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Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Phenix Salon Suites offers a beauty and personal care franchise with a disclosed average annual gross revenue of $467,819 and average adjusted EBITDA of $171,885 from 127 locations in 2022.
Unlock what the free page above only hints at:
- The actual Item 19 earnings — reported average unit revenue, not just “disclosed.”
- How it compares — every number ranked against beauty & personal care peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — beyond the case count above: each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — behind the net change above: closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-29916. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
How much does a Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise make?
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The average revenue Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 reports, what that figure does and doesn't include, and where it ranks against beauty & personal care peers are in the full report. See every beauty & personal care brand that discloses earnings in the Salon, beauty & personal care franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise profit vs. revenue
Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's 3% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) does disclose legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. The full Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 report lists each case with what it was about and how it ended, separates franchisee disputes from corporate and securities matters, and flags the ones a franchisee started — the split that actually matters, because franchisees suing their franchisor is the signal a buyer is looking for.
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a beauty & personal care of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's latest tables show a growing franchised network. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's churn ranks against beauty & personal care peers, are in the full report.
The actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against beauty & personal care peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929?
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's franchise is offered by Phenix Salon Suites Franchising, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Beauty & personal care franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 — who is the franchisor?
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Phenix Salon Suites Franchising, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise cost?
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $710,467 – $1,227,782, with an initial franchise fee of $40,500 and a 3% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. The full report breaks down every fee line and benchmarks it against beauty & personal care peers.
How much profit does a Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise make?
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (3% of gross for Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The full report shows the disclosed revenue against the full ongoing fee load it has to cover.
Does Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The full report shows the actual revenue figures and how they rank against beauty & personal care peers.
Are there lawsuits against Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929?
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing. The full report lists each case, separates franchisee disputes from corporate and securities matters, and flags the franchisee-initiated ones.
Is Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against beauty & personal care peers — which is exactly what the full report answers. For $99 you get the risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings (disclosed in this FDD), where every figure ranks against peers, and the specific questions to ask the franchisor before you sign.
Everything the sections above point to, in one place: Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929's risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against beauty & personal care peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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