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Pet Butler® franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network Item 19 disclosed
Pet Butler® offers pet waste removal services with a relatively low initial investment.
Everything below is free, read straight off Pet Butler®'s registered filing, with where the numbers land against pet services peers. Weighing Pet Butler® against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Pet Butler®'s most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640590 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a Pet Butler® franchise make?
Pet Butler® is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly from this filing, so we don't print one; Item 19 of the source FDD has the tables. See every pet services brand that discloses earnings in the Pet services franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Pet Butler® franchise profit vs. revenue
Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Pet Butler®'s 12% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Pet Butler® franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Pet Butler® franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.
Pet Butler® lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Pet Butler®'s most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Pet Butler® itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.
Pet Butler® closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Pet Butler® will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Pet Butler®'s most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a pet services of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Pet Butler®'s latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 2.6%, against a pet services median of 1.6% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -1 to 38 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Pet Butler®?
Pet Butler®'s franchise is offered by Pet Butler, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Pet services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Pet Butler® is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Pet Butler® franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Pet Butler® — who is the franchisor?
Pet Butler®'s most recently filed FDD (2026) names Pet Butler, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Pet Butler® franchise cost?
Pet Butler®'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $96,325 – $121,486, with an initial franchise fee of $46,000 and a 12% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against pet services peers it sits in the top quartile (median $356,644).
How much profit does a Pet Butler® franchise make?
Pet Butler® discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (12% of gross for Pet Butler®), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Pet Butler® franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Does Pet Butler® disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Pet Butler® reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly, so check Item 19 of the source FDD for the numbers.
Are there lawsuits against Pet Butler®?
Pet Butler®'s most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Pet Butler® itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Pet Butler® a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Pet Butler®'s numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against pet services peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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