Camp Bow Wow
Formerly known as City Brew Coffee
Bottom line
- Total investment $1.0M – $1.8M including a $50K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $1.0M/year (median $984K). Estimated payback in 8.0 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 46/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 317 loans (below the industry average).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one Camp Bow Wow unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
12%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Camp Bow Wow units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
42.5%
5.89× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.04×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$3.0M
on $11.4M purchase
Total debt
$8.4M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Camp Bow Wow franchisees operate dog daycare and boarding facilities offering supervised group play, training services, and overnight lodging for dogs. Day-to-day operations include staffing dog care handlers, managing customer intake/billing, maintaining facility sanitation and safety protocols, and coordinating boarding schedules. Most franchisees balance direct dog care management with business operations, marketing, and customer relationship management.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 22 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Camp Bow Wow presents moderate-to-cautionary risk with slowing unit growth, litigation history, and high capital requirements relative to typical franchisee profitability, warranting deep validation with existing operators.
Score breakdown · what drove the 46 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHLitigation history: Franchisor has pursued enforcement actions against franchisees post-termination and shareholder derivative suit indicates governance issues at parent company level
- 02MINORModest unit growth (6.5% YoY) on 216-unit system suggests maturation or market saturation; growth rate declining relative to pet care industry expansion
- 03MINORNet income of $175,047 on $1,039,331 revenue equals 16.8% net margin—healthy but leaves minimal buffer given high investment ($1M+) and variable royalty structure (7% or minimum monthly royalty, whichever is greater)
- 04MINORHigh initial investment relative to annual net income (5.9x payback period) with 10-year term creates extended break-even risk
- 05MINORAbsence of Item 19 financial performance claim in FDD limits ability to validate franchisor's average revenue/income figures independently
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
96 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Camp Bow Wow · FDD (2024) PDF