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Turn your vacant retail into the neighborhood's favorite destination.

Snout Studios is the national franchise of private pet-grooming studios — locally owned, brand-backed, and actively looking for ground-floor space. Hand us quality retail; we'll turn it into a clean, modern, high-traffic destination run by a committed local owner and backed by a national brand.

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A modern Snout Studios glass storefront — the kind of destination tenant your retail space could become
Growing
National footprint, market by market
Turnkey
We design & build the space
Local
Owner-operated, brand-backed
Low-impact
Quiet, clean daytime use
Why landlords say yes

A tenant that pays you back in foot traffic

A Snout Studios doesn't just fill a unit — it turns it into a recurring destination that strengthens your whole property.

Recession-resistant demand

Pet care is one of the most durable categories in retail — owners keep grooming their dogs through every economic cycle. That makes a Snout Studios a steady, defensive tenant for your asset.

A destination, not a vacancy

Dogs and their owners visit on a recurring schedule, every few weeks. That's reliable, repeat foot traffic that benefits your other tenants and turns dead retail into a neighborhood anchor.

Turnkey for you

We take quality space and design and build it out to our standard. You don't manage a fit-out or chase a fragile small business — you get a finished, on-brand destination.

A committed local owner

Each studio is locally owned and operated by a franchise owner backed by the national Snout Studios brand — a professionally managed operator with real skin in the game, not a revolving door of pop-ups.

Clean, quiet, low-impact

Daytime hours, no overnight boarding, no kennels, no noise or odor issues — a tidy, modern, well-maintained use that's easy to sit next to any co-tenant.

Built to scale with you

We're not opening a one-off pop-up. We're building a national footprint market by market — a partner you can grow with across multiple sites and markets.

Snout Studios street presence drawing pet owners on a busy sidewalk
The expansion

We're expanding across the country. Your property could be one of the next.

Site criteria

What makes a great Snout Studios location

Here's what our real-estate team looks for. Strong on most of these? Your property is exactly what we're after.

  The ideal trade area

  • Ground-floor retail with strong street visibility and window frontage
  • Dense, dog-owning residential population nearby
  • Steady foot traffic on weekdays and weekends
  • Great co-tenants — grocery, fitness, coffee, pet, or vet
  • Easy access — convenient parking or a walkable district
  • Growing or established neighborhoods with momentum

The space & specs

  • 1,200–1,500 sq ft (our footprint is flexible)
  • Ground floor preferred for visibility and access
  • Water & plumbing access for wash stations
  • HVAC and adequate electrical capacity
  • Signage & frontage for brand visibility
  • ADA-accessible entry and street or lot access

Don't tick every box? Submit anyway — we evaluate every market individually and our footprint is flexible. The fastest way to find out is to send it over.

How it works

From submission to open

A simple, low-lift path — we do the heavy lifting once your space is a fit.

1

Submit your property

Share the basics in the two-minute form below — location, size, and availability. No financials or paperwork required to start.

2

We review & visit

Our real-estate team evaluates the trade area, dog-ownership density, and co-tenancy, then tours the space with you.

3

Align on terms & design

If it's a fit, we align on terms and design a studio tailored to your space — sizing the layout to the footprint you have.

4

Build-out & open

We handle the turnkey build-out to the Snout Studios standard, and a local franchise owner opens it — turning your space into a thriving, on-brand destination.

Questions

Property owner FAQs

Snout Studios is a national franchise of private pet-grooming studios. Each location is locally owned and operated by a committed franchise owner and backed by the Snout Studios brand, design standards, and support — a professionally designed, single-destination concept. You get the best of both worlds: a local owner with real skin in the game, standing behind a clean, modern, high-demand national brand.
Ground-floor retail with strong visibility and window frontage, generally in the 1,200–3,000 sq ft range, in dense, dog-owning neighborhoods. Co-tenancy with grocery, fitness, coffee, or vet is a plus. The full profile is in the Site Criteria section above — and our footprint is flexible, so submit even if you don't tick every box.
We take a turnkey approach — our team designs and fits out each studio to the Snout Studios standard so the space opens ready to operate. You hand us quality retail; we turn it into a polished, on-brand destination.
No. A Snout Studios is a quiet, clean, daytime-hours use with no overnight boarding and no kennels. Spaces are professionally maintained and odor-controlled, and the steady stream of pet-owning visitors tends to lift foot traffic for surrounding tenants.
We're open in Los Angeles and actively expanding across 28 U.S. markets. If your property is in a growing, dog-loving trade area, we want to see it — see our locations map.
Absolutely. Portfolio owners, brokers, and developers are exactly who we want to hear from. Submit your strongest site below and note the portfolio in the message — our real-estate team will follow up to review the rest.
Our real-estate team reviews every submission and typically responds within a few business days. Strong sites in priority markets move fastest.

*Franchise opportunities are not currently available. This website and its contents are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. No such offer can or will be made until a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) has been registered, filed, or is exempt, and delivered in compliance with applicable federal and state franchise laws. Any references to a franchise model, locally owned studios, expansion plans, or unit counts are forward-looking, subject to change, and should not be relied upon for any investment, financial, or business decision. Property submissions are real-estate inquiries only and do not create any franchise relationship or obligation.

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