Amada provides up to 3 days of tuition-free on-site Field Training covering referral-source outreach, in-field sales, and office setup, plus ongoing consultation and administration of the Advertising Fund.
Territory protection (Item 12)
Franchisees get an exclusive Designated Territory defined by ZIP codes, sized to roughly 32,000-42,000 residents aged 65+. Exclusivity is conditional, not absolute: franchisees must meet annual Minimum Gross Billings Standards ($150,000 by year 1, ramping to $1.2 million by year 6+) or Amada can reduce the territory, open or authorize others within it, or terminate the agreement. Amada also doesn't guarantee it will catch or remedy encroachment by neighboring franchisees, since detection relies on franchisee-reported billing data.
Renewal & termination terms (Item 17)
The initial term is 10 years, with up to two 10-year renewals (30-year maximum), conditioned on having met the Minimum Gross Billings Standards every year and signing Amada's then-current agreement, which may carry different terms. Franchisees have no contractual right to terminate; Amada can only terminate for specified cause. Disputes go to mandatory mediation/arbitration in Orange County, California (Amada's home county), and a 24-month post-termination non-compete applies within the former territory and a 25-mile radius of any Amada location.
How Amada Senior Care compares to other Senior Care franchises
Across the 7 senior care franchises we've hand-verified so far, the typical range to open runs $112,135–$249,899, with royalties averaging around 4.8% of gross sales (based on the 7 of them that charge a flat %-of-revenue royalty).
Amada Senior Care Franchise FAQ
How much does it cost to franchise a Amada Senior Care?
Based on Amada Senior Care's own FDD, total initial investment to open one location runs $121,577–$438,440, including the $57,000 franchise fee. California DFPI Registration Renewal, App ID APP00005275, filed 4/20/2026, effective 7/1/2026.
What is the Amada Senior Care franchise fee and royalty rate?
The initial franchise fee is $57,000, and the ongoing royalty is 5% of gross sales, per the filing on record.
Is the Amada Senior Care franchise growing or shrinking?
Growing. Across 2023–2025, Amada Senior Care added a net 101 franchised locations, per its own annual FDD filings.
Keep going
- Amada Senior Care and Visiting Angels are both senior care franchises; Amada Senior Care's total investment starts about $3,883 lower than Visiting Angels's. Visiting Angels Franchise
- Amada Senior Care and BrightStar Care are both senior care franchises; BrightStar Care's total investment starts about $20,113 lower than Amada Senior Care's. BrightStar Care Franchise
Where this came from: California DFPI Registration Renewal, App ID APP00005275, filed 4/20/2026, effective 7/1/2026. You can pull the same filing yourself from the California DFPI's public franchise search. Filed 2026-04-20. None of this is investment advice -- get the franchisor's current FDD and talk to a real attorney or accountant before you sign anything.
If you see a different unit count elsewhere: franchisors only have to refile their FDD annually, so the numbers here can run 6–18 months behind a franchisor's own real-time marketing claims -- which often aren't independently verified, and sometimes count signed-but-not-yet-open locations. A gap isn't necessarily an error on either side; it's two different snapshots in time from two different sources.