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

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	Great Clips	Frenchies
Disclosure honesty	B	B
Investment from	$187,800	$472,883
Total fees	11%	8%
Outlets	4,441	26
Lawsuits	0	0

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.

Frenchies: what their numbers say

2025 data: 23 franchised studios, 4 quartiles. Q1 avg $818,088; Q4 avg $400,169. Revenue by type: memberships $3.2M, retail $258K, services $10.9M.

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