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Great Clips vs Amazing Lash — which franchise is the better buy?

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

	Great Clips	Amazing Lash
Disclosure honesty	B	B
Investment from	$187,800	$464,464
Total fees	11%	8%
Outlets	4,441	201
Lawsuits	0	6

Great Clips: what their numbers say

Discloses average/median sales ($410K avg, $391K median) and operating cash flow ($83.5K avg, $75.9K median) for 2,376 of 4,158 salons. Excludes 1,782 non-reporters skewed below median; omits owner salary, taxes, depreciation, capex reserves.

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.

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