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Beauty Franchises
What these brands actually cost to open, and whether they're opening more locations or losing them -- straight from each one's FDD, not a "starting at" number from a sales page.
Across the 10 beauty franchises verified here, the initial investment averages $558,727 to $886,877; the lowest entry point is Great Clips at $183,400, and Sola Salon Studios runs up to $1,939,349. Initial franchise fees range from $20,000 to $52,500. Royalties average 5.9% of gross sales (1 of these disclose a non-percentage royalty). By the most recent Item 20 filing, 5 are opening more franchised locations than they close, 5 are losing locations.
Computed from the 10 entries listed below, each sourced from its own FDD -- not an industry-wide estimate.
How beauty compares to the rest of the portfolio
Beauty franchises here average a low-end investment of $558,727, against $607,082 across all 130 brands verified on the site -- about 8% lower than the portfolio average.
Royalties here average 5.9% of gross sales, against 6.1% across every verified brand on the site.
50% of the 10 verified beauty brands are in a net-growth year by their latest Item 20 filing.
The investment range above is Item 7 of each beauty franchisor's FDD -- it bundles the initial franchise fee with real estate or lease costs, equipment and signage, opening inventory, training expenses, and a working-capital reserve, not just the fee itself. Two beauty brands with the same fee can still land at very different totals depending on how much build-out their concept needs.
$484,684–$770,754
$601,695–$760,254
$183,400–$394,400
$185,930–$323,460
$236,800–$580,500
$327,600–$836,950
$695,870–$1,046,506
$472,199–$551,771
$1,217,136–$1,664,822
$1,181,960–$1,939,349
Keep going
- Beauty franchises average $558,727 to get in the door; see how that compares to every other industry in the same $500,000+ tier. Franchises $500,000+ to Start
- 5 of the 10 beauty franchises here are in a net-growth year; see how they stack up against growing brands in every other industry. Franchises That Are Actually Growing
Only brands we've hand-verified against their actual filing show up here -- more beauty franchises are added as they're checked.