Canine Dimensions Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $71K – $80K
- Disclosed sales
- $158K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (1)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Canine Dimensions is a dog training franchise offering in-home training, behavior modification, and board-and-train programs. Franchisees run home-based operations, delivering training and managing clients.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Canine Dimensions franchise requires a total initial investment of $71K – $80K, including a $45K – $67K franchise fee and an ongoing 11.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $158K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
Evidence: partial✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored7 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $71K – $80K
- 19th pct Pet Services
- Avg gross sales
- $158K
- 4th pct Pet Services
- Royalty
- 11.0%
- 85th pct Pet Services
- Units
- 23
- 54th pct Pet Services
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Pet Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Pet Services median · 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 $71K – $80K including a $45K franchise fee, 11.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $158K/year (median $105K).
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 79/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +2 franchised outlets in the latest year (3 opened, 1 closed) (Item 20).
- DECLINESystem contracting at -19.2% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Canine Dimensions Franchising, LLC
- CEO title
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Philip J. Guida
- Incorporated in
- Florida
- HQ
- 23208 Sanabria Loop, Bonita Springs, Florida 34135
- Auditor
- Francis J. April, CPA, L.L.C.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $434K
- vs $409K prior year
Affiliated brands
- has operated
- owns the Marks and other intellectual property and licenses them to us
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Philip J. Guida
- Headquarters
- Florida
- Founded
- 2007
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 16
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 77% below the typical pet services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
The filing's Item 7 TOTAL row prints $70,950 to $79,750. Its own line items add to $73,450 to $79,750. The total is shown as the franchisor printed it; the lines are listed as printed. FILING ARITHMETIC: HIGH foots exactly ($79,750). LOW: the 11 printed low figures (verified on the page image) sum to $73,450 but the printed TOTAL low is $70,950 - the printed total is $2,500 below the lines; no single line equals $2,500.
Full Item 7 breakdown11 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $45K | $45K | |
| Training and Protected Territory Fee | $13K | $13K | |
| Travel and Living Expenses While Attending Training | $2K | $2K | |
| Inventory for resale | $5K | $5K | |
| Opening supply of marketing and training materials | $3K | $3K | |
| Advertising | $3K | $5K | |
| Training Equipment | $200 | $400 | |
| Computer and Office Equipment | $800 | $2K | |
| Memberships | $200 | $400 | |
| Insurance | $1K | $2K | |
| Additional Funds - (first three months) | $1K | $3K | |
| Total initial investment | $73K | $80K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $71K – $80K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $1K – $3K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $45K – $67K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 11.0%
- Set by a formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- $1,000 per month for Internet advertising (mandatory)
- Total fee load
- 11.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 11.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $350 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $10 |
| Inventory (initial) | $5K – $5K |
| Total fee load | 11.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 74% below the pet services norm.
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Canine Dimensions until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for ad fund rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$77K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
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, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Canine Dimensions unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for ad fund rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
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%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for ad fund rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $158K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $105K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- historical average and median gross annual sales of existing franchised outlets
- Sample size
- 18 outlets
- vs category median 12
- Range (low → high)
- $43K→$447KCited, not corroborated — printed on page 32 of the 2026 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 69 Pet Services 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 $158K/year in gross sales. Median is $105K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 2.1x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 11.0% — above the Pet Services median of 8.0%.
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 -19.2% 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 Pet Services medians
How Canine Dimensions Compares
Category median of published Pet Services brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 23
- Opened
- 3
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 1
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 1
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 4.3%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -19.2%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- -19.2%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 1
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Continuity rate
- 70.0%
- Units that stayed open
- Termination rate
- 34.6%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 34.6%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 16 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.
16
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 1 7(a) loan on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 1
- Loan volume
- $65K
- Median loan
- $65K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (1)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 1 loan, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (1)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (1)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 1
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
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
Canine Dimensions presents HIGH RISK due to collapsing franchisee base (30% YoY decline), undisclosed profitability metrics, franchisor financial concerns, and aggressive royalty structure that may render typical unit economics unviable.
Why this reads harsher than the A grade: the grade weighs financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency across the whole filing, while this summary lists individual flags without that weighting. The flags are worth checking with current owners; neither is investment advice.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Francis J. April, CPA, L.L.C.
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 79 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19, preventing ROI validation and obscuring true profitability
- 02MINORHigh royalty burden: 11% of gross sales PLUS $250/week minimum ($13,000/year floor) creates cash flow pressure on low-margin service businesses
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 11.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 5 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 250,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Not allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 30 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 90 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 5 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Florida (within five miles of franchisor's headquarters) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Florida |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 38 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 40 hrs
- Training location
- Las Vegas, Nevada (or another location designated by franchisor)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee (home-based; franchisor approves the Approved Location)
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Canine Dimensions franchise?
The total investment to open a Canine Dimensions franchise ranges from $71K – $80K, with an initial franchise fee of $45K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Canine Dimensions franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Canine Dimensions FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $158K. The median is $105K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Canine Dimensions?
Canine Dimensions is franchised by Canine Dimensions Franchising, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Canine Dimensions 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 Canine Dimensions FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Canine Dimensions's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Canine Dimensions (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 Canine Dimensions franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Canine Dimensions has 23 total units in the United States, including 23 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 3 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Canine Dimensions a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Canine Dimensions as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 79 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. 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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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.