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Buy a Caring Transitions Franchise

Caring Transitions is a senior-focused service franchise specializing in relocation, downsizing, decluttering, and estate liquidation for older adults and their families. Founded in 2006 and franchising from the start, the brand brings several related services together under one provider: move management, sorting and organizing, traditional estate sales, and online auctions through its CTBids platform.

The business runs on a home-based, low-overhead model. Franchisees work a defined territory, hire and schedule project crews rather than carry a fixed payroll, and are paid on completion as a cash business. Revenue comes from three main streams: relocation and downsizing projects, estate sales, and online liquidation. The network has grown to more than 450 locations across North America.

Caring Transitions is part of Strategic Franchising Systems, a multi-brand franchisor with decades of experience. Its main point of difference is CTBids, a proprietary online auction marketplace that gives owners a built-in resale channel most independent senior-move competitors lack.

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Why buy a Caring Transitions Franchise?

Buying a Caring Transitions franchise gives an owner entry to senior services, a category supported by long-term demographic demand that has proved resilient across economic cycles. The brand pairs a recognizable national name with a broad service mix, so a single client engagement can generate relocation, downsizing, and liquidation revenue rather than a one-off job.

The home-based structure keeps fixed overhead low, and the CTBids online auction platform provides a sales channel an independent operator would struggle to build alone. Owners also draw on Strategic Franchising Systems’ established operating systems and the Winner’s Circle program, which lets franchisees earn their franchise fee back as they reach defined milestones. No senior-care or industry background is required to start.

Caring Transitions Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2006

    • Franchising Since

      2006

    • New Startup Cost

      $75,760 – $123,150

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $58,900

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $15,000

      or 10% of purchase price, whichever greater; plus legal/admin costs

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      2%

      of Gross Receipts

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      423

    • New Units Opened *

      65

    • Units Transferred *

      33

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $296,598

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

Caring Transitions – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Initial training prepares new owners to bid and estimate projects, hire and manage crews, read the local market, and run daily operations using the brand's accounting, estimating, CRM, and CTBids auction systems. Ongoing help comes from a dedicated Operational Support team plus a franchisee intranet, webinars, regional meetings, national conferences, and strategic planning, with localized marketing tools and business coaching continuing post-launch. Resale buyers should confirm with Caring Transitions what onboarding and CTBids and CRM access transfer to incoming owners when a unit changes hands.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits a sales-oriented, organized operator who is comfortable building local referral relationships with estate attorneys, senior-living communities, and real estate professionals, and who can hire and coordinate project crews. Empathy matters, since clients are often navigating stressful life changes. No senior-care, real estate, or estate-sale experience is required, though any of those backgrounds helps. It fits hands-on local owners who enjoy community networking and juggling several service lines, rather than absentee investors.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Caring Transitions ranked #221 on Entrepreneur's 2026 Franchise 500 and #1 in its senior-relocation and estate-sales category, capping appearances on the list in most of the past decade and several years as Entrepreneur's #1 senior relocation franchise. Franchise Business Review named it a 2024 Top Franchise for Veterans on franchisee-satisfaction data, and it has appeared on Franchise Gator's Top 100. Resale buyers should weigh this brand recognition alongside the specific territory's local reviews and referral reputation.

  4. Industry / Market

    Demand is driven by an aging US population: Americans aged 65 and older are projected to reach roughly 73 million by 2030, when older adults will make up about one in five residents. Longer lifespans, the move toward downsizing and aging in place, and families spread across the country all fuel demand for senior move management and estate liquidation. The work is largely need-based, which supports resilience across economic cycles. For resale buyers, local demand depends on the territory's senior demographics and referral-network strength.

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