Pet Butler has announced the resale of its Southwest Ohio franchise, with longtime customer Tony Baron purchasing the business from Todd Figgins and RJ McKay, according to an announcement reported by Pet Age on Oct. 27. The territory serves customers throughout the Dayton and Cincinnati region with pet waste removal and pet care services, Pet Age reported.
For Baron, the purchase marks a transition from a corporate career of more than 20 years into business ownership, Pet Age reported. He had been a Pet Butler customer for nearly a decade before deciding to explore owning the business himself, according to the announcement reported by Pet Age.
“As I explored different opportunities, I kept coming back to this one,” Baron said in the announcement reported by Pet Age. “I already knew the brand as a customer, but what really stood out was the strength of the business itself. Todd and RJ built a great reputation, strong customer relationships and a foundation that made this an easy decision.”
Baron plans to continue serving customers throughout the Southwest Ohio territory while building on the relationships, reputation and community presence the previous owners established, Pet Age reported. The resale keeps the same local service in place under new ownership rather than launching a new operation from scratch.
“The best franchise resales aren’t about replacing an owner. They’re about continuing a legacy,” Mark Potocki, Pet Butler’s vice president of business development, said in the announcement reported by Pet Age. “The seller is able to move on to their next chapter, the buyer steps into an established business, and customers continue receiving the service they’ve come to expect. That’s exactly what happened here.”
Pet Butler is a national franchise providing pet waste removal, pet care and related services to residential and commercial customers, with more than 100 territories across the United States, according to Pet Age.
The purchase also adds a local ownership story in a service trade built on repeat weekly visits and trust — the kind of business where, as the announcement noted, customer relationships carry directly from one owner to the next. For pet owners in the Dayton and Cincinnati region, the change is one of ownership only: the Southwest Ohio territory continues operating under Baron, serving the same customers across the region, Pet Age reported.
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