Pets Are Inn

Founded: 1982 Franchising since: 1986

5100 Edina Industrial Blvd., #208 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439

Phone: (866)343-0086/ (952)944-8298

Franchisor has 7 employee(s); 5 employee(s) in franchise department.

Franchise Growth

Year	U.S. Franchises	Canadian Franchises	Foreign Franchises	Company Owned
2009	19	0	0	0
2008	23	0	0	0
2007	18	0	0	0
2006	14	0	0	0
2005	13	0	0	0

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, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North carolina, New hampshire, New jersey, New mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West virginia, Wyoming

Exclusive territories available.
Territory size: 100,000 population

Total investment: $49.5K-74.7K Franchise fee: $35K

Ongoing royalty fee: 10-5% Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable

Type of Financing Available

	In-House	Third Party
Franchise Fee	Yes	No
Startup Costs	No	No
Equipment	No	No
Inventory	Yes	No
Accounts Receivable	No	No
Payroll	No	No

Qualifications
Net worth requirement: $250K
Cash liquidity requirement: $50K
Business Experience:

• General business experience
• Marketing skills
• Must love pets

Operations

• Franchise can be run from home
• 30% of all franchisees own more than one unit
• Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 4
• Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Training

• Available at headquarters: 5 days
• At franchisee's location: 1 day
• Weekly, monthly & quarterly "checkups" at owner's location

Ongoing Support

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

Marketing Support

• Co-op advertising
• Ad slicks

Other marketing support

• Local PR efforts

Franchise 500® rank:
#493 (2009);