Zoomin Groomin unit economics
Zoomin Groomin area representatives own a region where they sell and support mobile pet grooming franchises, and earn half of the unit initial fees and royalties.
Zoomin Groomin franchise at a glance
Zoomin Groomin’s 2026 FDD, issued 30 April 2026, makes no financial performance representation in Item 19, so it gives no sales or profit figure. A Zoomin Groomin franchise costs $96,150 to $395,400 to open, including a $87,500 initial franchise fee. A Zoomin Groomin area representative takes 50% of unit initial fees and 50% of royalties, and pays no royalty upward.
- Zoomin Groomin reported 57 franchised locations in its 2026 FDD.
- Zoomin Groomin had 57 area representatives at the end of 2025.
These figures come from Zoomin Groomin's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, as the brand reported them, and were read by Averan Advisors.
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Talk to Averan → Move your books and accounting to Averan →- Each unit territory costs exactly $12,500.10 cents across 125,000 residents *, so a seven-territory region is $87,500 and a thirty-territory region $375,000.
- The representative pays no royalty and keeps half of everything upward.That is 50% of net unit initial fees and 50% of unit royalties, with no advertising fund contribution and no local marketing minimum.
- A broker-sold unit leaves the representative with a quarter of the fee.The broker fee, currently 50%, is deducted before the 50% commission is calculated *.
- Help from the brand’s own sales staff costs $5,000 a unit.Payable at the time of sale, so the cheapest unit to sell is the one you find yourself.
- The only ongoing charge is technology, at up to $350 a month.That is $4,200 a year *, the lightest recurring obligation in this library.
Ten cents per person
How the territory is priced
| Region size | Population * | Fee | A unit territory * |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 unit territories | 875,000 | $87,500 | $12,500 |
| 15 unit territories | 1,875,000 | $187,500 | $12,500 |
| 30 unit territories | 3,750,000 | $375,000 | $12,500 |
| Rate | 10 cents for each resident of the region | ||
The brand reported the 10-cent rate, the 125,000-resident territory and the $87,500 to $375,000 range. We worked out the population and per-territory columns.
The price of a unit territory holds flat at every region size. $12,500 whether the region fits seven or thirty *, so there is no volume discount for taking more ground.
Veterans and first responders receive 10% off. That is $8,750 on the smallest region and $37,500 on the largest *.
A region already containing operating units is priced by negotiation. Based on how many exist and what royalty they generate, alongside density, competition and road layouts, so an established region is priced case by case.
The fee is refunded if the application is declined or training goes unpassed. Provided the materials come back, a narrow but real refund, uncommon at this size of check.
The brand finances no part of it. So $87,500 to $375,000 is cash at signing.
Top performers
What separates the top Zoomin Groomin performers
Zoomin Groomin publishes no revenue figures, so neither the average nor the spread between locations is disclosed.
Decided before you open
- Territory.This model sells from a territory, with no storefront, quoted at 125,000 people. Population density sets how much driving sits between jobs.
- Opening cost range.Opening costs $96,150 to $395,400, a 4.1× range inside one brand.
Live operating levers
- Sales depend on pets served.The owner counts how many pets come through in a day and how many come back within the month.
- Memberships and rebooking.A recurring plan turns appointments into a monthly subscription and keeps the schedule fuller. Rebooking before the customer leaves keeps it full.
- Service and retail mix.Retail sales and the share of customers on higher service tiers raise revenue per hour without adding hours or rooms.
Context you underwrite around
- What the filing does not include.Item 19 publishes no profit or cost data for franchised locations, no median, no performance bands, no attainment figure. Ask the franchisor or current owners for cost and profit figures.
- Sales spread in the category.Across 13 Pet Care brands in this library, the top group sells 4.1× the bottom at the typical brand, and a median 44% of locations reach their own average *. Ask the franchisor for this brand’s spread.
Top performers
How far apart the locations are
This filing does not split its locations into performance bands, so the gap between the highest and lowest Zoomin Groomin location is not disclosed. What it does publish is on the Model and Finance tabs.
What it costs to start
Cost to open
| Item | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial area representative fee | $87,500 | $375,000 |
| Initial advertising | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| Professional fees | $1,500 | $3,500 |
| Additional funds, three months | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| Everything else | $1,150 | $6,900 |
| Total | $96,150 | $395,400 |
| Outside the fee * | $8,650 | $20,400 |
Every figure is as the brand reported it and the final row subtracts the territory fee from the totals, marked *.
Everything beyond the territory costs $8,650 to $20,400 *. That is 9.0% and 5.2% of the two totals, so this is a purchase.
The business runs from home or any office. With relocation needing notice, rent is $0 at the low end for that reason.
Three months of working capital is $3,000 to $5,000. That excludes any salary for the owner or staff, so the income has to start arriving from unit sales quickly.
Initial advertising of $3,000 to $5,000 is the recruitment budget. The only marketing figure in the whole estimate, and it targets franchisees.
A transfer costs $10,000. Modest against a territory that can cost $375,000, 2.7% at that end *.
Territory and the system
Area representative outlets, 2023 to 2025
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2024 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2025 | 46 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 57 |
| Three years | n/a | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | n/a |
Every figure is as the brand reported it for area representative outlets, with unit grooming franchises disclosed separately and one company-owned representative outlet added in 2025.
Fifty representative regions opened in three years with zero terminations *. The first four exits came in 2025, two reacquired and two ceasing.
Fifty-seven regions cover between 399 and 1,710 unit territories *. That is the size of the grooming business those representatives are expected to build.
Territorial rights depend on yearly development minimums. The minimums set a number of unit agreements signed and units open and operating, and falling short lets the brand withdraw the right to develop further.
The brand keeps internet, catalog, telemarketing and direct marketing. A unit fee it accepts inside your region is still credited to you, so the channel is reserved but the commission follows the territory.
The term is ten years. The rights produce income only while units keep operating and paying, so unit survival is the representative’s real asset.
Questions we get asked
Questions an owner asks
How much does a Zoomin Groomin franchise make?
Zoomin Groomin’s 2026 FDD, issued 30 April 2026, makes no financial performance representation in Item 19, so it gives no sales or profit figure. A Zoomin Groomin franchise costs $96,150 to $395,400 to open, including a $87,500 initial franchise fee. A Zoomin Groomin area representative takes 50% of unit initial fees and 50% of royalties, and pays no royalty upward.
What is this business at Zoomin Groomin?
A Zoomin Groomin area representative recruits and supports mobile pet-grooming franchisees across a region. The representative earns half the initial franchise fees and half the royalties those units pay.
What does the Zoomin Groomin territory cost?
The fee is 10 cents for each resident. A region fits 7 to 30 unit territories of about 125,000 people each. So the fee runs $87,500 to $375,000, exactly $12,500 for each unit territory on our reading, with no volume discount.
What does the representative pay ongoing at Zoomin Groomin?
Up to $350 a month of technology, which is $4,200 a year. There is no royalty upward, no advertising fund contribution and no local marketing minimum.
What reduces the 50% share at Zoomin Groomin?
Two things matter. If a broker sells the territory, the broker's fee comes off first. That fee is currently 50% of the territory fee. On our reading the representative is left with about a quarter. If the brand's own sales staff assist, the representative pays $5,000 for that unit.
What does it cost to start at Zoomin Groomin?
$96,150 to $395,400, of which $87,500 to $375,000 is the territory. Everything else is $8,650 to $20,400 on our reading, and the business runs from home.
Are there development obligations at Zoomin Groomin?
Yes. Territorial rights continue subject to minimum yearly unit agreements signed and cumulative units open and operating. Falling short lets the brand withdraw the right to develop further, though the share of fees and royalties on existing units continues while you comply.
What is the Zoomin Groomin system doing?
It is growing fast. Area representative outlets went from 11 at the start of 2023 to 57 at the end of 2025, with 50 opened, zero terminated, two reacquired and two ceasing. Unit grooming franchises are disclosed separately.
Which two numbers should run monthly at Zoomin Groomin?
Track unit agreements signed against the development minimums, because those keep the territory. Then track units open and paying royalties, because half of that royalty stream is the whole return on the purchase.
- The filing gives no revenue figures. The filing makes no financial performance representation, so there is no disclosed sales number for any location.
- The filing gives no profit figure. The filing reports sales and not earnings, so what an owner keeps is not disclosed.
- The filing breaks out no cost lines. Wages, rent and cost of goods are not broken out, so margin cannot be rebuilt from the document.
- The filing gives no range. The filing does not show the highest and lowest locations, so the spread inside the system is unknown.
- The filing gives no attainment figure. The filing does not say how many locations reached the average it publishes.
- The filing shows no ramp. The filing does not show how a new location builds up, so the first-year curve has to be assumed.
Questions worth putting to Zoomin Groomin
These are questions the Zoomin Groomin unit economics filing leaves open. An owner or a buyer can put them to Zoomin Groomin unit economics directly.
- What do locations at the median spend on wages and rent as a share of sales? The filing reports sales only.
- What did the highest and lowest locations sell last year, and what explains the gap?
- How long does a new location take to reach the average you publish, and what does the build-up look like month by month?
- What do the fees add up to as a share of sales at the average location, once minimums and technology charges are counted?
- How many Zoomin Groomin locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
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Zoomin Groomin reads against the rest of the grooming and pet retail group: Aussie Pet Mobile · EarthWise Pet · Pet Supplies Plus · Scenthound · Wag N Wash · Woof Gang Bakery. The grooming and pet retail guide compares all of them on the same figures.
Questions owners ask next
The figures above raise these, and each one is answered on its own page.
- At what level of sales does a minimum fee stop costing me more than the percentage?It works out the sales level where a minimum fee stops applying.
- How much cash do I fund before a new location covers its own costs?It builds a 13-week forecast for the months before break-even.
- My payroll percentage keeps climbing. Is that a payroll problem?It shows how to tell whether payroll is rising or revenue is falling.
- How much of Item 19 can I rely on?It explains what an Item 19 financial performance representation tells you and what it leaves out.
- What should I be looking at every week?It lists the handful of numbers that move before the P&L does.
Where these figures come from.
Every figure here comes from Zoomin Groomin USA LLC’s 2026 FDD for area representatives. The document is unaudited by us. We are unaffiliated with the brand. Calculations of our own are marked with an asterisk where they appear. The figures describe contractual terms and estimated costs. This page is an educational summary and is not legal or tax advice. Zoomin Groomin® is a registered trademark of its owner. How Averan reads a Franchise Disclosure Document.
These figures come from the brand's disclosure. They are not a forecast, an offer to sell a franchise or advice. Source: Zoomin Groomin USA LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, issued 30 April 2026.