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Salon, beauty & personal care franchises — the FDD facts

81 brands · from each franchisor's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document

Every salon, beauty & personal care franchise in our corpus, on the numbers their own FDDs put on record — what it costs to open, whether the franchisor discloses earnings, how many outlets close, and the risk signals. Not marketing copy.

Brands tracked
81
parsed FDDs
Disclose Item 19 earnings
70%
57 of 81 brands
Median closure rate
1.5%
FDD Item 20 · 36 brands
Franchisee lawsuits
32
FDD Item 3, category total
FranchiseTotal investmentItem 19Closure rateRisk
After Glow Tanning & Beauty Bar $75,000 – $150,000 Medium
Angels Spa $288,650 – $550,100 Medium
Avari Beauty $135,700 – $232,000 Medium
Balensi Spa™ $182,900 – $432,750 Low
Beauty Bungalows $765,400 – $1,705,500 Low
Bishops, Bishop Cut/Color $278,500 – $489,000 4.8% Medium
Blo Blow Dry Bar $296,731 – $377,268 1.2% Low
Blonde Voyage Global $82,735 – $132,700 Medium
Blushington $485,500 – $680,100 Medium
Buff City Soap $395,427 – $1,278,424 Medium
Cherry Lash $462,585 – $587,500 Medium
Clean Your Dirty Face | Mud and Air 0% Medium
ColorOnly | ColorOnly Express Salon Medium
Cost Cutters $180,990 – $342,340 8.9% Medium
Daela Co. $263,000 – $600,900 Medium
Dakota London™ $372,350 – $523,350 Medium
Dashing Diva $232,750 – $516,500 Medium
DaVi Nails $68,300 – $177,000 Medium
Delta Crown $367,143 – $542,820 Medium
Enhanced Expansions $411,600 – $736,850 Medium
Face Foundrie $334,200 – $670,250 0% Low
Facialworks $435,600 – $853,700 Low
Fantastic Sams $171,000 – $320,000 5% High
Floyd's 99 Barbershop 1.5% Medium
Freecoat $221,500 – $562,500 Low
Frenchies $299,542 – $543,231 0% Medium
Glosshouz USA $885,500 – $1,397,000 Medium
Glosslab $314,500 – $584,000 Medium
goGLOW $372,900 – $587,000 Low
Great Clips $187,800 – $419,900 2.4% Low
Hammer & Nails - Grooming for Men | Hammer & Nails (Unit) | Hammer and Nails | The Hammer & Nails Salon Group $650,300 – $918,700 0% Low
Hammer & Nails (Unit) $425,205 – $686,200 0% Medium
Hello Sugar $269,361 – $614,850 13.8% Medium
House of Color $27,845 – $57,700 6.3% Medium
Idolize Brows and Beauty $381,454 – $461,803 0% Low
Image Studios $1,056,000 – $2,804,000 Low
iTan Sun Spray Spa $280,044 – $834,914 3.8% Medium
Knockout Beauty $181,200 – $438,300 0% Medium
L.a. Bikini Medium
Lashkind $209,280 – $299,750 0% Low
Lemon Tree $164,562 – $234,939 3% Medium
Locafella $96,150 – $159,800 Medium
LoveSculpt $121,600 – $300,000 Medium
LunchboxWax $374,029 – $534,854 Medium
Madonkee $302,470 – $608,500 Medium
ManCave $225,000 – $325,000 Medium
MiniLuxe $547,629 – $924,790 Medium
Onyva $384,925 – $784,725 Low
Organic Bronze Bar Medium
Pampered Peach Wax Bar $67,663 – $195,863 0% Medium
Phenix Salon Suites | Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC | Phenix Salons 1929 $710,467 – $1,227,782 0.3% Low
Pigtails & Crewcuts $130,000 – $256,000 1.4% Medium
PureGlow $563,925 – $966,650 Low
Queen Bee Salon & Spa $199,098 – $640,334 Medium
Roosters and Roosters Men's Grooming Center $20,000 – $30,000 2.6% High
Salons by JC | SALONS BY JC $1,424,175 – $2,171,400 Low
Scissors + Scotch Franchising, LLC (Unit) $514,300 – $798,250 0% Low
Sharkey's Cuts for Kids $188,665 – $299,360 1.1% Medium
Shubh Beauty $80,100 – $185,000 2.2% Medium
Sit Still $166,600 – $422,800 0% Low
Skin Experts By Brentwood Spa $380,600 – $978,100 Low
Skoah $322,427 – $537,260 Medium
Smartstyle $184,440 – $336,340 4.3% High
Snip-its | Snip-its Salon $571,365 – $1,040,700 Medium
Sola | Sola Franchise Corporation | Sola Salon Studio $808,143 – $2,134,517 Low
Sugar Sugar $142,875 – $365,680 Medium
Sugaring NYC $133,750 – $215,700 4.2% Low
SugaringLA $353,250 – $466,500 Low
Supercuts $185,930 – $323,460 7.1% High
Tan Republic Medium
The Barbers, Hairstyling for Men Women, Inc.(SMARTSTYLE) $182,440 – $324,140 16.2% High
The Lash Lounge 1.8% Medium
The LivBay Franchises $370,889 – $671,955 Medium
The Ten Spot $335,000 – $524,000 0% Medium
The Waxxpot Group $292,900 – $512,000 0% Low
TLSS Franchise System $940,493 – $1,192,280 Low
Uni K Wax $139,000 – $265,000 0% Medium
Urban Waxx $207,000 – $584,000 Medium
V's Barbershop $326,500 – $602,450 3.6% Medium
Waxing the City $325,393 – $603,879 10% Medium
Xtension Envy $322,750 – $503,750 Medium

Figures as disclosed in each brand's most recent registered FDD. “—” means the FDD does not disclose it or the table did not parse cleanly — never an estimate. Tap any brand for the full breakdown. New to the term? What is Item 19? — the earnings disclosure, in plain English.

Beauty & personal care franchise rankings

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Beauty & personal care franchises — frequently asked

What is the best salon, beauty & personal care franchise?

"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank salon, beauty & personal care brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. Face Foundrie currently tops that list with a 0% franchised-outlet closure rate; 15 salon, beauty & personal care brands qualify. See Best salon, beauty & personal care franchises by the FDD numbers.

How much does a salon, beauty & personal care franchise cost?

The median total initial investment across the 81 salon, beauty & personal care franchises we track is $420,552 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest salon, beauty & personal care franchises to open.

Which salon, beauty & personal care franchises disclose earnings?

57 of 81 salon, beauty & personal care franchises (70%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Salon, beauty & personal care franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.

What is the failure rate of salon, beauty & personal care franchises?

Across the 36 salon, beauty & personal care brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 1.5% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 11 of the 64 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.

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This report compiles and structures publicly filed Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) data from state franchise registrations. It is not legal, financial, or investment advice, is not affiliated with or endorsed by any franchisor, and does not replace reading the full FDD or consulting a franchise attorney or accountant. All figures are as disclosed by the franchisor in its most recent registered FDD. Item 19 financial performance representations are made at the franchisor’s option and may be absent or limited.