Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641544
Camp Bow Wow franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Camp Bow Wow cost $954,606 to $1,229,536 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 2.5% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Camp Bow Wow Franchising, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-05-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
single camp; the multi-unit development table totals $1,029,606 to $1,304,536 including a $125,000 development fee.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $50,000 | Item 5, p. 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 3.5% of Net Revenue in the first year, then the greater of 7% of Net Revenue or a minimum monthly royalty | Item 6, p. 10 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising Fund Fee 1% of Net Revenue, up to 3% | Item 6, p. 10 |
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. average 2025 profit-and-loss (gross sales, cost of goods, labor, rent, EBITDA, owner's benefit) for Reporting Group One, with top and bottom 25% by profitability (Item 19, p. 63, 64, 65, 66).
Sample: the 207 of 225 US franchised camps open at least 24 months at 2025-12-31 that submitted all required reports; gross sales ranged from $371,438 to $2,465,224. The P&L tables are images in the filed PDF and their averages were not extracted in this pass. Period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31.
The figures in these tables are embedded as images in the filed PDF and have not yet been transcribed; they will be read by hand before this page shows them.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: the Item 19 average sales figure sits in an image table that was not extracted.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 200 | 213 | 223 |
| Opened | 14 | 13 | 3 |
| Terminated | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| End of year | 213 | 223 | 225 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 73; Table 3 totals p. 79.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
total franchised outlets including one international camp.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Camp Bow Wow Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-05-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641544, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
Informational only, not professional, legal or investment advice. Unitnomics computes from the filing and does not advise on, rank, or refer to any franchise. Last reviewed: November 2026.