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Assisted Living Locators is a senior-placement and referral franchise that helps families navigate one of the most difficult decisions they may face: finding appropriate care and housing for an aging parent or loved one.
Franchise owners work with seniors and their families to understand their medical, financial, geographic, and lifestyle needs and then help identify appropriate options that may include assisted living communities, independent living, memory care, skilled nursing, and other senior-care resources.
One of the most important distinctions about the business is that the family generally does not pay Assisted Living Locators for the placement service. Instead, participating senior-living communities typically pay the franchisee a referral or placement fee when a referred client moves into their community.
This is also very different from owning a home-care franchise. Assisted Living Locators franchisees do not need to recruit and manage hundreds of caregivers or provide direct medical or personal-care services.
Instead, the business is primarily built around relationships, referrals, local networking, senior-care knowledge, and helping families make informed decisions.
The business can be operated from a home office, requires relatively little equipment or inventory, and has one of the lower initial investments within the senior-care franchise industry.
Assisted Living Locators was founded in 2003 with the goal of helping seniors and their families navigate an increasingly complicated senior-care system.
Finding the appropriate living environment for an aging family member can be overwhelming.
Families may need to evaluate assisted living, memory care, independent living, skilled nursing, home-care resources, financial considerations, geographic preferences, and the specific care requirements of their loved one.
Assisted Living Locators developed a personalized referral model designed to guide families through that process.
Rather than charging families for this assistance, the business generally earns revenue from participating senior-living communities when a referred client moves into an appropriate community.
The company subsequently expanded through franchising and developed territories throughout the United States.
The business has grown alongside the increasing demand for senior-care navigation as America's population continues to age and families face increasingly complicated care decisions.
Assisted Living Locators may be particularly attractive to someone who wants a people-oriented business with relatively low overhead and a meaningful purpose.
The ideal franchisee needs two qualities that do not always appear together:
Empathy and sales ability.
The empathy side is important because families often contact Assisted Living Locators during difficult circumstances.
A parent may have fallen.
A spouse may have dementia.
A family may suddenly realize that an elderly relative can no longer safely live independently.
The owner needs patience, compassion, and the ability to guide families without making them feel they are being sold.
But there is also a significant business-development component.
Franchisees need to build relationships with:
Hospitals
Rehabilitation centers
Physicians
Social workers
Case managers
Elder-law attorneys
Financial advisors
Home-care companies
Senior centers
Churches
Community organizations
Senior-living communities
Other healthcare professionals
A strong referral relationship can potentially produce clients repeatedly.
For this reason, the business can be especially attractive to candidates who enjoy networking and relationship selling.
It may be less attractive to someone who dislikes networking, emotional client situations, community outreach, or ongoing business development.
Assisted Living Locators provides franchise owners with initial and ongoing training designed to teach both the senior-placement business and the business-development process.
Support may include:
Initial franchise training
Senior-care industry education
Senior-living community evaluation
Client-assessment procedures
Sales and networking training
Referral-source development
Marketing support
CRM technology
Lead management
Digital marketing resources
Territory-development guidance
Business coaching
Operational systems
Ongoing education
Franchisee networking
National brand resources
Because relationship development is so important, candidates should pay particular attention during validation to how effectively the franchisor teaches new owners to establish professional referral networks.
Assisted Living Locators does not directly finance franchisees.
The company may provide candidates with information regarding third-party financing resources.
Because the total investment is under approximately $100,000, candidates may have several funding options, including:
Personal savings
SBA financing
Conventional small-business loans
Retirement-plan business funding (ROBS)
Home-equity financing
Securities-backed financing
Partnerships
Third-party franchise lenders
The relatively low initial investment can make the concept more accessible than many senior-care franchises.
However, candidates should still maintain adequate working capital because developing professional referral relationships and building a consistent pipeline of placements can take time.
All investment figures are estimates based on publicly available information.
All financial information presented here is for educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of revenue, income, profitability, or investment performance. The financial performance information referenced comes from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document and represents historical results for qualifying franchisees. The Item 19 figures are revenue figures, not owner income or profit. Results vary considerably among franchisees. Actual performance can be affected by territory demographics, competition, local senior-living inventory, networking ability, referral relationships, owner involvement, marketing, sales ability, healthcare relationships, reputation, and execution. Prospective owners should carefully review the current FDD, particularly Items 5, 6, 7, 12, 19, and 20, and consult qualified legal, accounting, and financial professionals before investing.
An independent assessment from your franchise consultant
Steve Warres, Franchise ConsultantAssisted Living Locators is a franchise I find interesting for a very different reason than a typical home-care franchise.
You are participating in the senior-care industry without taking on one of the industry's biggest operational challenges: recruiting and managing caregivers.
That is significant.
Traditional home-care businesses can become substantial businesses, but staffing can be extremely demanding. Assisted Living Locators removes much of that operational complexity.
I also like the relatively low initial investment and home-based structure.
A candidate can enter a growing senior-services industry for less than $100,000 without signing a major retail lease, purchasing expensive equipment, or carrying substantial inventory.
However, I would not look at this franchise and automatically conclude that low investment means easy business.
The Item 19 tells a more complicated story.
The 106 qualifying franchisees averaged approximately $223,000 in Gross Invoiced Revenue during 2025, but the median was only approximately $144,000.
That difference gets my attention.
The highest performer generated more than $1.1 million while the lowest generated only about $26,000.
That tells me owner execution, territory, referral development, experience, and possibly the number of territories owned can make an enormous difference.
This is therefore a franchise where I would spend considerable time understanding why the top performers succeed and why lower-performing owners struggle.
Bottom line: Assisted Living Locators is a franchise I believe deserves consideration for candidates who want to participate in the growing senior-services industry without taking on the staffing and capital requirements associated with operating a traditional home-care company or senior-living facility.
There are several things I like about the model.
The initial investment is relatively low.
The business can operate from a home office.
There is very little inventory or equipment.
There is no large caregiver workforce.
And the demographic demand behind the business should continue as America's senior population grows.
I also like the potential to build valuable professional referral relationships.
A strong connection with a hospital, rehabilitation center, elder-law attorney, physician, social worker, or other healthcare professional can potentially generate clients repeatedly rather than forcing the owner to continually start from zero.
However, the 2026 Item 19 is the part I would examine most carefully.
The average qualifying franchisee generated approximately $222,762 in Gross Invoiced Revenue, while the median was approximately $143,806.
That is a meaningful difference.
It tells me that I would not evaluate this franchise based simply on the average revenue number.
I would want to understand what the middle 50% of franchisees are actually doing and, more importantly, what they are earning.
Because this is a low-overhead home-based business, a $200,000 revenue business could potentially be attractive if operating expenses are low.
Conversely, a $140,000 revenue business may or may not provide enough owner income depending upon royalties, marketing, staffing, networking expenses, and other costs.
That is why profitability matters much more than the headline revenue number with this particular concept.
I would also investigate the system's recent franchisee turnover. Growth is positive, but terminations, non-renewals, and transfers need to be understood rather than ignored.
Overall, I would classify Assisted Living Locators as a good franchise to investigate for the right personality and background rather than a franchise I would recommend broadly to everyone.
The strongest candidate is likely someone who is compassionate, comfortable dealing with families during difficult circumstances, excellent at networking, and willing to consistently develop professional referral relationships.
For that person, the relatively low investment, low overhead, growing senior population, and referral-based business model could create an attractive opportunity.
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