Women-Owned and Women-Focused Franchises

Homewatch Caregivers

If you’re looking for a financially rewarding business in a growing industry, look no further than Homewatch Caregivers.

Class 101

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Families are overwhelmed by a college process that now costs around $40,000 a year, and Class 101 guides students to admission and an average of $200,000 in scholarships and financial aid.

Showhomes Home Staging

ABF Insight: Showhomes is the nation’s largest home staging franchise with 24,000+ homes staged valued at $18B+. Multiple revenue streams, 2.5x industry average revenue, no design experience required.

Creative Kids

ABF Insight: 30 million kids want after-school enrichment but 75% can’t access programs. Creative Kids Movement Network’s on-site model serves working parents while giving kids movement and mindfulness!

Hand & Stone Massage & Facial Spa

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The U.S. spa industry is growing at 11.3% annually through 2030. Hand & Stone leads the category with 600+ locations, $1.39M average gross sales, and 72% of its system multi-unit owned — one of the strongest franchisee confidence signals in wellness franchising.

Cerna Homecare

ABF Insight: Most home care franchises focus on basic daily living support. Cerna Homecare goes further — specializing in cognitive care for Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative disorders with trainable techniques developed alongside top neurologists.

HealthyYOU Vending

HealthyYOU Vending is the #1 Vending Business Opportunity in a Booming Industry.

STEMTREE

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Tutoring when kids fall behind, enrichment when parents want them ahead — Stemtree runs both from one center, with a K-12 curriculum across five STEM subjects and absentee ownership available.

Right At Home

Right at Home is one of the largest and fastest-growing home care franchise brands. Today, Right at Home has over 700 locations across six countries.

Caring Transitions

ABF Insight: 75 million seniors need relocation and downsizing services. Caring Transitions has ranked #1 in senior relocation for 5 consecutive years with 17 years of double-digit revenue growth and 325+ locations.

Pampered Peach

ABF Insight: $11.8B waxing market by 2028 with recurring revenue model. The Pampered Peach’s proprietary wax formula and record-breaking speed disrupts tired industry!

Get A Grip Resurfacing

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Replacing a bathtub takes days and thousands. Get A Grip resurfaces it in one, from a van, with no percentage royalty — owners pay a flat monthly fee instead and scale by adding trucks.

IM=X Pilates and Fitness

The IM=X® Pilates Studio franchise is a powerful brand for earning power with over 35 locations. Multiple revenue streams including personal training and yoga.

Bee Organized

Since 2015, we’ve grown to 25+ markets. Female-led and purpose-driven, BEE Organized blends profit with passion—25+ franchisees thrive coast-to-coast.

The Maids

ABF Insight: The Maids operates 1,600+ units with a team-based cleaning model and 22-Step process. Descending royalty starts at 6.9% and drops to 3.9%. Item 19 reports $1M+ average franchisee revenue.

Trua Senior Living Locators

ABF Insight: America’s aging population creates unprecedented demand for senior placement services. Trua Senior Living Locators offers home-based franchise helping families navigate senior care decisions with personalized, clinical approach!

Zoomin Groomin

Whether you are an experienced groomer or new to the industry, Zoomin Groomin provides all the support and resources you need to succeed.

Assisting Hands

ABF Insight: 5 revenue streams — non-medical care, skilled nursing, medical equipment, temp staffing, total care management. Exclusive “A” territories. Sliding royalty 5%→4%. Franchisee Satisfaction Award winner.

Grand Welcome

Grand Welcome offers entrepreneurs a proven franchise model which has performed at a high level for years producing strong ROI and consistent results.

Aldea Home & Baby

For the last 20 years, Aldea Home & Baby has been the very best at what we do. We sell the most stylish home and baby goods available. Bring our store to your community.

The Designery

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Half of American homes were built before 1980, and high rates are keeping owners in them. The Designery does the kitchen, the bath, and the closet from one showroom, with VR walkthroughs of the finished space.

MaidPro

MaidPro has everything you need to find success including cutting-edge technology, marketing programs, and MaidPro University.

Gymboree

ABF Insight: Ages birth to 5 are foundational years for future success. Gymboree’s research-based play programs support whole child development in 700+ centers worldwide!

Amazing Athletes

ABF Insight: Amazing Athletes delivers mobile, non-competitive youth sports programs through schools and community partners—combining early childhood development, recurring class revenue, and a flexible ownership model.

Grasons Estate Sale

ABF Insight: Market Signal — As millions of boomers downsize, relocate, and settle estates, someone has to price and sell what fills the house. Grasons runs that estate sale, from staging through the final buyer.

Mainstream Boutique

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Boutique retail continues shifting toward personalized shopping experiences and community-driven customer loyalty. Mainstream Boutique combines exclusive product lines with localized boutique ownership.

Ultimate Longevity Center

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Gary Brecka. Anthony Geisler — the operator who built Club Pilates into a billion-dollar franchise system. UBS projects the global longevity economy to reach $8 trillion within four years. Ultimate Longevity Center is positioned at the center of all of it.

Array Skin Therapy

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Thirty million Americans live with chronic skin conditions and most have never been offered the drug-free treatment dermatologists recommend. Array is the only clinic built around it.

The Care Concierge

ABF Insight: The Care Concierge is a home-based senior placement franchise — referral fees from facilities, no care delivery, low startup costs. New to franchising in 2024.

Cooper’s Scoopers

ABF Insight: 66% of U.S. households own pets, and over half own dogs. Cooper’s Scoopers delivers eco-friendly pet waste removal with recurring revenue, low overhead, and semi-absentee ownership potential — backed by Loyalty Brands franchise infrastructure.

Seniors Helping Seniors

The Cleaning Authority

The Cleaning Authority’s in-house marketing produces over 86% of clients.

EmmUcare Home Health

Emmucare Home Health offers a quick startup + low investment. Our financial model is designed to maximize profitability and potential for a strong return on investment.

Amada Senior Care

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Every family calling a home care agency is asking the same thing underneath: how do we pay for this. Amada owners answer it — VA benefits, long-term care insurance, and five ways to serve the same client.

Kontota Mobile Pet Grooming

Kontota® is a mobile pet grooming business. A home-based business model that offers low start-up costs with the potential to scale, owning multiple territories and grooming vans.

Sylvan Learning

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Parents have known the Sylvan name since they were kids. Owners run centers covering reading, math, writing, test prep, and STEM — with 5,000 school relationships feeding referrals independent tutors can’t match.

BrightStar Care

ABF Insight: Most home care franchises offer companion care only. BrightStar Care delivers the full continuum — companion, personal, skilled nursing, medical staffing, and 100+ national account referrals — with an RN Director of Nursing on every case and Joint Commission accreditation matching Mayo Clinic standards.

Re-Bath

ABF Insight: Market Signal — With $4.25M average annual sales and 51.3% gross margins, Re-Bath runs at more than double the remodeling industry’s typical profitability, backed by built-in big-box retail demand from day one.

Wize Computing Academy

ABF Insight: Wize Computing Academy teaches 50,000+ students through 350+ partner schools. Home-based, no storefront needed — deliver coding, robotics, and AI curriculum in schools, online, and camps.

Club Pilates

Club Pilates is the largest network of Reformer-based group Pilates studios in the world, with more than 750 studios open.

The Shade

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Clients have always wondered what’s in the soaking tub. The Shade removed it — a fully waterless studio with all-inclusive pricing, built by the team that scaled The Tox past 50 locations.

Griswold Home Care

ABF Insight: First non-medical home care franchise in the US — 40+ years. 200+ locations in 30 states. Lowest royalty in industry (4%). Largest territories. 10,000 Americans turn 65 daily.

Property Management Inc.

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The global property management market is projected to reach $28.2 billion by 2028. PMI manages $50 billion in assets across 400+ franchises — the only system unifying all four pillars of property management under one franchise model.

Sea Love Candle Bar

A Sea Love Candle Bar brings people together to learn the art of scent-blending through hands-on ‘pour your own candle’ workshops.

360 Tour Designs

With no photography experience necessary, 360 TOUR DESIGNS focuses on real estate marketing through a lens. Every business needs our services including 1.5 Million Realtors.

Camp Bow Wow

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Americans treat their dogs like family, and Camp Bow Wow turned that into a business: supervised all-day play, boarding, grooming, and training under one roof, earning income around the clock.

Send Me a Pro

ABF Insight: Technology platform franchise connecting clients with home service providers across multiple categories. Entrepreneur’s Fastest Growing Brand 2023 & 2024. Home-based, zero employees required.

BODY20

Body20 fitness franchise is revolutionizing high tech fitness for a results driven workout. The Body20 Tech Workout is a Game Changer!

Hallmark Homecare

Hallmark Homecare is a Direct Referral Agency that searches for recruits and veteran caregivers to place into homes of clients on a direct hire basis. Home-based Business & No Employees…

Snapology

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Parents drive children’s enrichment spending in any economy. STEAM education is a fast-growing category. Snapology delivers engineering and creative learning across 156+ established territories.

Solenvia Caregivers

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Caregiver no-shows are home care’s chronic failure. Solenvia drives caregivers to and from shifts itself, runs the call center and billing from corporate, and leaves the owner the referrals.

WaveMAX Laundry

WaveMAX laundry franchise is a fantastic absentee owner business model that can scale to multi-unit ownership.

Ziggi’s Coffee

Ziggi’s Coffee franchise is a proven model and a process and system for you to duplicate. It is the success of our franchise system that makes our amazing family.

USA Ninja Challenge

The USA Ninja Challenge franchise is the fastest-growing youth ninja program. Modeled after the American Ninja Warrior television show.

Bark & Mane Mobile Pet Grooming

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Bark & Mane ranks as the #1 pet grooming franchise on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, year after year. Pet owners keep funding grooming through every economy, and its 450-plus mobile vans meet that demand at the door.

THE TOX

ABF Insight: The Tox’s proprietary lymphatic body sculpting technique and exclusive product line create unforgettable experiences. Join women-owned brand redefining whole-body wellness!

Stretch Zone

STRETCH ZONE is the first and fastest-growing stretch franchise. A DYNAMIC Health & Wellness Concept. Over 90% of our franchisees are multi unit owners.

4Ever Young

ABF Insight: Market Signal — People increasingly treat aging as something to manage, not accept. 4Ever Young turns that into recurring revenue: hormone therapy, weight loss, and aesthetics under one membership.

Qualicare HomeCare

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Families don’t just need a caregiver — they need someone to navigate specialists, hospitals, and insurance around a hard diagnosis. Qualicare’s 360° Approach sells that coordination, not just hours.

1Heart Caregiver Services

ABF Insight: $300B+ senior care industry with surging aging-in-place demand. 1Heart’s proven model captures recession-resistant market with compassionate care driving profitability!

Kinderdance

Kinderdance International is a leading low-cost children’s franchise opportunity that offers dance, gymnastics, movement, and fitness programs designed specifically for young children.

THE DRIPBAR

ABF Insight: Market Signal — IV therapy is moving from wellness trend to mainstream healthcare. The DRIPBaR leads the category with 600+ locations in development and a 2024 partnership with REVIV — the global IV therapy leader with 2 million+ treatments delivered across 40+ countries.

Taste Buds Kitchen

ABF Insight: Market Signal — With $701,223 average gross revenue and a 17-year track record, Taste Buds Kitchen turns cooking classes, camps, parties, and adult events into multiple year-round revenue streams for ages 2 to 99.

JETSET Pilates

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Reformer Pilates is the fastest-growing corner of boutique fitness — and JETSET’s high-tension, 50-minute format keeps members coming back on a subscription they renew. Premium positioning, loyal clients, recurring revenue.

Hike Doggie

ABF Insight: 65 million dog owners, 12% industry growth, zero competition. Hike Doggie created the dog hiking adventure category with branded buses, tech platform, and premium positioning!

2B Organized

ABF Insight: Home organization industry growing beyond $1 billion annually as busy families seek professional help. 2B Organized brings 30 years proven expertise with featured appearances on Hoarders and Extreme Makeover!

Celebree School

The business operates 5 days a week with no evenings, weekends, or holidays. It features minimal accounts receivable, no inventory issues, a strong ROI, and many available territories.

British Swim School

ABF Insight: British Swim School operates 450+ locations using rented pools — no buildout, no maintenance. Home-based model, 1.8 million lessons in 2023, backed by Buzz Franchise Brands.

Whole Property Management

ABF Insight: $100B residential property management market with 44M+ renter households driving growth. Whole’s tech-enabled model keeps overhead low with nearshore support and automation protecting margins!

StretchMed Studios

ABF Insight: Market Signal —One service, one-on-one, 300 to 1,200 square feet — StretchMed studios sell recurring memberships for assisted stretching to a market where 116 million Americans live with chronic pain.

Kitchen Wise & Closet Wise

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Everyone has a closet that embarrasses them and a garage they won’t open. Kitchen Wise owners organize ten rooms per house, from home, with no showroom and a couple of technicians.

Live Hydration Spa

ABF Insight: Market Signal — IV therapy is one of the fastest-growing cash-based healthcare services in the U.S. Live Hydration Spa was founded by working healthcare professionals and built around a membership model that drives retention over one-time visits.

barre3

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Fitness is shifting from how you look to how you feel, and barre3 built a studio around exactly that: low-impact strength, cardio, and mindfulness in a single class, designed for every body.

HomeVestors

ABF Insight: Real estate investing without leads is just a hobby. HomeVestors® delivers motivated seller leads through the nationally recognized We Buy Ugly Houses® brand — plus financing up to 100% for acquisition and repairs, mentorship from experienced investors, and 29+ years of proven systems.

Success On The Spectrum

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Families wait months for autism therapy that insurance is legally required to cover. Success On The Spectrum was the first franchise built to meet that demand, and it remains the largest.

Pet Butler

ABF Insight: $147 billion pet industry with 85 million pet-owning households. Pet Butler delivers recurring revenue through multiple services — waste removal, pet care, shuttle, and commercial contracts — while headquarters handles your calls, scheduling, and payments!

Home Helpers

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The U.S. home healthcare industry has grown to $194 billion as the senior population expands and aging-in-place becomes the preferred care option, creating sustained demand for in-home care providers.

Cruise Planners

Join the #1 Travel AGENCY FRANCHISE. Travel the World. Be Your Own Boss. Work From Anywhere. Want a career in the travel industry? Now is the Time!

Omega Learning Center

ABF Insight: $102.8B education and tutoring industry growing 37% since 2014 with 55M K-12 students. Omega captures four massive markets under one roof with proprietary systems competitors lack!

Sport Clips

Over 1,800 locations open or in development. Sport Clips dominates the men’s hair segment. This is an investment business. Keep your career going while building this investment to a minimum of 3 stores.

9Round Fitness

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The boutique fitness market exceeds $47 billion globally. 9Round combines kickboxing with strength training in a 30-minute format that fits busy schedules and produces real results.

HOMEstretch

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Sellers usually hire four or five vendors to get a house ready to list. HOMEstretch does all of it with one call — and real estate agents send the referrals, not the ad budget.

Dapper Tails Mobile Pet Grooming

ABF Insight: $2.06 billion pet grooming industry with 45.5% of U.S. households owning dogs. DapperTails’ luxury mobile model delivers high-margin recurring revenue with minimal overhead and fast launch!

DDH Home Organizing

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Families call DDH at the hardest moments — a move, a downsizing, a parent’s estate. Thirteen years of premium New York projects behind it, now franchising through Franchise FastLane.

Keyrenter Property Management

Vital Stretch

ABF Insight: Assisted stretching method created by clinical practitioners in the $32 billion fitness and wellness market. 54 franchises awarded since 2022. Lean staffing model with 3–5 employees.

More Space Place

ABF Insight: Market Signal —

The U.S. home improvement market exceeds $400 billion. More Space Place is America’s #1 Murphy bed retailer with central manufacturing and no construction license required.

Stretch-n-Grow

ABF Insight: Market Signal — No building to lease. No waiting for students to find you. Stretch-n-Grow brings your classes into schools and childcare centers that already have the children, and often the center writes the check.

HomeWell Care Services

ABF Insight: 10,000 Americans turn 65 daily through 2030, driving unprecedented demand for home care. HomeWell Care Services ranks on Entrepreneur Franchise 500 and Inc. 500 with a scalable model, proprietary technology, and dedicated coaching for franchise success!

A Place At Home

Franchisees benefit from a multitude of revenue streams including in home care, care coordination, senior living placement and staffing.

Burn Boot Camp

ABF Insight: Market Signal — With 400-plus locations, $732,444 average gym revenue, and same-gym sales growth in 9 of the last 10 years, Burn Boot Camp has scaled a community fitness model with strong recurring membership revenue.

Young Chefs Academy

ABF Insight: Market Signal —Kids who cook eat better, argue less at dinner, and walk out taller than they walked in. Young Chefs Academy turns a real kitchen into the place families come back to every week.

Challenge Island

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The U.S. STEAM education market is projected to reach $54.5 billion by 2034. Challenge Island is ranked #1 in its category by Entrepreneur Magazine nine consecutive years — with 180+ units and 7 million children served.

Little Gym

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Parents want more for their kids than screen time, and The Little Gym has spent nearly fifty years delivering it: movement, confidence, and skill-building for ages one month through twelve.

Club Z Tutoring

ABF Insight: The tutoring industry exceeds $10 billion and is recession-resistant — parents prioritize education even during downturns. Club Z! provides franchisees with a call center that handles enrollment 7 days a week, so owners focus on growth while the system books students.

Bricks & Minifigs

ABF Insight: Market Signal — LEGO® is one of the most recognized brands on earth — and Bricks & Minifigs turned resale, events, and workshops into a retail franchise that communities actually seek out. This is aspirational franchising at its best.

Frenchies Modern Nail Care

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The $29.1 billion nail care category remains highly fragmented with no dominant national brand, creating consolidation room for systematized operators with hygiene-first positioning and recurring revenue models.

Your Choice Senior Care

Your Choice Senior Care franchise is a premier caregiving service with a proven business model, low initial investment and the best in training and support.

dermani MEDSPA

As a dermani MEDSPA® franchise owner, you can provide clients a range of sought-after services: skin rejuvenation, Botox Cosmetic, Juvederm, skin tightening and more.

Best in Class

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Parents cut a lot of things before they cut tutoring. When a child falls behind or a college application looms, supplemental education becomes a priority purchase, not a discretionary one.

Starz Program

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Youth enrichment is a $73 billion market, and it’s recession-tested. Starz corporate locations lost under 10% of revenue in 2008 while monthly parent-paid tuition kept recurring income flowing.

Majestic Property Management

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Most property management companies compete on one fee and grow by adding doors. Majestic earned $4,836 per door in 2024 — about double the industry average — by charging for value instead.

GYMGUYZ

ABF Insight: Market Signal —
No gym, no lease, no build-out — GYMGUYZ owners run personal training out of a stocked van, training clients at home, at the office, or in the park. 263 locations and counting.

Green Home Solutions

ABF Insight: Market Signal — The U.S. indoor air quality market is projected to reach $12.9B by 2029, and Green Home Solutions has scaled to 218 units with proprietary plant-based EPA-registered products competitors structurally cannot match.

Medi-Weightloss

ABF Insight: Market Signal — GLP-1 drugs changed weight loss from a diet business into a medical one. Medi-Weightloss clinics have the physicians and the protocols already in place — and patients who come back every week.

ameriCare

ABF Insight: Hospital-at-home model thriving as inpatient stays become costly. ameriCARE leads emerging home care market with family-owned approach, multiple revenue streams, and accessible support!

FASTSIGNS

ABF Insight: Entrepreneur’s #1 sign and graphics franchise 2017–2025. Per-center gross sales average of $1,201,287* — highest in the industry. 775+ locations with 1:6 support ratio.

Assisted Living Locators

ABF Insight: 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. Assisted Living Locators pioneered the senior placement franchise model in 2003 and has grown to 150+ locations — Entrepreneur Top 500 for five consecutive years.

Vella Haus Luxury Home Staging

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Staging is expected on luxury listings now, but the industry is still individual designers with a van. Vella Haus runs it as a territory business from a home office, with crews and storage handled by vendors.

Flip Cheap Houses

ABF Insight: Real estate investing remains one of the most searched business opportunities in America. Flip Cheap Houses pairs beginners with experienced investor mentors and proprietary lead generation software in a structured 12-month coaching program.

Skinovatio Medical Spa

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Med spa clients don’t come once — injectables, laser, and skin treatments need regular maintenance, so they return on a schedule. Skinovatio turns high-demand aesthetic services into recurring, cash-based revenue for the owner who can build at this level.

Pet Wants

ABF Insight: Market Signal — You become the person who knows every dog in the neighborhood by name. Pet Wants turns a boutique shop, fresh food, and a delivery route into a business built on being genuinely local.

Woofie’s

ABF Insight: Market Signal —People will cut almost anything before they cut the dog. Woofie’s owners run mobile grooming, walking and sitting for the same households — three revenue streams from one van, out of the house.

Ducklings Early Learning Center

ABF Insight: The U.S. childcare market approaches $68 billion in 2026. Ducklings brings 30 years of proprietary curriculum and waitlisted locations to franchise investors now expanding nationally.

Senior Care Authority

Senior Care Authority offers a proven system that is HOME BASED. This senior services franchise brand is not about caregiving. Senior Placement is the focus.

Up Closets

ABF Insight: Market Signal —No showroom, no warehouse, no factory — Up Closets owners design custom closets with AI software, order from manufacturing partners, and install in a single day with a two-person crew.

Steamoji

ABF Insight: Parents seek STEM education as technology accelerates faster than schools can adapt. Steamoji’s Maker Academy delivers hands-on coding, robotics, and engineering for kids 6-14 — with 27,922 apprentices, membership-based recurring revenue, and 61 territories in development!

Scoop Brothers

ABF Insight: Market Signal — Weekly service nobody wants to do themselves, for homeowners, HOAs, and apartment complexes. Scoop Brothers runs it home-based with a crew of two to four and software that builds the routes.

Tumbles

The Tumbles program is delivered through franchised 2700 – 3000 sq ft facilities which provide Gym + STEAM classes, camps, birthday parties, and entertainment services all in one place.

Dogtopia

Join Dogtopia Dog Daycare franchise and partner with North America’s fastest-growing pet franchise. Easy to run + easy to learn = franchisees can grow rapidly into multiple units.

Building Kidz School

Building Kidz is one of the leaders in Preschool franchising today! Industry leading profitability, exceptional gross margins and operational excellence.