2026 FDD Item 19, p. 63 Checked Oct 23, 2026
Home Instead Franchise Revenue (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Home Instead reports average gross sales for franchised businesses operating full year 2025 of $2,750,876 (2025, 611 franchised businesses open all 12 months in 2025). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: a Home Instead franchise costs an estimated $92,640 – $350,550 to open (Item 7). See the full Home Instead franchise cost breakdown.
Does Home Instead’s Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
No. Home Instead’s Item 19 reports sales but no profit, costs or owner pay. Rent, payroll, supplies, loan payments and Item 6 fees such as the royalty (5% of Gross Sales) come out of sales before an owner is paid, so these figures cannot show what an owner earns.
What Home Instead discloses (Item 19)
Source: Home Instead 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 63.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross sales for franchised businesses operating full year 2025 | $2,750,876 | 2025 | 611 franchised businesses open all 12 months in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 65) |
| Median gross sales for franchised businesses operating full year 2025 | $2,352,451 | 2025 | 611 franchised businesses open all 12 months in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 65) |
| Highest gross sales among franchised businesses | $13,070,342 | 2025 | Top performing franchised business in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 65) |
| Lowest gross sales among franchised businesses | $38,465 | 2025 | Lowest performing franchised business in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 65) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 (PDF pages 63-65) reports 2025 Gross Sales and client hours for 611 U.S. franchised businesses on a per-franchise basis; 242 (39%) met or exceeded the average. Affiliate-owned businesses, 15 franchised businesses that opened after January 1, 2025, businesses that closed in 2025 and four other locations are excluded. The table prints cents: average $2,750,875.94 and median $2,352,450.95. The figures were not independently audited and are sales before costs, not owner profit.
How to interpret Home Instead’s Item 19 figures and sample limits · What Item 19 does and does not show about owner pay.
Required Systems fees vary with the size of the franchise and the number of users, and some systems are billed annually, so one annual sales figure cannot establish total recurring fees. Reported sales are not owner income.
Scope of these figures: The selected Home Instead disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers 611 franchised businesses open all 12 months in 2025. They do not establish take-home owner income or the results of a new outlet. Read the linked Item 19 for the franchisor's definitions and exclusions.
Full Home Instead franchise cost breakdown · Payback calculator (enter your own assumptions)
Sources
HOME INSTEAD, INC. Franchise Disclosure Document, issued April 29, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 19
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 21
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 26
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 63
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 75
- Agreement term (Item 17): cited PDF p. 55
Page references for Home Instead use the PDF viewer's digital page count, not printed page headers. Some viewers download the document instead of opening the referenced page.
If the state document viewer does not open, use Minnesota Commerce's public filing instructions to look up the filing by franchisor name and document date.
Document & verification changelog
- October 29, 2026: Record updated.
- October 23, 2026: Source check completed against the recorded FDD.
- October 23, 2026: Complete source recheck against the April 29, 2026 FDD: cover, Item 1, Item 5, all 22 Item 6 rows (PDF pages 21-26), Item 11 local advertising terms, every Item 7 row and total, Item 17, Item 19 and Item 20 Tables 1-4. Replaced the Item 6 schedule, which had misstated the technology, transfer, renewal and interest terms and listed charges and a local marketing minimum the FDD does not contain; removed liquid-capital and net-worth figures that had no FDD or exact website source; corrected the Item 20 page. The source hold is cleared.
- October 19, 2026: Source review hold recorded: The October 19 audit corrected conflicting Item 7 prose, selected financial-performance labels and PDF references. The fee schedule and remaining record sections still require a complete source recheck; the historical source-check date is not renewed by these targeted corrections.
- October 16, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued April 29, 2026).