Kennelwood Pet Resorts vs Central Bark Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Kennelwood Pet Resorts vs Central Bark including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees

 
Kennelwood Pet Resorts Franchise
Central Bark Franchise
Investment $685,475 - $791,875$520,063 - $874,556
Franchise Fee N/A$45,000
Royalty Fee -6%
Advertising Fee -2%
Year Founded 1973-
Year Franchised 2007-
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Business Experience Requirements

 
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Financing Options

 
Kennelwood Pet Resorts Franchise
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  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
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Expansion Plans

 
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Company Overviews

About Kennelwood Pet Resorts

Kennelwood Pet Resorts provide pets a safe and healthy vacation, but with lots of fun and attention, too. Kennelwood Pet Resorts are full-service facilities offering a wide variety of services, including all-suite pet accommodations, award-winning grooming, personalized play time, Doggie DayCamp, and professional training. All Kennelwood Pet Resorts offer pets and their pet parents a variety of destination choices and accommodations for cats and dogs, all under 24-hour supervision and constant monitoring of safety and cleanliness.

About Central Bark

Central Bark Doggy Day Care is focused on expanding our network of doggy day care franchise opportunities in communities across the nation. We believe that a focusing on markets we are currently in while opening in additional states and markets will allow us to continue providing a superior level of support to our existing franchisees while at the same time building and enhancing our brand.

Each new and existing market represents a tremendous opportunity. There is unlimited potential with a pool of over 83 million American dogs out there that have yet to have the opportunity to experience Central Bark.

As the only UnKennel™, Central Bark® has a unique advantage and point of differentiation from the clutter of traditional kennel, home sitting, dog walking and dog boarding concepts available to consumers. Our one day per week commitment helps to create the safest possible environment for a socially centered program, it also provides the revenue consistency that makes for a more predictable business model! Today’s pet owners are more savvy and demand the very best for their four legged companions.

Over the past 17 years, pet industry sales have grown from $23 billion in 1998 to an estimated $69 billion in 2015 and eventually rising to $75 billion by 2017. The pet industry is on track to continue to grow at least 4% each year through 2018.

There are three major factors that are contributing to the ongoing pet industry growth upswing:

 Increase in pet ownership A stable economy The ongoing trend of pet humanization

Our vision and focus on socialization, the dog and overall doggy wholeness, positions Central Bark as the leader in specialty pet services area. According to the IBSWorld Report, this segment will continue to grow as more pet owners consider their animals to be valued members of the family….and, that’s just how we like it at Central Bark.