Business
Private Equity Keeps Rolling Up Pet Boarding and Daycare
From Best Friends Pet Hotel's rapid acquisition spree to a wave of new platforms, private equity is consolidating boarding and daycare at a striking pace.
Grooming Salon Marketing 2026: Fill Your Calendar
How grooming salon owners turn before-and-after content, local SEO, Google reviews, and referral systems into booked appointments in 2026.
How Grooming Salons Are Cutting No-Shows in 2026
No-shows cost groomers thousands a year. See how deposits, card-on-file, SMS reminders and waitlists cut empty chairs in 2026, and the loyalty trade-offs.
Groomer Labor Shortage Deepens as 2026 Demand Climbs
The pet grooming industry faces a widening staffing gap in 2026. Inside the wage pressures, training bottlenecks, and retention fixes owners are testing.
How to Raise Grooming Prices in 2026 Without Losing Clients
A 2026 guide to grooming salon pricing strategy: when to raise rates, how to communicate increases, à la carte vs package pricing, and protecting retention.
Opening a Second Grooming Location Without Sinking the First
What actually changes when you open a second grooming salon: the systems, staffing, and cash-flow realities owners must fix before they scale.
Supertails Raises $30M as Pet-Commerce Money Flows
India-based pet platform Supertails raised $30 million, a reminder that pet-economy investment is a global phenomenon reaching well beyond U.S. grooming and boarding.
Digitail Raises $23M Series B for AI Vet Software
Veterinary software maker Digitail closed a $23 million Series B led by Five Elms Capital to expand its AI tools for clinics.
Modern Animal Raises $46M to Expand Tech-Forward Vet Care
Membership vet startup Modern Animal added $46 million in new funding after strong revenue growth, part of a broader surge of capital into pet health.
Tractive Acquires Whistle From Mars Petcare
GPS pet-tracker maker Tractive bought the Whistle brand from Mars Petcare, consolidating the connected-collar market that touches grooming and boarding clients.
PetScreening Closes $80M Series B for Pet-Policy Software
PetScreening raised $80 million to expand its pet- and assistance-animal policy management platform — one of the largest pet-software rounds in recent memory.
Togetherwork Acquires PetExec, Growing Its Pet-Care Software Group
PE-backed Togetherwork bought boarding and daycare software PetExec, adding it to a stable that already includes Gingr and Revelation Pets.
Bansk Group Acquires PetIQ for $1.5 Billion
Private-equity firm Bansk Group bought pet-health products maker PetIQ in a $1.5 billion deal, underscoring investor appetite across the pet economy.
MoeGo Raises $24M Series A to Scale Pet Grooming Software
MoeGo, the grooming and pet-care business software used by thousands of salons, closed a $24 million Series A led by Base10 Partners, with Mars Petcare's venture arm joining the round.
Blackstone Completes $2.3B Acquisition of Rover
Private-equity giant Blackstone took pet-care marketplace Rover private in a $2.3 billion all-cash deal, a landmark for institutional money entering pet services.
DaySmart Acquires Time To Pet, Expanding Its Pet Software Suite
Private-equity-backed DaySmart added pet-sitting and dog-walking platform Time To Pet to its grooming and daycare software lineup, deepening consolidation in pet-care software.
Access Holdings' WagWay Group Buys PUPS Pet Club
PE-backed WagWay Group acquired boarding and daycare operator PUPS Pet Club, adding urban locations in New York and Chicago to its growing pet-services platform.
General Atlantic Backs Village Pet Care Boarding and Grooming Platform
Growth-equity firm General Atlantic launched Village Pet Care, a multi-state platform offering boarding, daycare, grooming, and training across 17 centers.
Togetherwork Buys Gingr, Kicking Off a Pet Software Roll-Up
The 2017 acquisition of Gingr by PE-backed Togetherwork was an early move in what became a multi-year consolidation of pet-care software.