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Salty Dawg Pet Salon franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk
Salty Dawg Pet Salon operates in the pet services category with an initial investment ranging from $132,350 to $392,900.
Everything below is free, read straight off Salty Dawg Pet Salon's registered filing, with where the numbers land against pet services peers. Weighing Salty Dawg Pet Salon against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Salty Dawg Pet Salon's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-33148 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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Salty Dawg Pet Salon franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Salty Dawg Pet Salon does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Salty Dawg Pet Salon — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (77% of pet services franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Salty Dawg Pet Salon's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Pet services franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Salty Dawg Pet Salon lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Salty Dawg Pet Salon's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) does disclose 3 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 Salty Dawg Pet Salon 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.
Salty Dawg Pet Salon closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Salty Dawg Pet Salon 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 Salty Dawg Pet Salon'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. Salty Dawg Pet Salon's outlet tables did not machine-read cleanly; Item 20 of the source FDD has them.
Who owns Salty Dawg Pet Salon?
Salty Dawg Pet Salon's franchise is offered by Purely Pet LLC (AR) — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Pet services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Salty Dawg Pet Salon 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.
Salty Dawg Pet Salon franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Salty Dawg Pet Salon — who is the franchisor?
Salty Dawg Pet Salon's most recently filed FDD (2025) names Purely Pet LLC (AR) 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 Salty Dawg Pet Salon franchise cost?
Salty Dawg Pet Salon's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $132,350 – $392,900, with an initial franchise fee of $20,000 and a 50% 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 upper quartile (median $356,644).
How much profit does a Salty Dawg Pet Salon franchise make?
Salty Dawg Pet Salon makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Salty Dawg Pet Salon at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Salty Dawg Pet Salon disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Salty Dawg Pet Salon's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 77% of pet services franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Salty Dawg Pet Salon?
Salty Dawg Pet Salon's most recently filed FDD (2025) discloses 3 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 Salty Dawg Pet Salon itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Salty Dawg Pet Salon a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Salty Dawg Pet Salon'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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