Senior Care
ComForCare Franchise
A non-medical, in-home senior and personal care franchise offering companionship, personal care, and specialized care services through independently owned local offices.
On record with state regulators
In 2010, ComForCare's predecessor entered a Consent Order with the Maryland Securities Commissioner after continuing to sell franchises there once its Maryland registration had expired; ComForCare agreed to cease and desist and offered rescission to the three affected Maryland franchisees (one accepted). This is not a California DFPI action.
Disclosed in the FDD's litigation section (Item 3)
ComForCare has several fee-collection lawsuits against current or former franchisees on file, including a Cook County, Illinois case filed November 2025 (parties attempting to settle), a Michigan case where ComForCare won summary judgment in 2025 on both the original claim and a franchisee counterclaim (now under appeal), and a Fresno County, California case that settled in December 2025.
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 ComForCare'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
$59,000
Total to open
$72,975–$163,925
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 ComForCare's own FDD -- change it to your own estimate.
Total cost of ownership over 5 years
$247,975 – $338,925
Startup investment
$72,975–$163,925
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. ComForCare'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 ComForCare'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
0.9–2.0 years
Weigh that payback period against what you already know: ComForCare 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 ComForCare 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 ComForCare's FDD, the section franchisors use to disclose real openings and closings.
| Year | Franchised units, start | Franchised units, end | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 218 | 228 | +10 |
| 2024 | 228 | 248 | +20 |
| 2025 | 248 | 270 | +22 |
Most recent year (2025): gained 22 franchised units, ending the year at 270 total.
Where this came from: California DFPI Registration Renewal, App ID APP00004718, filed 4/3/2026, effective 4/29/2026. You can pull the same filing yourself from the California DFPI's public franchise search. Filed 2026-04-03. 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.