BrightStar Care Ranked in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500® List

BrightStar Care was recognized in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500®. For 46 years, achieving placement on the annual Entrepreneur Franchise 500® has been anhonor in the franchise industry. On the 2025 Franchise 500®, BrightStar Care jumped nearly 100 positions from the previous year.

“At BrightStar Care we are committed to providing a higher standard of care to our clients, and being able to uphold that standard comes from our ability to rely on our amazing locally owned franchise agencies, their nurses and caregivers,” said Pete First, Chief Development Officer at BrightStar Care. “It is an honor to once again be included in the annual Franchise 500 list."

In Entrepreneur’s continuing effort to best understand and evaluate the ever-changing franchise marketplace, the company’s 46-year-old ranking formula continues to evolve. The editorial team researches and assesses several factors, including costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability. Each franchise is given a cumulative score based on an analysis of more than 150 data points, and the 500 franchises with the highest cumulative scores become the Franchise 500® in ranking order.