Questions about owning an ARHC home care franchise

Item 11 of our 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document states: “The typical length of time between signing the Franchise Agreement and opening your business is 2 to 6 months. Factors that may affect this time period include your ability to obtain a lease, secure financing, develop your location, obtain business permits and licenses, and hire employees.” We work through each of those steps with you, from licensing and hiring to your grand opening and your first client.

No. A healthcare background helps, but you don't need one to own an ARHC agency. Our training covers operations, compliance, hiring and marketing, and our franchise coach, MaryBeth Gesell, RN, BSN, works with owners on the clinical side of running a home care business.

People who like leading a team and don't mind being known around town. Much of an owner's week goes to hiring and keeping good caregivers, getting to know the hospitals, rehab centers and senior communities that refer families, and talking with families who are worried about a parent. If you bring energy and integrity and you're willing to follow the system we built running our own agency since 2010, we'll teach you the rest.

We start with a short call to learn about your goals and tell you about ARHC. If it looks like a fit, we meet again to talk through territories and the investment, and we invite you to a Discovery Day, in person at our headquarters in Marlboro, New Jersey, or online. If we both want to go forward, we give you our Franchise Disclosure Document and go through it with you. Federal rules require that you have it for at least 14 calendar days before you sign anything or pay us.

The initial franchise fee for a single territory is $49,950. Item 7 of our 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document estimates the total initial investment, including that fee, at $97,310 to $231,675. Where you land in that range depends on your market and on choices like your office space.

Royalties start at 5% and step down to as low as 3.5% as your sales grow, so the bigger your agency gets, the smaller the share you pay. Alongside the royalty you pay a 1% brand fund fee. Item 6 of our Franchise Disclosure Document sets out each royalty step and every other ongoing fee.

We can't promise or predict what your agency will earn, and federal franchise rules let us share financial performance figures only through Item 19 of our Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 19 of our 2026 FDD reports results from our affiliate's own home care agency in New Jersey. We go through it with you, including what it can and can't tell you about a new location.

Training starts with a virtual kickoff, where you receive our operations manuals, followed by two days of hands-on training at our headquarters in Marlboro, New Jersey. Before you open, you work through a step-by-step checklist for setting up your office, learn on our founder-designed training platform, and spend two days in a simulation of real client and payroll work, so the first real ones aren't new to you.

Right after your grand opening comes the Launch Lab, a four-week marketing program that helps you find your first clients and get known locally. Through your first year we hold regular sessions with you on finances and recruiting, and monthly strategy calls continue after that. You can reach our leadership team directly, and you meet other owners through mastermind groups, webinars and annual conferences.

We still run our own home care agency in New Jersey, the one our founder, Teresa Sajkowski, a registered nurse, started in 2010, so what we teach is what we do every day. Our royalties step down from 5% to as low as 3.5% as you grow. And you work directly with Teresa, her husband and co-founder Vincent Sajkowski, and the small franchise team who train and coach you.