Home Instead
Franchise Opportunities
Open the door to your future today
An exciting market
It’s a great time to own a care franchise in the UK. The number of people needing care is growing strongly, and will continue to grow for many years to come.
Home-based care is an increasingly popular solution to this need.
Owning a care franchise means you can make a real difference to people’s lives, whilst also making a difference to your own.
Developing your franchise
We’re looking for dedicated people to run our franchises. People who have a good sense of business but also a deep inner sense of compassion. Could that be you?
If so, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to develop a growing and thriving business – and you’ll be helped throughout by the comprehensive support we provide.
Financial projections
Whilst compassion is essential, strong financial results matter too. With access to detailed business models and funding guidance, franchisees are positioned for robust growth.
Many franchise owners achieve significant milestones:
- More than half of franchisees turn over £1 million a year.
- Top-performing franchisees reach much higher annual revenues.
- Financial projections for franchise resales depend on business size.
With dedication and the right support, building a thriving, scalable home care business in the UK is an achievable goal—offering both personal fulfilment and strong financial rewards.
FAQs
Our business model is used in fourteen countries and 1,800 franchise offices, generating total revenues of over US$ 2.6 billion. We’ve won many prestigious franchise awards around the world, for both our franchise business model and our care services. In 2016 we received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. We’ve also won the most prestigious accolade in the UK franchise industry: the Gold Award in the Franchisor of the Year awards from the British Franchise Association.
By using our business model and actively building links in your territory, you can typically build a £1 million turnover business by years three to four, with an operating profit of 15-20%. This milestone is typically achieved with around 110 clients. The possibility of growth into a multi-million pound franchise has been achieved by many of our franchisees.
A Home Instead franchise licence costs £41,000 plus VAT, but you’ll need a further £55,000-£75,000 in working capital to break even in about months twelve to fourteen. The royalty fee is 6.5% of monthly revenues plus VAT.
We have over 250 franchisees in the UK and over 1,800 worldwide.
We have territories available throughout the UK and you can find details of these above. We carefully map our franchise territories so that each has at least 25,000-30,000 people aged over 65 – a size from which you can build a very profitable and successful business, whilst also making a difference by delivering our unique model of care.
Our mission is to “expand the world’s capacity to care”. We can only do this by having committed, passionate, caring entrepreneurs driving our franchise offices forward and helping us to reach more clients who we can support to live their best life at home. Our franchisees become thought leaders within their own territories, implementing our model of home care, which stands out from others in our sector.
Our new owner package includes:
- Franchise licence, operating system and manuals
- Initial marketing materials
- National and local PR programme
- Care Manager recruitment
- Support in finding a suitable local office and negotiating terms
- Care Professional training materials
- Registration and membership of regulatory and industry bodies
- HR advisory service
- First year UKHCA membership