Established Profitable Senior Service Biz w Strong Referrals
Caring Transitions franchise for sale in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
List Price: $149,000 USD
Key Facts
Annual Gross Revenue
$277,003 USD
Cash Flow (SDE)
$50,000 – $100,000
Seasonal Business
No
Value of Inventory
Less than $25,000
Value of Assets
Less than $25,000
Year Established
2017
Business Operates From
My home
Location Is
N/A
Approx. Monthly Rent
N/A
Total Employees
Less than 10
+3 MonthsTransition
Support
SomewhatPrice/Terms
Flexibility
SomeSeller financing Available
Part-timeOwner
Involvement
About this Business
Established in 2017, this business helps families navigate downsizing, relocations, estate sales, and other major life transitions. Built steadily over nearly a decade, it has developed a strong local reputation and a long track record of profitability. The business generated approximately $277,000 in revenue in 2025.
Most new clients come through referrals from realtors, retirement communities, past clients, and local professionals. The business also benefits from a loyal network of repeat buyers who regularly participate in estate sales and online auctions. A 4.8-star Google rating reflects the experience clients have come to expect. Years of helping local families have created a business that people know, recommend, and return to when life brings another transition.
The business operates with a reliable team of 9 part-time employees. The opportunity is well suited for someone who enjoys helping people, leading a team, and building relationships in the community. The current owner balances multiple business interests, leaving room for a more focused owner to strengthen marketing efforts, deepen referral relationships, and increase community visibility. The seller is willing to consider partial seller financing for the right buyer.
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Growth opportunities
The current owner balances multiple business interests, creating an opportunity for a new owner to devote additional attention to marketing, referral development, hiring, scheduling, and operational leadership. With strong referral relationships already in place, growth is likely to come from focused ownership and stronger execution.
Owner's Day-to-Day Involvement
The current owner spends approximately 30 hours per week overseeing projects, supporting clients, and leading the team. It is best suited for an organized, relationship-oriented owner who enjoys helping people and managing multiple moving parts.
Additional Info
The seller will provide 30 days of transition support and is willing to discuss remaining involved on a part-time basis for 2 to 6 months to help introduce referral partners and support business development.
Asset Description
The sale price includes all of the assets required to operate the business, including branded marketing materials and signage, moving and organizing equipment, vacuums and cleaning tools, folding carts, appliance dolly, ladders, lighting equipment, traffic cones, moving blankets, folding tables, shelving, and storage systems. These assets are estimated to have a replacement value of approximately $2,500.
Inventory Description
Inventory is also included and consists of moving boxes, packing paper, stretch wrap, packing tape, packing supplies, brochures, and other consumable materials used in daily operations. Current inventory is valued at approximately $800.
Reason for Selling
Retire & Travel
Why I Love My Franchise
Lots of support from corporate. My corporate business coach is fantastic. The work is important and families we help are very appreciative. We make a positive difference in people's lives.
About Caring Transitions
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.
Franchisee 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.
Brand Accolades & 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.
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.
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.