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Franchises for Older Americans

Rent-A-Grandma Franchise
Start a Rent-A-Grandma franchise and be in business for yourself for as little as $20,300.
    Rent-A-Grandma will train you to recruit, hire and train your “Grandmas” and then place them with households in need of domestic services.
    Rent-A-Grandma has been featured on Fox News Channel, ABC News, MSN.com, Fox Business News, CNBC, Today Show, Laura Ingraham Radio Show, Daily Telegraph (UK), and Entrepreneur Magazine.  
    With a Rent-A-Grandma franchise, you can be in business for yourself in a matter of weeks.
 
Help the millions of households in need of domestic services.  Match families in need of domestic help who can take care of the kids, baby sit, cook, clean, pet sit, and even help plan parties with mature, wise people who care.  
 
To learn more about availabilities in your area contact Todd Pliss 855-7-Granny or email Todd at  rentagrandma@yahoo.com. Tell Todd RetiredBrains suggest you contact him.

There are a number of franchises that let you work from home.

These kinds of businesses vary substantially from dog walking/training to baby sitting to cleaning services and tax preparation services and even medical billing and tutoring. All usually require less of an investment than franchises tied to a location where rent must be paid like restaurants, offices or retail stores. As franchises, however, they do provide the benefits of getting help from a company headquarters as well as a set of proven rules and procedures to follow for a successful business.

Due diligence is still necessary and there are often substantial costs over and above the license and franchise fees and operating manuals. Most franchisors require a monthly technology and or marketing fee as well as taking a percentage of sales. Don’t assume that you will spend all your time working out of your home. A substantial amount of time for most of these businesses is required outside of the home. 

List of franchise areas and the investments required

Advertising $44,000-$76,000
Asphalt Maintenance Services $50,000
Automotive $35,000-$1.5million
Beauty Supply $50,000-$500,000
Boxing Center $50,000
Buffalo Wings $250,000-$1.4 million
Burgers $75,000-$1.9million
Burritos $400,000
Business Brokerage Services $40,000-$100,000
Business Coaching $35,000-$150,000
Business Sevices $25,000-$800,000
Car Wash $100,000-$2.8 million
Check Cashing Services $80,000-$250,000
Child Services and Products $50,000-$100,000
Closet Center $350,000
Coffee Shops $295,000-$450,000
Commercial Cleaning $200,000-$300,000
Computer and Internet Services $80,000-$115,000
Cruise Planners $10,000-$160,000
Day Care $80,000-$400,000
Dental Repair $60,000
Dry Cleaners $40,000-$500,000
Employee Staffing $140,000-$200,000
Employee Training $50,000-$100,000
Event Services $30,000-$150,000
Executive Search & Recruiting  Firm $130,000
Espresso Shops $250,000
Family Restaurants $400,000-$2 million
Financial Services $50,000-$200,000
Fitness Center $100,000-$250,000
Gourmet Chocolate $150,000-$350,000
Green Environment Company $40,000-$200,000
Haircuts $80,000-$240,000
Health Club $400,000
Heath Care $114,000-$700,000
Home Blinds $80,000
Home Repair $112,000
Hydraulic Hose Services $600,000
Indoor Tanning Center $400,000
Italian Ice Shop $400,000
Janitorial Services $65,000-$250,000
Jewelry Store $50,000
Kitchen Remodeling $50,000-$106,000
Leather, Plastic & Vinyl Restoration $40,000-$115,000
Locksmith $50,000
Lodging $400,000-$5million
Maid Services $40,000-$200,000
Mail and packaging services $134,000-$255,000
Management Training $13,000-$125,000
Martial Arts $130,000
Massage Center $50,000-$1 million
Mobile Drug Testing $150,000
Mold Repair $60,000-$450,000
Oil Change Center $150,000-$1.5million
Paint Services $28,000-$100,000
Payroll  Tax and Accounting  Services $100,000
Pest Control $80,000
Pet Care $20,000-$250,000
Pizza Shop $160,000-$376,000
Popcorn shop $115,000
Property Management $90,000
Real Estate $35,000-$90,000
Retail Shops $100,000-$1.1million
Salads, Soups and Wraps Shop $200,000-$400,000
Secretarial Services $40,000
Security Systems $100,000
Senior Health Care $50,000-$200,000
Senior Magazine Publishing $75,000
Smoothies $130,000-$295,000
Spa $200,000-$825,000
Sports and Recreation $50,000-$300,000
Tax Services $70,000-$100,000
Temporary Staffing Services $140,000-$200,000
Tutoring $60,000-$150,000
Water Damage and Restoration $90,000-$180,000
Wedding Planner $150,000
Window Cleaning $19,000-$50,000
Wine Shop $220,000 
 
Additional franchises:
   
Bill Board Connection (Advertising)  $5,000.00
Computer Trouble Shooters  $20,000.00
Dickey's Barbeque Restaurant  $50,000.00
Energy Vending  & Retail  $18,000.00
FAS  Test Drug Testing  $49,000.00
Fresh Coat Paint Business  $40,850.00
Home Helpers Senior Care  $49,000.00
Huebsch coin laundry  $45,000.00
Minuteman  Man Press Printer  $49,000.00
Monkey Bars Garage Storgage  $18,000.00
Office Pride Commercial Cleaning   $ 29,000.00
Pet corner  $15,000.00
Prime National Credit Repair  $19,995.00
Wood Defense Staining Company  $150,000.00
WSI Internet(Internet Marketing)  $49,700.00 

Franchises less than $15,000.00 
 
Coupon Starter  $12,000.00
Franchise Consultant  $9,995.00
Guard Now(Security Guard Service)  $10,000.00
Janitorial Agency  $7,900.00
New Pro Publication Golf Business  $11,800.00
Novus Glass(Automotive Glass Company)  $10,000.00
Paint Bull  $5,000.00
Pajama Man School(home based insurance)  $5,000.00
Tire Inflation Maintenance  $2,500.00
Vernon Street Capital(Financial Services)  $3,995.00 
  
Owning a UPS Store franchise is an excellent way to create income for those who have cash or liquid assets of at least $60,000 to invest. If you are interested in learning more about a location in your area here.

RetiredBrains provides these lists to show some of the many kinds of franchise available and makes no guarantee that the companies on this list are legitimate enterprises. Check with your attorney before investing in these or any franchise opportunity

Examples of some of the franchises that service older Americans are listed below.

Seniors Helping Seniors
Seniors Helping Seniors match seniors who want to provide services, such as chores around the house or companionship, with seniors who are looking for help.

Senior Helpers
Senior Helpers provides in home, personal, and companion care for seniors in need. Services include caring companionship and conversation; bathing.

Sarah Adult Day Services
SarahCare Adult Day Services offers day care to seniors an upscale country club like setting at a reasonable cost as an alternative to residential car.

Work HelpingHands Services
@WORK HelpingHands Services is an in-home assistance service. @Work concentrates on four main areas of service, including daily living assistance.

Moving Solutions Franchise
Moving Solutions helps people relocate, particularly mature adults, individuals in the midst of health crises, and people of any age who have disabilities.

Aristocare
AristoCare is a comprehensive home health agency. AristoCare provides professional staff to clients in the comfort of their own home.

Champion Home Health Care
Champion Home Healthcare provides in-home assistance to elders and others. Champion provides customers with home health aides, companions and live-ins.

Brightstar Healthcare Franchising
BrightStar Healthcare seeks to provide families and their loved ones the highest level of accessible home care, dignity, and personal attention.

Synergy Homecare
Synergy HomeCare is a non-medical home care service that works with anyone in any age range and with any home care need.

Eldirect In-Home Senior Care
ELDirect In-Home Senior Care offers short-term, long-term, light, or 24/7 care at home, hospital

Grandma's Loving Hands Senior Home Care
Grandma's Loving Hands Home Care Services is a home care business for the elderly. Grandma's Loving Care offers services to people with dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc.

Accessible Home Health Care
Accessible Home Health Care provides health care professionals such as HHA's, CNA's, Companions, RN's, LPN's, and Therapist as Live-ins, hourly, or as needed.

Always Best Care Senior Services
Always Best Care works with case managers, social workers, discharge planners, doctors, and families to assist seniors.

CareMinders Home Care
CareMinders Home Care is dedicated to providing safe, caring services.

Home Instead Senior Care
CAREGivers provide companionship and care for seniors who need either a few hours or 24 hours of service.

Home Helpers
Home Helpers provides a helping hand to people who wish to live independently. Home Helpers can supplement the care and assistance provided by family.

Comfort Keepers
Comfort Keepers provides in-home care for seniors and others who need assistance in the home. Comfort Keepers provides: companionship, meal preparation..

Direct Link
Direct Link/Home Helpers provides non-medical care and companionship to senior citizens. The company allows active seniors to maintain their independence

Interim Homestyle Services
Interim HealthCare is a home care and medical staffing company that provides health care personnel at all skill levels in all settings. Services

Massage Envy Limited
Massage Envy provides many different types of therapeutic massage including Swedish, deep tissue, sports, reflexology, trigger point, and cranial.

Rodeway Inns
Rodeway Inn is an economy motel chain that caters to the senior travel market. Guest amenities include free local calls, a free weekday newspaper.

Homewatch CareGivers
Homewatch CareGivers offers companion care and on-call 24/7 services. Homewatch provides physical, emotional, and social support

Griswold Special Care
Griswold Special Care is a non-medical home care company that refers caregivers who provide in-home care services including personal care, homemaking.

Right At Home
Right at Home is an in home care and assistance agency that provides trained, insured, and bonded caregivers for a variety of professional home health

ComForcare Senior Services
ComForcare Senior Services is a provider of private duty non-medical home care. Caregivers provide personal care for those individuals seeking assistance.

Kidzart
At KidzArt, child development is fostered by teaching children how to draw, and by teaching children about fine and contemporary art.

Touching Hearts
Touching Hearts brings help and companionship to seniors and persons with disabilities by visiting and caring in their home or at our facilities.

American Ramp Systems
American Ramp Systems provides affordable, easily accessible ramps for wheelchairs, scooters and power chairs.

Kidstage
KidStage is an after-school drama program that provides acting classes, theater activities, and performance opportunities for kids of all ages

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