Pet Resort Hospitality Group (“PRHG”), in partnership with Trivest Partners and Queens Court Capital, has acquired Bayside Pet Resorts, a trusted brand with four locations in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Osprey, and North Port, Florida. With this latest add-on acquisition, PRHG now operates eight pet resorts between Tampa and Venice, Florida.
Founded as a passion project over 10 years ago by Bob and Lynne Huff, experienced health care entrepreneurs, Bayside grew into the largest pet services business in Tampa Bay. The Huffs built their business by and for the community, regularly partnering with local non-profits like Easterseals, an organization that provides essential services for children and adults with disabilities. Bayside regularly employs their members. With a strong reputation for exceptional service, outstanding facilities, and a passionate team, Bayside has become a go-to destination for luxury pet care in the broader Sarasota area.
“Bayside is everything we admire in a pet care brand,” said Jason Duffy, CEO of Pet Resort Hospitality Group. “Their facilities are some of the highest end in our portfolio, their team is engaged and excited about the future, and we’re proud to now be one of the largest pet care providers in the state of Florida.”
The Bayside team will remain in place, continuing to lead their locations with the same dedication and service excellence that have made them a trusted name in pet care. With the support of PRHG’s operational expertise, technology tools, and national peer network, Bayside will have even more opportunities to invest in its team, enhance its facilities, and expand its impact in the communities it serves.
“We partnered with the company we felt would best carry our team forward,” said Bob and Lynne Huff, founders at Bayside. “PRHG has a strong presence in the Tampa Bay region already, and we’ve built our business to be a part of our community, as they have in Tampa. We’re thrilled to bring the two largest brands in Tampa Bay together and to see what’s next for Bayside and PRHG.” Bayside was supported in the transaction by Chris Vanderzyden and her team at Legacy Partners Worldwide, LLC, an exit planning advisory firm focused on guiding privately held business owners to create and execute a business exit strategy.
Pet Resort Hospitality Group now operates 34 pet resorts nationwide, serving over 2,500 pets daily with a dedicated team of more than 850 professionals. The company continues to pursue strategic growth opportunities while supporting each of its locations with best-in-class operational expertise, technology, and back-office support.
For more information about PRHG and its growing family of resorts, visit www.petresorts.love.
About Pet Resort Hospitality Group
Pet Resort Hospitality Group is a provider of pet services, including daycare, boarding, grooming, and training. PRHG is led by a management team with decades of experience in the pet resort industry and a proven track record of successfully scaling consumer businesses. Many PRHG executives got their start as hourly employees caring for dogs. They worked their way up as independent owners before partnering with PRHG to further expand the potential for their services. Each business within the PRHG family benefits from the experience of the PRHG leadership team in areas such as acquisition planning and integration, growth planning and strategic tactics, brand and technology unification, scalable resources and support, and back-office management.
PRHG also recently launched Pet Resort University in Bentonville, Arkansas —a first-of-its-kind educational center built by pet care professionals —to educate the next generation of pet resort managers, pet groomers, and dog trainers. This initiative showcases the company’s commitment to advancing its employees and professionalizing the pet services industry.
The Company is currently pursuing strategic add-on acquisitions of pet services businesses throughout the United States. To learn more, visit www.petresorts.love
About Trivest
Trivest Partners LP, headquartered in Miami, with a presence in Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto, is a private investment firm that focuses exclusively on the support and growth of founder-led and family-owned businesses in the United States and Canada in both control and non-control transactions. To learn more, visit www.trivest.com
About Queens Court Capital Management
Queens Court Capital Management is a new-age private equity firm that incorporates the best practices of being an operator, an entrepreneur, and an investor. Led by Azhar Quader, Queens Court is a special situations, control-oriented, private equity firm building on a successful track record as an independent sponsor. In each investment, Queens Court activates value creation playbooks strategically and leverages deep operator networks, maximizing returns while protecting for the downside. To learn more, visit www.queenscourtcap.com
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