Home Smiles franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Home Smiles franchise takes $178,750 – $226,080 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $104,500 – $117,500. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated. The ledger below itemizes every figure we can source for Home Smiles, each one dated, so you can check the numbers before anyone gets your contact details.
Home Smiles franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $104,500 | $117,500 | $104,500 to $117,500 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $178,750 | $226,080 | $178,750 to $226,080 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $178,750 | $226,080 | $178,750 to $226,080 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Home Smiles's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | Not disclosed |
See the full Home Smiles cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Home Smiles's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Home Smiles's disclosed cost sits against the Health & Fitness category:
- Minimum startup cost of $178,750 — about in line with the Health & Fitness median of $184,861.
- Initial franchise fee of $104,500 — about 2.1× the Health & Fitness median of $49,000.
Category medians are computed from the Health & Fitness brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Health & Fitness franchises
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How Home Smiles's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2017–2022: began the window at 1 units; 8 units opened, 2 closed, ending at 6 units. (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Home Smiles or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask Home Smiles for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether Home Smiles is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether Home Smiles grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only Home Smiles can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the Home Smiles franchise
Home Smiles is a health & fitness franchisor with 6 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2017 and 2022, it began the window at 1 units; its filings record 8 unit openings and 2 closures, ending at 6 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only).
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
Home Smiles is a dental care franchise that offers a variety of services, including general and cosmetic dentistry, with a focus on convenience through at-home care solutions like mobile dental units. The franchise emphasizes personalized, patient-centered care and education on oral hygiene, aiming to create a comfortable and accessible dental experience for busy families and individuals with mobility challenges.
Home Smiles franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Home Smiles franchise cost?
- $178,750 – $226,080 all-in to open, per Home Smiles's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Home Smiles units are there?
- 6 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Home Smiles's units held up?
- 75% of units at risk between 2020 and 2022 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).