Great Clips franchise cost, FDD fees & initial investment
Source: Great Clips Franchise Disclosure Document, issuance date March 30, 2026 · Franchisor: GREAT CLIPS, INC. · FDD year 2026 · As filed — verify.
Free teaser — Items 5, 6 and 7 as filed
| Initial franchise fee (Item 5) | $20,000 |
|---|---|
| Advertising / brand fund (Item 6) | 5.0% — as filed: “Continuing Advertising 5% of your Biweekly You must also engage in certain local advertising and sales promotion” |
| Estimated initial investment (Item 7) | $187,800 – $419,900 |
Item 19 — financial performance representations
This franchisor includes Item 19 financial performance representations in its FDD. Item 19 makes financial performance representations (sales by range, operating cash flow), but no single systemwide average/median gross-sales figure was extracted automatically; consult Item 19 of the source FDD for the full tables.
Outlet trend (Item 20, Table No. 1 — from the 2026 FDD)
| Fiscal year | Total outlets |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,427 |
| 2024 | 4,439 |
| 2025 | 4,441 |
Change across the three reported years: +14 outlets (growing). These counts come from a single filing's own three-year table — they are outlet counts, not a multi-year filing diff.
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Citation: Great Clips Franchise Disclosure Document, issuance date March 30, 2026. Document: Beauty/Great Clips_2026_YneHtu9O.