Camp Run-A-Mutt Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Camp Run-A-Mutt is a pet care franchise offering dog daycare, boarding, and grooming in an open-play setting. Franchisees run the facilities, managing staff, pet care operations, and scheduling.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Camp Run-A-Mutt franchise requires a total initial investment of $589K – $1.1M, including a $40K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2024 FDD, average unit revenue was $1.0M[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2024 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $589K – $1.1M
- 67th pct Education
- Avg gross sales
- $1.0M
- 27th pct Education
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 6th pct Education
- Units
- 12
- 31st pct Education
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Education · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Education avg · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $589K – $1.1M including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $1.0M/year (median $1.1M).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 49/100 (higher is better).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Camp Run-A-Mutt Entrepreneurial Resources, Inc.
- Parent company
- None
- CEO title
- President
- Dennis Quaglia
- CEO experience
- 15 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- CA
- HQ
- 2900 Fourth Avenue, #206, San Diego, California 92103
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $918K
- vs $930K prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Dennis Quaglia
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 2010
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 7
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 30% above the typical education franchise.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2024 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $40K | $40K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $100K | $175K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $449K | $925K |
| Total initial investment | $589K | $1.1M |
Source: Camp Run-A-Mutt 2024 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $589K – $1.1M
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $100K – $175K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $40K – $40K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $0 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $5K – $8K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 29% above the education norm.
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 19
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$165K
16.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
16%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
6.1 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit. The target band for an attractive franchise is 30–60% ROIC. Below that and a passive index fund likely outperforms; above that and the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses. It's the top line only. Operating costs below are category estimates. Override them to match your real lease quote, labor market, and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Camp Run-A-Mutt unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
16%
Below the 30–60% attractive-franchise band
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Camp Run-A-Mutt units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.9M
on $9.3M purchase
Total debt
$7.4M
SBA $4.6M + senior + seller note
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2024 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $1.0M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $1.1M
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- Gross Sales + Significant Costs by location and summary statistics (average, median, low, high)
- Sample size
- 12
- vs category median 17
- Range (low → high)
- $346K→$1.8M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2023
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2024
- Disclosed in the 2024 filing, covering 2023
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 204 Education brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $1.0M/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 1.2x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 7.0% — below the Education average of 10.6%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System contracting at -7.7% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven consolidation or franchisee exits.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Education averages
How Camp Run-A-Mutt Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 12
- Opened
- 1
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 1
- Terminated
- 2
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 1
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 8.3%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -7.7%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- -7.7%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 1
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 7
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Termination rate
- 8.3%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 8.3%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 7 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
7
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 14
- Loan volume
- $6.4M
- Median loan
- $454K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
- no resolved loans yet — rate needs a terminal outcome
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 9
- Defaults
- 4
- Typical loan rate
- 8.6%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 10.4%
- n=1,203 loans
- Jobs supported
- 160
- 3.0 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 27%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 70% went to startups / new businesses, 30% to established operators
Franchise vs independent — in pet care (except veterinary) services, franchised businesses charge off at 10.4% vs 11.3% for independents — franchising is associated with 8% lower SBA default risk in this category.
Top lenders financing Camp Run-A-Mutt franchisees
Showing 3 of 9 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
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Premium insight
SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into Camp Run-A-Mutt's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 8 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 10 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 4-year lending trend
- SBA 504 real estate/equipment data
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What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Shrinking franchise system with litigation history, undisclosed profitability metrics, and franchisor going concern issues creates significant risk for new franchisee investment.
Litigation (Item 3)
One concluded case: CRAMER filed arbitration against franchisee KM CRAM Corp. (AAA Case No. 01-20-0005-0479) in April 2020 for unauthorized termination and opening competing business. Franchisee filed counterclaim and separate state court action. Settled November 2021 with franchisee stipulating to $450,000 claim in bankruptcy and nondischargeable judgment of $250,000, with settlement payments of $175,000-$200,000.
Largest disclosed settlement: $250,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDSystem contracting sharply: -7.7% YoY unit decline (12 units remaining) suggests deteriorating franchisee success and recruitment
- 02MEDNo disclosed net income despite $1.03M avg revenue—opacity around actual profitability raises concerns about franchisee ROI and sustainability
- 03HIGHLitigation history with fraud allegations: 2020-2021 arbitration involving breach, fraud claims, and rescission attempt indicates franchisor-franchisee conflict and potential business model disputes
- 04HIGHGoing Concern status = False: Red flag for franchisor financial stability and ability to support franchise system long-term
- 05MINORHigh investment-to-revenue ratio: $588.9K-$1.14M startup cost against $1.03M avg revenue creates thin margin for franchisee profitability after 6% royalties and operating costs
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | protected |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory radius | 5 mi |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 1 year |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 5 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | San Diego, California |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | State where franchise is located |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
One concluded case: CRAMER filed arbitration against franchisee KM CRAM Corp. (AAA Case No. 01-20-0005-0479) in April 2020 for unauthorized termination and opening competing business. Franchisee filed counterclaim and separate state court action. Settled November 2021 with franchisee stipulating to $450,000 claim in bankruptcy and nondischargeable judgment of $250,000, with settlement payments of $175,000-$200,000.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 29 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 30 hrs
- Training location
- Corporate headquarters in San Diego, California; plus approximately 24 hours pre-opening at franchisee's Center
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 24 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Time to open
- 12 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee, subject to franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
16 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Camp Run-A-Mutt · FDD (2024) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Camp Run-A-Mutt franchise?
The total investment to open a Camp Run-A-Mutt franchise ranges from $589K – $1.1M, with an initial franchise fee of $40K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Camp Run-A-Mutt franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Camp Run-A-Mutt FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $1.0M. The median is $1.1M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Item 19 in the Camp Run-A-Mutt FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Camp Run-A-Mutt FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Camp Run-A-Mutt's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Camp Run-A-Mutt (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Camp Run-A-Mutt franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Camp Run-A-Mutt has 12 total units in the United States, including 12 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Camp Run-A-Mutt a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Camp Run-A-Mutt as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 49 out of 100 (higher is better), based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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