Kennel Startup Budget Calculator | johngkent.ca

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Kennel Startup Budget Calculator

Many kennel startups fail their first banker meeting because they show up with a flat annual revenue number. Your bank account doesn’t average your year. Neither will your lender.

This calculator models your first twelve months the way a lender actually looks at it — month by month, with seasonal occupancy built in. Adjust the numbers to match your plan. When you’re ready, click Get My Report for a formatted one-page summary you can print and bring to the table.

3 Revenue streams

12 Month model

11 Expense inputs

✓ Lender-ready output

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Revenue — Capacity & Rates

Dog Boarding

Number of Suites

Nightly Rate per Suite

Revenue = suites × occ% × rate × 30 nights

Daycare

Number of Spaces

Daily Rate per Dog

Revenue = spaces × occ% × rate × 22 days

Cat Suites

Number of Suites

Nightly Rate per Suite

Revenue = suites × occ% × rate × 30 nights

Monthly Expenses (Fixed)

Debt Service

Insurance

Property Tax

Phone / Internet

Bank Fees

Marketing

Repairs / Maintenance

Licenses / Memberships

Owner Draw

Staff Wages

Grooming

12-Month Projection — Edit occupancy cells directly

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual

Annual Revenue

Annual Expenses

Annual Net Cash Flow

Worst Month

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Kennel Startup Budget — 12-Month Projection

Prepared for: — | Generated: —

—Annual Revenue

—Annual Expenses

—Annual Net

—Worst Month

Revenue Assumptions

Monthly Expenses

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Who This Is For

Built for Three Specific Situations

Planning a startup

Use this before you talk to a bank. Know your break-even occupancy, your worst month, and your working capital requirement before anyone asks.

Preparing for a lender meeting

Arrive with a formatted one-page plan that shows monthly cash flow, not just an annual average. That’s the number your banker actually runs.

Testing your assumptions

Change occupancy by month. Change suite counts. Change your debt service. See immediately how each decision affects your annual position.

Your Source

Built by Someone Who Actually Runs a Kennel

John Kent

Owner & Operator · Loyalist Barkway Boarding Kennels · Bath, Ontario · Est. 2016

John Kent has operated Loyalist Barkway Boarding Kennels since 2016 — a working, licensed boarding kennel in Bath, Ontario. At johngkent.ca, he translates nearly a decade of hands-on facility management, regulatory navigation, and operational problem-solving into practical education for the next generation of kennel operators.

This calculator was assembled from real facility decisions, hard-won lessons, and the questions John wishes he had asked before opening day. It is not sourced from textbooks. It comes from the kennel floor.

Operating Since 2016 Licensed Boarding Facility Bath, Ontario

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