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From the filings
Preppy Pet
Personal servicesPreppy Pet operates 20 pet-care locations, holding flat at 0% unit growth year over year. QuickBooks by Intuit appears in Item 20 of the filing, though it isn't a required purchase, and the 19 mapped operators are all single-unit.
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Live signals
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
17 requirements the franchisor states in this filing, each in its own words; 3 explicit no's; 14 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 20
Online Access to Accounting 24/7 through Internet Access and Kennel Management Software to your software and computer databases
Must the franchisee submit periodic financial statements (monthly, quarterly or annual) to the franchisor?
YesItem 20
Franchisee shall submit to Franchisor periodic reports on forms in the manner and at the times specified herein.
How the franchisor buys
Is there a franchisee advisory council, association or committee?
YesItem 20
The Franchisor’s staff will manage the Ad Fund whose sole duty will be to budget and spend monies in the Advertising Fund in ways that it deems appropriate after receiving guidance from a Committee of Franchise Owners.
Does the franchisor reserve the right to change designated suppliers or systems at any time?
YesItem 20
Franchisee shall install, update, maintain, pay for, and use exclusively for all operations in the Franchise Business those information and management systems specified from time to time by Franchisor.
Communications
Does the franchisor own or control the business telephone numbers, or take them over when the agreement ends?
YesItem 20
Franchisee acknowledges that, as between it and Franchisor, Franchisor has the sole rights to and interest in all telephone numbers and directory and internet listings associated with the Mark.
Franchise management
Does the franchisor conduct periodic inspections, audits or evaluations of the franchised business?
YesItem 20
All records, ledgers and other documents of the franchised business shall be made available for audit or inspection by Franchisor (or its designee) during normal business hours upon reasonable notice by Franchisor or its designee.
Can the franchisor change the operations manual and brand standards unilaterally?
YesItem 20
Franchisor will make available, at no additional cost to Franchisee, its confidential Operations Manuals and training material together with any revisions or amendments thereto which may be made by Franchisor from time to time during the term of this Agreement.
Must the franchisor approve the franchisee's site or location before opening?
YesItem 20
Franchisor reserves the sole right of final review and consent to any location of the kennel.
Marketing
Is the franchisee prohibited from operating its own website or social media accounts, or required to use pages the franchisor provides?
YesItem 20
Franchisee is prohibited from establishing its own website utilizing the Preppy Pet mark nor may it establish social media accounts without Franchisor’s written permission.
Is the franchisee required to spend a minimum amount on local advertising or marketing, as a percentage of sales or a fixed amount?
YesItem 20
The Franchisee agrees to spend at least five percent (5%) of monthly sales on such local advertising (or a total of 5% minus any amount being collected for the Advertising Fund).
Operations
Must equipment be purchased from designated or approved suppliers?
YesItem 20
Franchisee is required to provide all mandatory services as suggested by Franchisor’s Operations Manuals in the conduct of its business and to purchase any inventory and materials used by its staff or sold to customers from suppliers suggested and approved by Franchisor.
Payments
Are royalties and other fees collected by automatic bank debit (ACH or electronic funds transfer) from the franchisee's account?
YesItem 20
Franchisee shall make arrangements with its banking institution to permit Franchisor to debit Franchisee’s banking account based on Franchise’s monthly Royalty Report
People
Must employees wear uniforms specified by the franchisor?
YesItem 20
to cause Franchisee’s employees to wear apparel which conforms to the specifications, design, color and style approved by Franchisor from time to time;
Point of sale
Must the franchisee use a specific point-of-sale system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 20
Franchisee shall install, update, maintain, pay for, and use exclusively for all operations in the Franchise Business those information and management systems specified from time to time by Franchisor.
Does the franchisor have independent access to the data in the franchisee's POS or computer system?
YesItem 20
The Franchisor has the right to utilize software that allows the Franchisor continuously and without limitation to download the client list.
Sales and CRM
Must the franchisee use a CRM system designated or approved by the franchisor?
YesItem 20
Franchisee shall install, update, maintain, pay for, and use exclusively for all operations in the Franchise Business those information and management systems specified from time to time by Franchisor.
Training
Can the franchisor charge the franchisee for additional, refresher or remedial training?
YesItem 20
Franchisor may offer additional training and establish prerequisites or qualifications for those seeking to enroll in any such additional training course.
The filing answers no to 3 questions
- Must the franchisee participate in a customer-satisfaction or net-promoter survey program?Item 20
- Must the franchisee participate in a regional advertising cooperative when one exists?Item 20
- Is attendance at an annual convention or conference mandatory for the franchisee?Item 20
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.
The franchisor's owner/CEO decides; an ops or franchise-development lead may evaluate.
- With 298 active personal services brands, I can't see which ones are growing or have the tech gaps my product fills, so I waste weeks chasing the wrong targets.A rep burning 10 hours/week on manual research at $50/hr loses $26,000/year. FranCloud's fit_scoring and corpus_search surface high-fit brands in seconds, reclaiming that time for selling.
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The vendor opportunity at Preppy Pet 20 locations (19 franchised, 1 company-owned) in the personal-services segment, with unit count flat year over year.
Who controls software purchasing Item 2 names the officers responsible for Preppy Pet's franchise operations. All 19 mapped operators run a single unit each, spread across Florida, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Georgia, a footprint small enough that buying decisions typically flow through headquarters.
Tech named in the FDD, and what is actually required Item 20 names QuickBooks by Intuit, though it isn't a required purchase. Item 11 sets Preppy Pet's broader technology requirements; see the filing below for the specific systems it names.
Procurement, renewals, and timing Item 8 sets Preppy Pet's supplier rules, and Item 17 covers renewal, transfer and termination terms; both are worth reading directly in the filing below for their specific provisions.
How to read the Preppy Pet FDD The 2025 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked list of similar personal-services targets at comparable scale.
Questions vendors ask
Preppy Pet, answered from the filing
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
19 operators run 19 mapped locations. 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Top states by locations
| FL | 6 |
|---|---|
| TX | 3 |
| OH | 2 |
| PA | 1 |
| GA | 1 |
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Primary franchise filings · updated September 2026. Every figure is source-traceable and QA-checked.