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How Private Equity Is Buying Up Pet Grooming Franchises
In Episode 60 of The Buyout Show, Lucas and Luna dive into the private equity roll-up of pet grooming franchises—a fragmented industry with over 50,000 independent shops. They focus on the specific playbook of Peak Rock Capital, which acquired Aussie Pet Mobile in 2021 and has since consolidated a dozen regional grooming chains into a national platform called The Pooch Mobile. Lucas breaks down the unit economics: a single mobile grooming van generates about $150,000 in annual revenue with 40 percent gross margins, but the real prize is the recurring customer base—grooming appointments every…
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