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Fetch! Pet Care Inc.

Pet-sitting & dog-walking services

Background

Founded: 2002 Franchising since: 2004
1990 N. California Blvd., #800
Walnut Creek, California 94596
Phone:
(866)338-2463


Franchisor is a privately-held company with 11 employee(s); 11 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth
Year U.S. Franchises Canadian Franchises Foreign Franchises Company Owned
2009 208 0 0 2
2008 197 0 0 2
2007 84 0 0 2
2006 48 0 0 2
2005 20 0 0 3

Where Seeking Franchisees
In the U.S. Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, North dakota, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, New york, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode island, South carolina, South dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United states, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 50,000+ households

Costs and Fees

Total investment: $20.3K-36.5K
Franchise fee: $12K
Ongoing royalty fee: 5%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable


Type of Financing Available
In-House Third Party
Franchise Fee No No
Startup Costs No No
Equipment No No
Inventory No No
Accounts Receivable No No
Payroll No No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $25K
Cash liquidity requirement: $15K
Business Experience:
  • General business experience

Operations
  • Franchise can be run from home
  • 25% of all franchisees own more than one unit
  • Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1
  • Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training and Support

Training
  • Available at headquarters: 3 days
  • Training manual & video

Ongoing Support
  • Newsletter
  • Meetings
  • Toll-free phone line
  • Grand opening
  • Internet
  • Security/safety procedures
  • Field operations/evaluations
  • Purchasing cooperatives

Marketing Support
  • Ad slicks
  • National media
  • Regional advertising

Other marketing support
  • Local marketing materials

Rankings

Franchise 500® rank:
#321 (2008); #498 (2007);

Low-Cost Franchises:
#73 (2008);

Top New Ranking:
#24 (2008);

Top Home Based Franchises:
#89 (2008);


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