Pet Passages
$75,000
$55,000
13
2016
Ontario,NY
Mike Harris
Overview
A business born out of something so personal and so important to me (Mike Harris, Founder and CEO) has set the company on a path to be an industry leader. You won’t find another operation like Pet Passages® in any major cities across the US. This makes owning a Pet Passages® franchise an incredible responsibility and an exciting opportunity on the frontier of something so desperately needed in our society.
Franchise Unit Trends
13
3
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* in 2022
Franchise Fees
$55,000
Veteran's Fee: $25,500 - $42,500
6.0%
Gross Sales
1.0%
Gross Sales
Why Choose Pet Passages?
There are tremendous personal and financial rewards to owning a Pet Passages® location. Some notable benefits include:
- Minimal startup costs
- Up and running in as little as five months
- Corporate support every step of the way Margins of up to 30% or more
- Return on investment in as little as 12- to 18-months
- This is a profession, not a job
- Become a Pillar in your community
- We are a Generational Business
Starting Costs and Investment Requirements
$71,150 - $448,900
$300,000
$75,000
Training and Support
- 10-14 days of classroom and hands training on at corporate
- Founder is on-site when you open
- Monthly Zoom meetings
- 24/7 ongoing support
History
Our founder, president, and CEO, Mike Harris is a third-generation licensed funeral home director and worked in his family’s funeral home for almost 25 years from 1993 until the end of 2016. In 2008 when he suddenly lost his two best friends, Rottweilers Luke and Hannah, he searched extensively for compassionate pet funeral and cremation options that fit with what he was accustomed to at traditional funeral homes. Shockingly, he never found what he was looking for, and even worse, he was constantly met with unprofessionalism and a serious lack of dignity and compassion for his beloved pets.
Right then and there, Mike made the decision to devote his life to creating a compassionate space and experience worthy of our pets—some of the most integral members of our families.
Given his education, training, experience, and family heritage, he knew it was his responsibility to improve the quality of end-of-life pet care. Mike set out to gather as much information and learn as much as he could so he could develop a new and modern pet cremation business model. In 2009, he launched his first pet funeral home and crematory, Pets at Peace by Harris Funeral Home. Given its immediate success, Mike then started Pet Passages® in August of 2011, a company that has truly set the highest possible standard of dignified, quality care for the pet funeral and cremation profession.
Ideal Candidate
- Demonstrate a genuine love and compassion for animals
- Have outstanding organizational skills
- Can follow operational procedures and administrative guidelines
- Exhibit high personal, moral, and ethical standards
- Possess strong customer service skills
- Are or have been pet parents
- Experienced a loss of a pet
