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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Brand
Central Bark logoBAbove average
Central Bark
Pet Services
2026 FDD
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Dogtopia logoAStrongest tier
Dogtopia
Pet Services
2026 FDD
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Wag N Wash logoBAbove average
Wag N Wash
Pet Services
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Jun 3, 2026
FDD issued Apr 8, 2026
FDD issued Apr 20, 2026
Investment range
$620K – $1.4M
$664K – $1.5M
$520K – $1.4M
Liquid capital
$40K – $150K
$30K – $60K
$100K – $200K
Franchise fee
$55K
$50K
$50K
Royalty rate
6.0%
7.0%
2.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
2.0%
3.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$903K
$928K
$1.2MOutlet subset
Median gross sales
$812K
$915K
$1.1MOutlet subset
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
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Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Average Gross Sales
Average Gross Sales
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
AStrongest tier
BAbove average
Verdict score
66 / 100
70 / 100
55 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Limited · 55 loans
5.2% (n=175)
Under 10 loans (5)
SBA loans on record
55
175
5
Scale
Total units
44
266
26
Net change (latest yr)
+4
+5
-9
Signed, not yet open
Not extracted
Not extracted
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Turnover rate
4.5%
1.5%
8.7%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
117
181
80
Contacts
Franchisee phones
58
210
21

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