Is there a minimum area granted for a Hydrodog territory?
Hydrodog Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
the "Training Expenses"). (Franchise Agreement - Section 6.6)
ITEM 12 TERRITORY
You will not receive an exclusive territory. You may face competition from other franchisees, from outlets that we own, or from other channels of distribution or competitive brands that we control.
The franchise is granted for mobile operations within a defined Territory, which will be described in Exhibit "A" to your Franchise Agreement. Your Territory will be defined as a specific geographic area identified using commonly understood state, county, municipal or postal area definitions. There is no minimum area granted for a Territory.
We will not operate or grant franchises for HydroDog Businesses from a fixed location or mobile method (vehicle) within your Territory.
You are required to meet the Territory Development Schedule, which requires you to maintain one (1) HydroDog Vehicle for every 100,000 population (or fraction thereof) in your Territory. You must add each required additional HydroDog Vehicle within six (6) months after commencing operations or within six (6) months of any population increase that triggers the requirement for an additional vehicle. Your failure to achieve either the required customer satisfaction index score results or the required customer retention rate results is grounds either for us to require your mandatory attendance at any remedial training program that we specify or for us to allow other franchisees to operate in your Territory, or for us to terminate the Franchise Agreement. In addition, if you do not open the number of mobile pet grooming vehicles as required by the Territory Development Schedule, we may terminate your Franchise Agreement.
You cannot operate your HydroDog Business outside the Territory or relocate without our prior written approval. If, in our business judgment, there is a change in character of your Territory sufficiently detrimental to its business potential to warrant your HydroDog Business's relocation to a new geographic area, we will permit you to relocate your HydroDog Business.
Source: Item 12 — TERRITORY (FDD pages 30–32)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Hydrodog's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, there is no minimum area granted for a territory. The franchise agreement is for mobile operations within a defined territory, described in Exhibit "A" of the Franchise Agreement. This territory is a specific geographic area defined by state, county, municipal, or postal area definitions.
While Hydrodog franchisees do not receive an exclusive territory, Hydrodog will not operate or grant franchises for HydroDog Businesses from a fixed location or mobile method (vehicle) within a franchisee's territory. However, franchisees may face competition from other franchisees, outlets that Hydrodog owns, or other distribution channels or competitive brands that Hydrodog controls.
Hydrodog requires franchisees to maintain one HydroDog Vehicle for every 100,000 in population (or fraction thereof) within their territory. Additional vehicles must be added within six months of commencing operations or within six months of any population increase that triggers the need for another vehicle. Failure to meet customer satisfaction or retention rate requirements can lead to mandatory remedial training or allow other franchisees to operate in the territory, or even termination of the Franchise Agreement. Failure to open the required number of mobile pet grooming vehicles can also result in termination of the Franchise Agreement.
Franchisees cannot operate their HydroDog Business outside their assigned territory or relocate without prior written approval from Hydrodog. However, Hydrodog may permit relocation if there is a detrimental change in the character of the territory that warrants it.