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Medical Search Consultants franchise — is it worth it?

Business services · FDD-based assessment · registered 2024

Medium risk Growing network

Medical Search Consultants LLC offers a business services franchise with a relatively low initial investment range of $67,110 to $83,235.

Everything below is free, read straight off Medical Search Consultants's registered filing, with where the numbers land against business services peers. Weighing Medical Search Consultants against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

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Total initial investment
$67,110 – $83,235
Below the business services median · median $103,290
Initial franchise fee
$50,000
FDD Item 5
Royalty
10%
FDD Item 6
Item 19 earnings
Not disclosed
no franchisor earnings
Litigation (Item 3)
None
none disclosed
Closure rate
0%
business services median 3.3%
Outlet network
12 units
+5 last year

Figures above are as disclosed in Medical Search Consultants's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-27383 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.

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Medical Search Consultants franchise profit — what the FDD discloses

Plainly: Medical Search Consultants does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Medical Search Consultants — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (50% of business services franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Medical Search Consultants's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Business services franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.

Medical Search Consultants lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Medical Search Consultants's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.

Medical Search Consultants closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Medical Search Consultants will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Medical Search Consultants's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a business services of this kind.

The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Medical Search Consultants's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0%, against a business services median of 3.3% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +5 to 12 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Medical Search Consultants?

Medical Search Consultants's franchise is offered by Medical Search Consultants LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Business services franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Medical Search Consultants is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.

LMI$20,000 – $27,500Novus Global$52,550 – $90,550Murphy Business$57,590 – $85,900 · Item 19 disclosedMoney Mailer$65,090 – $78,680 · Item 19 disclosedVR Business Sales Mergers & Acquisitions$59,305 – $85,780P3 Cost Analysts$67,075 – $82,675 · Item 19 disclosedREF$66,560 – $84,275C.L. Tax Accounting Service$58,600 – $92,300Exit Factor$63,514 – $89,555Murphy Business & Financial$65,870 – $88,110 · Item 19 disclosedLocals Operating Companyinvestment not disclosedMinuteman Pressinvestment not disclosed · Item 19 disclosed

Medical Search Consultants franchise — frequently asked

Who owns Medical Search Consultants — who is the franchisor?

Medical Search Consultants's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Medical Search Consultants LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.

How much does a Medical Search Consultants franchise cost?

Medical Search Consultants's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $67,110 – $83,235, with an initial franchise fee of $50,000 and a 10% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against business services peers it sits in the upper quartile (median $103,290).

How much profit does a Medical Search Consultants franchise make?

Medical Search Consultants makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Medical Search Consultants at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.

Does Medical Search Consultants disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

No — Medical Search Consultants's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 50% of business services franchisors in our corpus do disclose.

Are there lawsuits against Medical Search Consultants?

No — Medical Search Consultants's most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.

Is Medical Search Consultants a good franchise to buy?

Nobody can answer that from Medical Search Consultants's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against business services peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.

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This report compiles and structures publicly filed Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) data from state franchise registrations. It is not legal, financial, or investment advice, is not affiliated with or endorsed by any franchisor, and does not replace reading the full FDD or consulting a franchise attorney or accountant. All figures are as disclosed by the franchisor in its most recent registered FDD. Item 19 financial performance representations are made at the franchisor’s option and may be absent or limited.