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Hounds Town vs Great Clips — which franchise is the better buy?

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

	Hounds Town	Great Clips
Disclosure honesty	A	B
Investment from	$667,610	$187,800
Total fees	8%	11%
Outlets	97	4,441
Lawsuits	0	0

Hounds Town: what their numbers say

74 locations (73 franchised, 1 affiliate) reported. Revenue ranges $92.6K-$1.36M. Excludes 22 new units, 1 shelter-partnership location. Net operating income avg $152K, median $155K.

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.

Get the real owner take-home for either — $149

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