Which costs less to open, DapperTails or Salty Paws?

DapperTails: $103,500 – $242,000 (2026 FDD · Item 7); Salty Paws: $72,250 – $255,570 (2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 18). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Salty Paws. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.

How do DapperTails and Salty Paws royalties compare?

DapperTails: 7% (2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10); Salty Paws: $500 (2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11). Royalties as disclosed in Item 6; other recurring fees are listed separately.

Which has more locations, DapperTails or Salty Paws?

DapperTails: 17 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 50); Salty Paws: 9 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 41). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.

Franchise opportunities compared

DapperTails vs Salty Paws

Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

DapperTails2026 FDD

Salty Paws2025 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

DapperTails

$103,500 – $242,000

2026 FDD · Item 7

Salty Paws

$72,250 – $255,570

2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 18

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

DapperTails

$50,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 8

Salty Paws

$35,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

Royalty · Item 6

DapperTails

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10

Salty Paws

$500

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11

Before you compare

DapperTails figures come from its 2026 FDD and Salty Paws figures from its 2025 FDD, so the years differ.
DapperTails discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
Only DapperTails has reviewed Item 19 figures here.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

DapperTails

Salty Paws

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

DapperTails

$103,500 – $242,000

2026 FDD · Item 7

Salty Paws

$72,250 – $255,570

Total initial investment

2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 18

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

DapperTails

$50,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 8

Salty Paws

$35,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

Royalty (Item 6)

DapperTails

Continuing royalty rate

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10

Salty Paws

$500

Royalty monthly minimum

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

DapperTails

Brand Fund Contribution rate — 2%

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11

Salty Paws

Brand fund current contribution — 2%

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11

System scale & health

Disclosure

DapperTails

Salty Paws

Total outlets (Item 20)

DapperTails

Outlets at end of 2024

2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 50

Salty Paws

Outlets at end of 2024

2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 41

Net outlet change (Item 20)

DapperTails

Calculated: 8 at end of 2022 → 17 at end of 2024

Salty Paws

Not available

Only one year reported

Outlet exits (Item 20)

DapperTails

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Salty Paws

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

DapperTails

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Salty Paws

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

DapperTails

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Salty Paws

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

DapperTails

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record

$1,244,640

other Table 1

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46

Salty Paws

Not disclosed — no Item 19 financial performance representation

Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

DapperTails vs Salty Paws: common questions

Which costs less to open, DapperTails or Salty Paws?: DapperTails: $103,500 – $242,000 (2026 FDD · Item 7); Salty Paws: $72,250 – $255,570 (2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 18). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Salty Paws. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
How do DapperTails and Salty Paws royalties compare?: DapperTails: 7% (2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10); Salty Paws: $500 (2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11). Royalties as disclosed in Item 6; other recurring fees are listed separately.
Which has more locations, DapperTails or Salty Paws?: DapperTails: 17 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 50); Salty Paws: 9 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 41). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
Do DapperTails and Salty Paws disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: DapperTails has reviewed Item 19 figures for 1 location group; Salty Paws makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

Answers restate the reviewed figures above. Not a ranking or recommendation.

How Franopolis reviews FDD figures