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title: "Franchise Times: K-9 Resorts Investor Aims to Trump Market"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d9b7aedd-17c4-4cae-aa35-a69c02388ddc
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-k-9-resorts-investor-aims-to-trump-market-4786
category: "Pets"
industry: "Pets"
published: 2016-06-20T19:14:43.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:13:37.119Z
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# Franchise Times: K-9 Resorts Investor Aims to Trump Market

**TL;DR:** K-9 Resorts Daycare & Luxury Hotel, a franchise concept with six resorts across two states, has gained an investment partner in Navigator Partners, LLC, to drive significant growth. The investment will be used to increase brand awareness and expand across the country.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-06-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-k-9-resorts-investor-aims-to-trump-market-4786).*

## Story

It began with a simple dog-walking business to prove that they were responsible enough to have a pet of their own, but brothers Steven and Jason Parker turned that inspiration into what is now K-9 Resorts Daycare & Luxury Hotel, a franchise concept with six resorts across two states and poised for significant growth.

In their May issue, *Franchise Times* profiled the young company which just gained an investment partner in New Jersey-based private equity firm, Navigator Partners, LLC. "We know we have a proven model that is highly profitable, and no one is doing it to the level of luxury that we are," Steven Parker told *Franchise Times*. "So if you have something that's never been done before, why not be the first?"

The investment from Navigator Partners will be used to increase brand awareness. Bill Stewart, Managing Partner of Navigator Partners, told *Franchise Times* that they like to buy a brand and then hold on for a long time and believe that the segment is wide open for K-9 to own.

“They have an awful lot of experience for two 30-year-olds in this segment,” Steward said. “In the franchise business, if you’re not able to demonstrate strong unit economics for the franchisee, you really don’t have anything. That’s something we pound away on.”

The brothers believe they will find franchise prospects to invest the $1.2 million in order to expand across the country—the type of big thinking that would make their boyhood hero, Donald Trump, very proud.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Pets (sector)
- private equity (topic)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- pet care (topic)
- Donald Trump (person)
- K9 Resorts Luxury Pet Hotel (company)
- Jason Parker (person)
- Steven Parker (person)
- luxury pet hotel (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-k-9-resorts-investor-aims-to-trump-market-4786). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d9b7aedd-17c4-4cae-aa35-a69c02388ddc).