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title: "Franchise Times: 10 Franchises Selected for Prestigious Dealmakers Award"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/1ae4e031-6507-43d4-8fc3-2dc727a5f1c2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-10-franchises-selected-for-prestigious-dealmakers-award-9742
category: "Grooming"
industry: "Pets"
segment: "Grooming"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2017-01-28T16:11:11.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:14:15.124Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/eb36d6c9e3175df5c40b9a90ba2307556679.jpg
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# Franchise Times: 10 Franchises Selected for Prestigious Dealmakers Award

**TL;DR:** Franchise Times selected 10 franchises as top Dealmakers of the year, including K9 Resorts, which attracted a minority investment from Navigator Partners.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-01-28. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-10-franchises-selected-for-prestigious-dealmakers-award-9742).*

## Story

For the fifth year in a row, Franchise Times selected 10 winners as a top Dealmaker of the year. This past year, K9 Resorts founders attracted a minority investment from Navigator Partners. The Dealmakers winners were selected by a panel of judges, all experts in franchise M&A, and they will be accepting the awards at a luncheon during the Franchise Times Finance & Growth Conference in March.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Pets (sector)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- K9 Resorts Luxury Pet Hotel (company)
- awards (topic)
- business (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-10-franchises-selected-for-prestigious-dealmakers-award-9742). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/1ae4e031-6507-43d4-8fc3-2dc727a5f1c2).