Great Clips franchise: what it costs
Opening a salon under the Great Clips franchise costs $187,800 at the low end and $419,900 at the high end, says its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), papers a brand must hand you ahead of any purchase.
Great Clips franchise cost, item by item
- Cost of opening, in total
- Between $187,800 and $419,900 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $20,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 6% of all sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 5% of all gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $410,783 a year on average across 4,158 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Location count at the end of 2025
- Franchise owners ran 4,441, the company ran 0 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Each figure above comes from the 2026 Great Clips Franchise Disclosure Document, which Great Clips, Inc. filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Sales and earnings numbers in the Great Clips FDD
Great Clips gives figures in Item 19, the FDD section where a brand may state the sales or earnings of its locations. The main figure is average sales of $410,783 a year, for 4,158 franchised salons open all of 2025 in the US and Canada. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before you rely on any number, see our guide on reading an Item 19.
Great Clips compared with other beauty and wellness franchises
Among the beauty and wellness brands listed on this site, Great Clips costs less to open than most; the middle one starts at $254K.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales | Year filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supercuts | $186K to $323K | $39,500 | 4%, then 6% | 2025 |
| Great Clips | $188K to $420K | $20,000 | 6% | 2026 |
| The Joint Chiropractic | $254K to $521K | $39,900 | 7% (at least $700 a month) | 2024 |
| European Wax Center | $332K to $777K | $36,000 to $45,000 | 6% | 2026 |
| Massage Envy | $696K to $1.05M | $45,000 | 6% | 2026 |
Before you buy, a brand has to hand over its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); the brand's latest one is where every figure comes from. After opening, you still owe the brand either a share of sales or a set amount as royalty. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. Each of the 5 brands includes sales or earnings figures in its FDD (open a brand to view them). The filing year is the year that FDD was listed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
The number of Great Clips locations
At the end of 2025, Great Clips had 4,441 locations in the United States, with franchise owners running 100% of them (Item 20). In that same part of the FDD, you get phone numbers for owners still running stores and ones who left. Your best way to learn how these costs play out in real life is to call a few of them.
Get the Great Clips FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Great Clips FDD and franchise agreement with you.