This is a rare chance to own both a well-established pet grooming and daycare business and the franchise system built on it. Founded in 2013, the company runs a busy flagship location in Ontario offering dog and cat grooming, luxury spa treatments, dog daycare, treadmill fitness and retail products. It serves a database of more than 5,200 clients with a 72% return rate. A second location now operates as a franchise, which proves the model can be replicated. The sale includes the flagship store, the master franchise rights and the registered trademarks, so the buyer can grow through new franchise locations without starting a brand from scratch. Day-to-day operations are run by a long-tenured grooming team under written contractor agreements with non-competes. Booking runs on cloud software and calls go through an automated phone system, which keeps the current owner’s time to about 5–7 hours a week, mostly remote. There’s clear upside already in place: daycare currently runs three days a week and can grow to six, a full online store has been built and is ready to launch, and a new membership program started in 2023. The ideal buyer is an entrepreneur or investor who wants more than a single store: someone with the vision and resources to take a proven brand and its franchise system national, using the flagship as the training ground and the model for every new location.
- Asking Price:
- $999,000 (CAD) Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
- Sales Revenue:
- $282,478 (CAD)
- Cash Flow:
- $131,383 (CAD)
Property Information
- Real Estate:
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Lease
- Premises Details:
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The flagship operates from a leased 1,313 sq. ft. commercial unit set up specifically for pet care. It has dedicated areas for grooming and spa services, dog daycare and treadmill fitness, a reception and retail area, and back-of-house support space. The daycare comfortably handles 6–8 medium-to-large dogs a day, and the grooming area currently supports about 15–25 appointments a day depending on the season. The lease runs to December 2027 with a five-year renewal option. Rent is about $4,414 a month including HST, and the additional rent (TMI) covers heating and cooling, roof maintenance, snow removal, landscaping and parking lot upkeep, so occupancy costs are predictable. The space is compact and efficient, and the layout can be replicated at future franchise locations.
Business Operation
- Management type:
- This business is owner operated.
- Expansion Potential:
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The biggest opportunity is the master franchise rights. A buyer can take a proven, trademarked brand national by awarding new franchise locations, which builds a royalty income stream on top of the flagship’s earnings. The flagship has its own upside built in. Daycare currently runs only Wednesday to Friday at about 80% utilization, so expanding to six days with longer hours would add meaningful revenue with little added overhead. Grooming has room for more appointments, and adding another groomer, supported by the company’s established government-subsidized trainee program, would raise capacity while keeping labour costs in check. A complete online store is built and ready to launch, which would open retail sales beyond the limits of the in-store space. The membership program launched in 2026 and is projected to grow from about 0.5% to 5–6% of revenue. The trademarked BubTail® self-wash station, already operating at the franchise location, could be added to the flagship and every future site as a low-labour revenue stream. Seasonal promotions and email campaigns to the existing client base during the slower months (January–February, September and November) would help smooth revenue across the year. A new owner inherits a business that already runs well and has several clear, ready-to-execute levers to grow it.
- Competition / Market:
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Pet care is one of the most resilient consumer service sectors in Canada. Owners increasingly treat pets as family, and they keep spending on grooming, wellness and daycare even when the economy tightens. Grooming in particular is a recurring, needs-based service: most dogs need professional care every 4–8 weeks, which produces steady, predictable revenue that retail can’t match. The competitive landscape is highly fragmented. It is made up mostly of independent single-location groomers, home-based operators and big-box retailers that offer grooming as a side service, and very few branded, systems-driven grooming and daycare concepts are built for multi-unit growth. That gap is the opportunity. This business brings a registered brand, a proven operating model, cloud-based booking and management systems, and a trademarked self-wash product. It is positioned to stand out from local independents and to consolidate share as it expands through franchising.
- Reasons for selling:
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Owners are retiring.
- Trading hours:
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Tues-Fri 9am-5:30pm; Sat 9am-4:30pm
- Employees:
- 4 FT/1 PT
- Years established:
- 13
Franchise Information
- Franchise opportunity:
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Franchise Resale
Other Information
- Support & training:
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Will train for 4 weeks @ $0 cost.
- Furniture / Fixtures value:
- $210,891 (CAD) - included in the asking price
- Inventory / Stock value:
- $3,554 (CAD) - included in the asking price
- Relocatable:
- This business can be relocated
