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Pet Supplies Plus
Personal servicesPet Supplies Plus requires franchisees to install a designated point-of-sale system and lease PSP-designated computer hardware under a required sublease agreement, plus a monthly technology fee for software and support. The system runs 735 stores, 502 franchised, with franchised outlets growing 3.5% year over year and an Item 19 average annual gross sales figure of $2,666,693 across the 347-store reporting cohort.
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Ongoing fee load
What the operator pays every month
The recurring percentage of gross sales named in this filing, before rent, labour or any technology fee.
5.5%of gross sales (FY2025)
15% reference
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
Systems named in Item 11 of this filing. None is recorded as mandated here, which is not the same as the filing mandating nothing. Read Item 11 before treating the category as open.
Franchisor behaviours
What the franchisor requires
28 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 1 explicit no; 5 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 may independently access the information generated and stored in the computer system.
How the franchisor buys
Is the franchisor or an affiliate itself a supplier of required products, services or systems?
YesItem 8
Presently, you are required to purchase certain pet foods and pet supplies sold in Pet Supplies Plus® Stores from our affiliate PSP Distribution, LLC.
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 11
However, we have created a franchisee advisory committee that meets several times a year to discuss System changes and other general issues facing PSP franchisees, which generates communication between the franchisees on the committee and the rest of the System.
How much revenue did the franchisor and its affiliates earn from franchisee purchases in the last fiscal year?
677912582Item 8
As of its fiscal year ended January 3, 2026, PSP Distribution Operations SPV, LLC derived $677,912,582 from required franchisee purchases.
Does the franchisor or an affiliate receive rebates, commissions or other revenue from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
We reserve the right to derive cost savings from required franchisee purchases in any manner, including but not limited to volume rebates.
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?
60Item 8
We estimate that your required purchases will account for approximately 100% of all purchases and leases necessary to open your Store and at least 60% of your ongoing costs to operate your Store.
Does the franchisor charge a fee to evaluate a proposed supplier?
YesItem 8
If we incur any costs in connection with testing a particular product or evaluating an unapproved supplier at your request, you or the supplier must reimburse our testing costs, regardless of whether we subsequently approve the item or supplier.
Can a franchisee propose a new supplier for the franchisor's approval?
YesItem 8
In the event you wish to purchase any unapproved item, including inventory, and/or acquire approved items from an unapproved supplier, you must provide us the name, address, and telephone number of the proposed supplier, a description of the item you wish to purchase, a sample of the item, and the purchase price of…
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesFranchise agreement
Exhibit 4 Conditional Assignment of Telephone Numbers and Listings
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 11
We may periodically assist franchisees to maintain high quality standards through customer surveys, customer interviews, and other similar initiatives (“Surveys”).
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 14
We may revise our Franchise System and any of our copyrighted materials in our discretion, and may require that you cease using any outdated copyrighted materials.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesFranchise agreement
You must operate the Store only at the location PSP accepts in writing, which will be identified in the Data Sheet attached to this Franchise Agreement (the “Approved Location”).
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 11
Except as otherwise disclosed in this Item, you are prohibited from establishing or maintaining a separate website, or otherwise maintaining a splash page or other presence on the Internet through any social networking or social media site in connection with the operation of your Store that uses any variation of the…
Is a minimum grand opening advertising spend required?
YesItem 11
Prior to opening, we will collect $30,000, or you will pay $30,000 to the Grand Opening event management company we designate, for the Grand Opening advertising requirement for your first Store
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 11
Stores in the first 12 months of operation will contribute a fixed dollar amount of (a) © 2025 PSP Franchising, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document 28 $3,350 per month in Local Marketing Spend (the “LMS”) as directed by PSP and administered by a third-party System Supplier and (b) $1,000 to the National Advertising…
Must the franchisee participate in a customer loyalty or rewards program?
YesItem 11
You must spend the Advertisement Requirement as we prescribe in the Operations Manual or otherwise in writing, which may include, without limitation, requirements that you place a certain number and/or type(s) of media advertisements and participate in customer loyalty programs.
Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?
YesItem 11
If a Cooperative is established applicable to your Store, you must participate in and contribute to the Cooperative.
Operations
Must the franchisee buy products from a designated distributor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all inventory items, merchandise, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, product display units, indoor signage, uniforms, supplies, and materials from us, our affiliates, or designated or approved suppliers
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all inventory items, merchandise, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, product display units, indoor signage, uniforms, supplies, and materials from us, our affiliates, or designated or approved suppliers
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 6
The Royalty and any other fees due to us will be collected on the 10th of each calendar month via an electronic funds transfer program (the “EFT Program”), and the Royalty collected reflects your Gross Sales from the previous calendar month.
Must the franchisee participate in a gift card program?
YesItem 16
You must offer and sell all of the products which we require, and only the products which we authorize for the System, in the manner we prescribe, which presently include pet food, pet supplies, pets (but not dogs or cats), pet grooming and bathing services, seasonal items, gift cards, and related goods and services.
People
Does the franchisor require minimum staffing levels or specific roles?
YesItem 15
Your Store must, at all times, be staffed with at least one individual who has successfully completed our initial training program.
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 8
You must purchase all inventory items, merchandise, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, product display units, indoor signage, uniforms, supplies, and materials from us, our affiliates, or designated or approved suppliers, and utilize your own store team members or an approved delivery supplier in connection with any…
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 11
Franchisees are required to install the current POS System, as designated by PSP.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 11
We may independently access the information generated and stored in the computer system.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 14
You must report all required customer information into our customer management database (the “CRM”).
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 11
If this occurs, we will charge our then-current training tuition fee.
Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?
YesItem 6
Annual Up to $2,000 per When incurred You (or your designated Conference Fee person (up to two representative we approve) for System attendees per entity). must attend.
The filing answers no to 1 question
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Item 11
Who buys here
The buyer at this brand
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.
HQ committee: CEO/President + VP Ops + IT/CIO + Franchise + procurement involved.
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The vendor opportunity at Pet Supplies Plus Pet Supplies Plus runs 735 US stores, 502 of them franchised and 233 company- or affiliate-owned. Franchised outlets grew 3.5% year over year, and Item 19 discloses average annual gross sales of $2,666,693 for the 347 reporting franchised stores open the full 2024 measurement period under the same owner, rising to $2,937,419 for the 243 stores open four or more years.
Who controls software purchasing Pet Supplies Plus (PSP) sets required technology and hardware standards centrally. CEO and President Chris Rowland leads the organization, with CFO Daniel McNamara, Chief Marketing and Franchise Development Officer Nick Russo, and Chief Supply Chain Officer Miles Tedder rounding out the leadership that sets Item 8 and Item 11 policy.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required PSP requires franchisees to install its current, PSP-designated point-of-sale system and to lease the computer hardware PSP designates through a required sublease agreement. A separate monthly technology fee covers licensing, software, and support. Franchisees must also maintain adequate hardware and software for minimum-speed internet access, use a PSP-approved architect for construction drawings, and purchase Store network equipment and grooming-salon computer equipment from PSP's approved supplier. Stores that offer grooming services are billed for grooming scheduling software on behalf of a third-party vendor. Franchisees must also give PSP administrative rights and access to any social media or digital sites or applications.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 restricts sources: franchisees must buy inventory, merchandise, equipment, fixtures, furnishings, signage, uniforms, and supplies from PSP, its affiliates, or designated and approved suppliers, with certain pet foods and supplies required from affiliate PSP Distribution, LLC. Franchisees may propose an unapproved supplier for review by submitting the supplier's details and a product sample. Neither PSP nor its officers hold an ownership interest in an approved or designated supplier beyond its own affiliates.
How to read the Pet Supplies Plus FDD The embedded PDF viewer below holds Pet Supplies Plus's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. Item 8 covers the designated-supplier rules above and Item 11 the required POS and hardware terms. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of franchise systems where your product fits this well.
Questions vendors ask
Pet Supplies Plus, answered from the filing
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
5 operators run 15 mapped locations. 2 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
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Ownership
The portfolio behind Pet Supplies Plus
holding_vehicle of Pet Supplies Plus.
Sibling brands
Related Personal services brands
Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.