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    Always Best Care Senior Services vs Amada Senior Care

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Always Best Care Senior Services and Amada Senior Care disclose more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Always Best Care Senior Services: 10, Amada Senior Care: 7). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureAlways Best Care Senior ServicesASAmada Senior Care
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $48,500 – $145,900
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $121,577 – $438,440
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $6.00
    Royalty rate
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17
    $5.00
    Non-national account royalty
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 23
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    2%
    Advertising fund contribution percent — 2%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 18
    $1.00
    Advertising fund contribution
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 23
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    291
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52
    266
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 76
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    +42
    Calculated: 249 at end of 2023 → 291 at end of 2025
    +89
    Calculated: 177 at end of 2023 → 266 at end of 2025
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    2007
    From a verified franchisor listing
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Always Best Care systemwide and franchisee performance
    $238,360,485
    other Systemwide annual gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 47
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Single-unit 6+ years franchisees
    $1,218,161
    other Single-unit 6+ years · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Single-unit 1–5 years franchisees
    16.3 percent
    other Single-unit 1–5 years · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48
    +7 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Reported franchised outlets open for each full calendar year
    162 units
    other Count Gross Billings, outlet 2025 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 72
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Reported franchised outlets open for each full calendar year
    $1,607,831
    other Gross Billings, outlet 2024 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 72
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchisee ownership groups with at least one outlet open for a full calendar y…
    103 units
    other Count ownership group Gross Billings 2024 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 73
    +4 more groups in the full report

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

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