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Great Clips vs Drybar — which franchise is the better buy?

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

	Great Clips	Drybar
Disclosure honesty	B	C
Investment from	$187,800	$409,979
Total fees	11%	9%
Outlets	4,441	176
Lawsuits	0	1

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.

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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