CHICAGO: Over 9,600 franchised home healthcare entities exist worldwide, according to Richard Ueberfluss, who runs an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise and also serves as a Chicago-based regional franchise director for the company.
This makes home healthcare the fastest growing business in the franchise industry.
In 2009, the market reached sales of $72.2 billion. And all signposts indicate market demand for home healthcare overall is still in its early stages.
“We are only at the beginning of the ‘silver tsunami’ of aging baby boomers,” Ueberfluss said…