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Buy a BrightStar Care Franchise

BrightStar Care is a home health care franchise founded in 2002 and franchising since 2005. It provides both medical and non-medical support to seniors, families and individuals, covering the full continuum of care: companion care, personal care, and skilled nursing and medical services delivered in clients’ homes.

The brand is founder-led and built around several revenue streams. Alongside private-pay home care, franchisees can run medical staffing for healthcare facilities and serve National Accounts, corporate relationships with more than 180 healthcare companies that refer patients to local agencies. Each unit runs on a Director of Nursing model, with the owner managing the business while a qualified nurse oversees clinical care.

Operating in nearly all 50 states, BrightStar Care is an established national network. Its defining feature is Joint Commission accreditation, the standard applied to leading hospitals and held by few home care competitors. Because agencies provide skilled care as well as companion and personal care, they can keep clients as needs change rather than hand them to another provider.

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Why buy a BrightStar Care Franchise?

BrightStar Care is one of the more established names in home health care, and buying a BrightStar Care franchise gives a resale buyer an operating agency in a category supported by sustained demand from an aging population. The brand’s full continuum of care and Joint Commission accreditation place it toward the premium, clinically credible end of a market where most competitors offer only companion and personal care.

The ownership case rests on diversified income: private-pay home care, medical staffing, and National Account referrals from 180+ healthcare partners that can produce leads from a unit’s first day. The model is scalable, with no fixed cap on revenue as a territory matures, and the franchisor supplies the clinical systems, brand and operating support an independent operator would have to build alone.

BrightStar Care Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2002

    • Franchising Since

      2005

    • New Startup Cost

      $102,754 – $220,186

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details
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  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $50,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $15,000

      pro-rata if transfer is less than 100%

    • Royalty Fee

      5.25%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      2.5%

      of Gross Revenue or $500/mo min

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      427

    • New Units Opened *

      34

    • Units Transferred *

      25

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $889,051

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD
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BrightStar Care – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners receive initial training at BrightStar's headquarters and on site, covering operations, marketing and clinical practices. Ongoing support includes quarterly field visits, monthly performance-review calls on key metrics, industry-leading clinical support, a comprehensive operations manual, and designed marketing materials. Franchisees also draw on National Account relationships with 180+ healthcare companies for referrals. Resale buyers should confirm with BrightStar what transfer training and system access carry over to a new owner, along with the Joint Commission accreditation status of the agency being acquired.

  2. Ideal Owner

    BrightStar Care suits a hands-on manager and relationship-builder rather than a clinician: day-to-day clinical care is overseen by a Director of Nursing, while the owner drives sales, recruits and retains caregivers, and builds referral ties with hospitals, assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities. Strong people management, comfort with healthcare compliance, and a genuine commitment to quality care matter more than a medical background. It fits community-minded operators able to lead staff and grow several revenue lines at once.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    BrightStar Care has ranked in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 for 16 consecutive years, including 2026, and held the Joint Commission's Enterprise Champion for Quality award (2013–2025). It won a 2024 Global Franchise Award, has been a Franchise Research Institute World Class Franchise since 2007, and holds multiple Franchise Business Review honors, including Top Franchise Satisfaction and a Hall of Fame distinction. Earlier recognition includes Forbes' America's Best Franchises and Franchise Gator's Top 100 Fastest-Growing list. For resale buyers, brand recognition should be weighed alongside the agency's local reviews and referral reputation.

  4. Industry / Market

    The US home healthcare market was estimated at about $162 billion in 2024 and is forecast to grow at a double-digit annual rate (Grand View Research), driven by an aging population and a strong preference for aging in place. Roughly 10,000 Americans turn 65 each day, and most seniors will need some assistance with daily living. Demand is broadly recession-resistant, and home-based care is favored as a lower-cost alternative to facilities. For resale buyers, local referral networks and caregiver supply largely shape how well a unit captures this demand.

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