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Amazing Lash vs Drybar — which franchise is the better buy?

Side by side from the public FDDs — no franchisor spin.

	Amazing Lash	Drybar
Disclosure honesty	B	C
Investment from	$464,464	$409,979
Total fees	8%	9%
Outlets	201	176
Lawsuits	6	1

Amazing Lash: what their numbers say

2024 revenue data for 192 franchised studios open Jan 1, 2024: average $574,361; median $545,132. Top 10 studios averaged $1,185,146. Only 44.8% met/exceeded average. Same-studio revenue declined 12% year-over-year.

Drybar: what their numbers say

Discloses 2024 average/median revenue by tenure cohort (all 146 shops: avg $855,793; 5-yr+ avg $1,017,847) plus member counts and conversion rates. No costs, expenses, or net income disclosed; excludes 13 closed shops.

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