28 Amada Franchise, Inc. FDD April 20, 2026 You must utilize our approved supplier, Associated Consultants, Inc. d/b/a RetroTax (“RetroTax”), for obtaining work opportunity tax credits. We have negotiated price terms with RetroTax for the benefit of our franchisees. In 2025, RetroTax paid us $13,829 in rebates from purchases and leases made Amada Senior Care Businesses. You must purchase or lease operational, financial, and accounting software from one of our 2 approved suppliers, Nurseloop and AxisCare, LLC. We have negotiated price terms with AxisCare, LLC, for the benefit of our franchisees. AxisCare, LLC pays our affiliate, Senior Care Ventures, 15% of its total revenue collected from Amada Senior Care Businesses. During its 2025 fiscal year, Senior Care Ventures derived $103,034 in revenue from software purchases made by Amada Franchisees. This information was obtained from Senior Care Ventures’ unaudited financial statements for the 2025 fiscal year.
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Amada Senior Care
Health servicesAmada Senior Care runs 266 total units, 261 of them franchised, in the health-services segment. Franchisees must license their operational, financial and accounting software from one of two franchisor-approved suppliers, AxisCare or Nurseloop, and must use the Placed software from affiliate MSCF to offer Senior Placement Services. Franchised outlets grew 33.163% year over year.
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Recorded percentage components
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15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 technology requirement is recorded in this filing. A required choice lists alternatives for one obligation. Read each cited clause for its conditions.
(6) Required Technology. This estimate includes the cost associated with our current requirements, which includes one computer, monitor, router and other network accessories, printer, scanner, basic software, virus software, and firewall software as detailed in Item 11. (7) Technology Fee. The Technology Fee currently includes two E-1 email accounts, SignNow, QuickBooks Online, and software support. The cost of the Technology Fee (ranging from $1,035 to $1,785 payable to us is included in this estimate.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
26 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 5 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Must the franchisee use an accounting or bookkeeping system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must utilize one of our approved suppliers for bookkeeping services in connection with your Amada Senior Care Business or otherwise obtain our advanced written approval for another supplier of bookkeeping services.
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We independently access all business records, accounts, books, data, licenses, reports, and contracts (“Business Records”) collected or compiled within any of your Business System software platforms and databases.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
10.3 Reports. Upon Franchisor’s request, Franchisee shall prepare and furnish Franchisor with signed reports and returns of Gross Billings, bank statements, quarterly unaudited profit and loss statements, use and gross receipt taxes and complete copies of any state or federal 39 Amada Franchise, Inc.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Our affiliate, MSCF, is currently an Approved Supplier of a proprietary software called Placed that must be used in connection with your Amada Senior Care Business.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
We currently have a franchisee advisory council (“Advisory Council”).
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to revise the Approved Supplies List and the Approved Suppliers List from time to time.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
88937Item 8
During the last fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2025, we derived $88,937 in revenues from franchisees for leases, purchases or services and products from us and our Approved Suppliers, which represents approximately 0.4% of our total revenue of $21,933,664.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor and its Affiliates may receive fees, commissions, volume rebates, or other consideration from approved and designated vendors in connection with Franchisee's purchases and is not required to disclose, account for, or share any such amounts with Franchisee.
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
75Item 8
We anticipate that, in total, the items that you must purchase from our Approved Suppliers will constitute up to approximately 75% to 100% of the products, supplies, equipment, services, and leases that you must purchase when establishing your Amada Senior Care Business, and 75% to 100% of your total ongoing…
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you would like to offer for sale or use any alternate product, material, or service that is not on the Approved Supplies List, you must notify us and obtain our prior written approval.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges that all telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, social media websites, internet addresses, and email addresses (collectively “Identifiers”) used in the operation of the Franchised Business constitute Franchisor’s assets.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must also comply with Franchisor's then-current data security and privacy standards and protocols as set forth in the Operations Manual, which Franchisor may update from time to time.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor and its designated agents, including accountants and auditors, shall have the right to examine and audit such Business Records at all reasonable times at the place(s) where such Business Records are maintained by or for Franchisee to ensure that Franchisee is complying with the terms of this Agreement.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 17
We can modify or change the System through changes in the Operations Manual.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
Within 90 days after we both sign the Franchise Agreement, you must locate the site for the Amada Senior Care Business, which must be approved by us.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Without our advance written approval, you may not maintain your own website, any similar pages on the Internet (including on social media), your own email address or domain, or otherwise maintain a presence online, nor may you conduct online or pay-per-click advertising using any public computer network in connection…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
In connection with opening your business, you must spend at least $2,500 on grand opening promotion and advertising at least 30 days before and during the first 30 days following the Opening Date of your Amada Senior Care Business.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
You are required to spend the greater of 1% of your monthly Gross Billings or $1,000 per month on local advertising and promotion (“Local Advertising and Promotion”).
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee also agrees to participate at its sole expense in all client loyalty, gift certificate and similar programs created by Franchisor.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase, sell, and use only those services and products that are listed on the Approved Supplies List from suppliers that are on the Approved Suppliers List.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase, sell, and use only those services and products that are listed on the Approved Supplies List from suppliers that are on the Approved Suppliers List.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
Any Royalty Fee is due and payable on the seventh (7 th) day of the month for the prior month’s billings via electronic funds transfer.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 11
You must at all times maintain sufficient levels of care providers to adequately meet customer demand and to adequately service clients.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We independently access all business records, accounts, books, data, licenses, reports, and contracts (“Business Records”) collected or compiled within any of your Business System software platforms and databases.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
The additional training programs and refresher courses will be at our then-current tuition for ongoing training, which is presently $750 per day per trainer.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesFranchise agreement
As provided herein, Franchisee or Franchisee’s representative must attend any annual conference (“Annual Conference”) of franchisees held by Franchisor.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?Item 8
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Franchise agreement
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Franchise agreement
The vendor opportunity at Amada Senior Care
Amada Senior Care operates 266 total units, 261 of them franchised, including 41 franchised units in California. Franchised outlets grew 33.163% year over year — a standout growth rate for a health-services system this size.
Who controls software purchasing
Amada designates the required software directly rather than leaving it open. Franchisees must purchase or lease their operational, financial and accounting software from one of two approved suppliers, Nurseloop or AxisCare, LLC, and must use the Placed software supplied by affiliate MSCF to offer Senior Placement Services. A monthly Technology Fee covers the Business System — currently two Microsoft 365 E-1 accounts, SignNow and QuickBooks Online — and the research, procurement and administration of software and equipment, and franchisees pay a separate Technology Fee for each additional location unless Amada determines they can share one Business System.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required
AxisCare is one of the two mandated options for the required operational, financial and accounting software; Nurseloop, the other option, is described in the filing's own words as software that "may be used" in the business. Placed, supplied through affiliate MSCF, is currently the only approved software for Senior Placement Services, which franchisees may not offer without it. QuickBooks Online is included in the mandatory Technology Fee, and the required technology includes the current version of Microsoft Office Suite.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
Item 8 runs on an Approved Suppliers List: franchisees must purchase and use only Approved Supplies List products from suppliers on that list, and may request approval of an alternate product or supplier at Amada's sole discretion. As of the filing date, Amada itself is not an Approved Supplier of any Approved Supplies a franchisee must purchase. The initial term is 10 years, with up to two consecutive 10-year renewals available to franchisees in good standing, for a maximum 30-year run — a decade-long cadence for revisiting the AxisCare/Nurseloop and Placed relationships.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
233 operators run 233 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| CA | 39 |
|---|---|
| FL | 19 |
| TX | 17 |
| PA | 11 |
| IL | 10 |
Ownership
The portfolio behind Amada Senior Care
Ownership: senior care ventures.
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