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The Dog Stop

Brand Summary

The Dog Stop® offers an excellent opportunity to help you achieve your goals and become part of the multi-billion-dollar pet care industry with a franchisor who is there to support and guide you every step of the way. The Dog Stop® has established a franchise business model that positions us to be the best franchisor in the industry. Our growth plan allows us to give our franchisees the attention they deserve on an ongoing basis,  not just during the franchise development process.  To provide a complete franchise service program, The Dog Stop Franchising has assembled a team of executives and management personnel with over 100 years of experience building and SUPPORTING franchise programs. We are the only one-stop shop in the franchise industry which means convenience for customers and multiple revenue streams for our franchisees.

We are looking for people that have a passion for dogs but are not crazy dog people. This is only a flexible ownership business, as we do not allow for owner-operators. The franchisee will hire with our help a full-time GM that runs the business's day-to-day operations. There will be a few full-time assistant managers as well.

The Dog Stop is a high-revenue, high-margin business, and is an extremely fast-growing, recession-resistant business model. We started in 2009 and have seen nothing but year-over-year growth since.

Brand Superpowers

The Dog Stop is the only one-stop-shop in franchising

Investment level is typically 1/3 of our competition

Industry is absolutely booming, have successful locations & franchisees

Still owned and operated by dog people

*THE NUMBERS

$543,000 - $1,037,300 Investment Range

$1,519,006 Average Sales

279,349 Average Adjusted EBITDA

6 Royalty

Gross sales minus tips, taxes or rebates. Brand Fund

$750,000 Financial Requirements

Founder	Jesse Coslov
Home Office Location	Glenshaw, PA
Company Founded	2009
Began Franchising	2014
Industry	Pet/Dog Services
Industry Size	$147 B
Veteran Discount	15% off of franchise fee
Group Health Insurance	No

Founder	Jesse Coslov
Home Office Location	Glenshaw, PA
Company Founded	2009
Began Franchising	2014
Industry	Pet/Dog Services
Industry Size	$147 B
Veteran Discount	15% off of franchise fee
Group Health Insurance	No

Company Units Open	6
Franchise Units Awarded All Time	113
Franchise Units Awarded Last 12 Months	38
Franchise Units Open	31
Number of franchisees	52

No Industry Experience Required
Values Outstanding Customer Service
Ability to recruit and scale a team
Operations Focused
Community Centric
Leadership Skills

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

DO THEY OFFER FINANCING TO HELP BUY THE FRANCHISE?

WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY DO THEY HAVE IN PLACE?

Project Visualizer, Job Management, Scheduling, CRM, Inventory Management, Billing and Logistics

DO THEY OFFER FLEXIBLE OWNERSHIP?

Yes

DO THEY OFFER A DISCOUNT TO VETERANS?

15% off of franchise fee

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