From the filings
Canine Dimensions is a personal-services franchise with 21 franchised units, all operating under a 2025 FDD. The franchisor does not disclose a centralized technology mandate or named software vendors in its most recent filing, meaning purchasing authority likely rests at the franchisee or multi-unit operator level. For software vendors, this represents a small but targeted addressable market of 21 locations where individual owner-operators may control tool selection.
For software vendors selling into US franchise brands.
Live signals
Ongoing fee load
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing. It is a floor, not a total — the filing discloses one of the two headline fees.
11%+of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Franchisor behaviours
20 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 4 explicit no's; 10 questions the text does not settle, which is not a no.
Accounting
Does the franchisor have direct or independent electronic access to the franchisee's financial, sales or customer records?
YesItem 11
We will have unlimited, independent access and passwords to any and all Internet listings of your business and computerized point of sale and/or customer relations management systems at all times during the term of the Franchise Agreement.
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee shall; at its expense, provide to Franchisor an annual profit and loss statement and balance sheet, accompanied by a review report prepared by an independent certified public accountant satisfactory to Franchisor, within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Franchised Business during…
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
We or our affiliates are the only approved suppliers of logo-bearing materials.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
12627Item 8
Our revenue from the sale of products or services from franchisees for their purchase of branded marketing materials was $12,627.00, which represents approximately 3.3% of the total revenue of the last fiscal year.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to receive rebates on volume discounts from our purchase of products that we may re-sell to you.
Item 8 gives this proportion in one of two shapes: separate percentages for establishing the business and for operating it, or one figure covering "establishing and operating" together. Where they are separate, answer with the operating percentage; where the passage gives only the combined figure, answer with that. What percentage of the franchisee's purchases must come from designated or approved suppliers?
10Item 8
will be between 10% and 50% of your total cost to establish our Franchised Business and between 10% and 40% of your total cost of operating our Franchised Business
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
If you want to purchase or lease any products, equipment, supplies, forms, marketing, supplies, advertising or services from a supplier, other than from us or our authorized supplier, you must first notify us and obtain our written approval.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee acknowledges as between Franchisor and Franchisee, Franchisor has the sole rights to, and interest in, all telephone numbers and directory listings associated with the Marks.
Data and IT
Must the franchisee comply with PCI, data-security or cybersecurity standards set by the franchisor?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee agrees to comply with the then-current Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards as those standards may be revised and modified by the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC (see www.pcisecuritystandards.org), or any successor organization or standards that Franchisor may reasonably specify.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisor or its representatives or agents shall have the right at any time during normal business hours, and without prior notice to Franchisee, to inspect, copy, request, receive and/or audit or cause to be inspected, copied, requested, received and/or audited the business records, bookkeeping and accounting…
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 11
We may modify them at any time.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 11
We must approve of the location for your Franchised Business and we will typically enter your home’s location on the Franchise Agreement as the “Approved Location” at the time of signing.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee may not engage in any promotional activities or sell any products or services, whether directly or indirectly, through the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other similar proprietary or common carrier electronic delivery system (collectively, the “Electronic Media”); through catalogs, email or other…
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesFranchise agreement
Franchisee must pay to Franchisor a monthly advertising fee equal to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), which will be spent on an Internet Advertising program administered by the Franchisor.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
you must purchase all of your required inventory, goods, equipment, supplies, forms, products, services, and advertising materials used in or sold through your Franchised Business, per our specifications and standards, only from us or our approved or designated suppliers and distributors.
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
you must purchase all of your required inventory, goods, equipment, supplies, forms, products, services, and advertising materials used in or sold through your Franchised Business, per our specifications and standards, only from us or our approved or designated suppliers and distributors.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesFranchise agreement
All Royalty Fees and other fees payable under this Agreement must be made via electronic funds transfer or automatic debit of funds, in a method determined by Franchisor, in its sole discretion.
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You are required to purchase branded materials, such as marketing materials, workbooks, car wraps, brochures, business cards, and uniforms, from us or our affiliates.
Point of sale
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We will have unlimited, independent access and passwords to any and all Internet listings of your business and computerized point of sale and/or customer relations management systems at all times during the term of the Franchise Agreement.
Training
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 11
Your attendance at these webinars and conferences is mandatory.
Who buys here
The decision-maker a vendor sells to at this scale, and the gaps they’re paid to close, derived from our data by segment and unit count, not a guess.
The franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
Canine Dimensions operates 21 franchised locations, all in the personal-services segment, with an average unit volume of $182,547. The brand reported a -30% year-over-year unit growth rate in its 2025 FDD, signaling contraction rather than expansion. For software vendors, the immediate addressable market is therefore limited to these 21 existing units, with no company-owned locations to target for a top-down sale.
The franchisor does not disclose any parent company and appears independently owned. No HQ executives are listed in the FDD, and no operator footprint is mapped in available data. This lack of centralized structure suggests that software purchasing is decentralized, with decisions made at the franchisee level.
The 2025 FDD does not name a CIO, CTO, VP of IT, or any executive responsible for technology procurement. Without a mandated tech stack or designated supplier program, the buying center likely consists of individual franchise owners or multi-unit operators. Vendors should approach this as a field-sales motion, pitching directly to location-level decision-makers rather than seeking a top-down HQ mandate.
Because the franchise system is small and contracting, the total number of active buyers is low. Each franchisee may operate independently when selecting scheduling, CRM, payment processing, or other operational software.
The 2025 FDD contains no Item 11 technology mandates. No POS system, booking platform, payment processor, or operational software is named as required or recommended. This absence means franchisees are not constrained by franchisor-imposed tech standards, which can lower the barrier to entry for new vendors but also means there is no single integration point or system-wide replacement cycle.
Vendors should be prepared for a heterogeneous tech environment where each unit may use different tools. Discovery calls with individual franchisees will be necessary to map the current stack at each location.
The FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement signal, so the franchisor’s stance on designated versus approved suppliers is unknown. Renewal terms are 5 years, following an initial 10-year agreement. Renewal conditions require advance written notice, good standing, signing a new franchise agreement, signing a release, paying a renewal fee, and meeting then-current franchisee requirements. The franchisor may present materially different contract terms upon renewal, though territory protections and renewal fees remain bounded.
Given the -30% unit growth, few new units are entering the system, so software sales opportunities will come primarily from replacement cycles within the existing 21 locations. Renewal windows may serve as natural inflection points when franchisees reassess their operational tools.
The full 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is embedded below. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (business background and executives, though none are listed here), Item 8 (supplier restrictions, not disclosed), Item 11 (franchisor assistance and mandated systems, none captured), and Item 17 (renewal and termination terms, detailed above). Reviewing these sections directly will help you confirm the absence of centralized tech mandates and identify any indirect procurement signals.
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Operator footprint
56 operators run 56 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| NJ | 9 |
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| NY | 7 |
| IL | 6 |
| FL | 5 |
| CO | 4 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated June 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.