Pet Butler

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Pet Butler
Type of Company Private
Founded In 1998 in Dallas, Texas
Headquarters Frisco, Texas, USA
Key people Matt "Red" Boswell, Chief Excrement Officer
Industry Pet Services
Products Animal Waste Collection
Litterbox Exchange
Lawn Yellow Spot Repair
Pet Potty Training Aids
Revenue projected $2.5 million USD (2006)[1]
Employees 6
Slogan America's Pet Waste Cleanup Service
Website PetButler.com

Pet Butler is the largest pet waste cleanup franchise in North America with over 20 frachisees offering service covering 50 territories Coast-to-Coast.

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[edit] Pet Butler

Pet Butler is the largest pet waste cleanup franchise in North America with over 20 frachisees offering service covering 50 territories Coast-to-Coast.[2]

[edit] History

Pet Butler was founded in 1998 by Matt “Red” Boswell as a one-person operation with an initial $1600 investment. Pet Butler is now a multi-million dollar national company, with operations from coast to coast.

The family-owned company, based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas, is the nation’s leading pet waste cleanup (poop scooping) service. Proudly calling itself “#1 in the ‘#2’ business,” Pet Butler provides professional pet waste cleanup and removal services for individual yards, parks, HOAs and multi-family communities.

In March of 2006 Pet Butler merged with Pet Butler of Central Ohio, one of the first pet waste service providers. The merger solidified Pet Butler's position as the nation's largest company dedicated to the proper cleanup and disposal of pet waste. [3]

Pet Butler continues its impressive growth and has been recognized as the 10th fastest growing private company in Collin County, Texas[4]

On September 26, 2006 Pet Butler expanded its offerings to include the holistic line of Healthy Pet Net pet foods, snacks, and products.[5]

[edit] Mission

The company’s mission is to make life more convenient, enjoyable, and safe for pets and their owners, and allow them more time to enjoy their pets, families, and yards. Pet Butler accomplishes that mission by charging customers a small per-visit fee for its technicians to collect dog and cat waste, carry it away, and dispose of it properly.

[edit] Industry Awareness

The pet waste removal industry is relatively young and has not always been very well respected. However, the value of such a service has been catching the eye of both the press, and the consumer in recent months.[6][7][8][9][10]

Entrepreneur.com lists "pooper-scooper Service" at the top of their 10 Pet Businesses to Start Today.[11]

[edit] Target Market

Pet owners in all geographic locations and socio-economic levels. Demand for Pet Butlerís services is constant, prompting most clients to subscribe to ongoing weekly or twice weekly service, usually year-round.

[edit] Services

Unlike most competitors, who may provide a pet waste cleanup service as a sideline to their pet sitting, walking, or grooming services, Pet Butler specializes in the diligent cleaning and safe disposal of pet wastes. To complement the cleaning and disposal, Pet Butler offers additional services such as odor elimination, lawn repair for yellow dog spots, patio and deck cleaning and training aids to keep pets out of specific areas and encourage them to eliminate in others, and more.


[edit] Franchising

In 2005, Pet Butler began an aggressive franchise program across North America, and by late 2006 had reached 50 franchises[12]. Its goal is to bring on 100 franchise partners who comprise 200 franchise territories across North America by mid-2010, making its services available to a market of 50 million people.

With an affordable franchise investment, Pet Butler offers its franchise partners a turnkey system for an immediate, effective business launch in their dedicated region. The company maintains an advanced communications and routing network (ARF) and proprietary web-to-mobile routing software (“Poop Net”) for franchisees, as well as a National Calling, Billing, and Customer Support Center (“Poop Central Command”) to handle the administrative side of franchise partners’ businesses, freeing them to serve customers and develop their businesses faster and more effectively.

[edit] Locations

[edit] Pet Butler - Aurora/Denver Metro

Operated by Robert and Jennifer Shurtleff
Offering service throughout the Aurora and Denver Metro areas, including:
Arvada
Aurora
Denver
Greenwood Village
Lakewood
Littleton

[edit] aPaws

Pet Butler and its franchisees are members of the Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists (aPaws) and operate in full compliance with their stated bylaws.

[edit] Registered Trademarks

Pet Butler currently holds the following Registered Trademarks:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pet Butler. Company Fact Sheet. Press release.
  2. ^ Pet Butler. Pet Butler Cleaning Up in Pet Waste Industry. Press release.
  3. ^ Pet Butler. Pet Waste Cleanup Leader Pet Butler Merges with Ohio Company that Launched the Industry. Press release.
  4. ^ FranchiseWire. Pet Butler Wins Award for its Impressive Growth and Financial Performance. Press release.
  5. ^ Pet Butler. [http://www.petbutler.com/pbx/_media/PRESSNEWS-20061011-20060926-HealthyPetNet-release_FINAL.pdf Pet Butler and HealthyPetNetô Unite to Better Serve Families and Their Pets]. Press release.
  6. ^ New York Times. Preferring the End of a Leash to Being Chained to a Desk. Press release.
  7. ^ Harper's Magazine. Weekly Review. Press release.
  8. ^ The Poodle (and Dog) Blog. Poop Scooping lawns—the business is really picking up. Press release.
  9. ^ Millionaire Blueprints. Poop Scooping lawns—the business is really picking up. Press release.
  10. ^ Uncommon Business. Poop Scooping Millionaires. Press release.
  11. ^ Entrepreneur.com. 10 Pet Businesses to Start Today. Press release.
  12. ^ Pet Butler. Pet Butler Cleaning Up in Pet Waste Industry. Press release.

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