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Established in 1982, Great Clips started franchising in 1983 and now has locations throughout the United States and Canada. Usually located in strip malls, Great Clips hair salons are open evenings and weekends and do not require appointments. On average, franchisees operate three units.Great Clips sponsors NASCAR Busch Series driver Jason Leffler. The company has [...]

Magicuts is a full-service salon with locations in Zellers department stores throughout Canada. Its parent, Regis Corp., also franchises City Looks, Cost Cutters Family Hair Care, First Choice Haircutters, Pro-Cuts and Supercuts. Canada only franchise.

Since 1982, Pro-Cuts has provided families, primarily throughout the South and Midwest, with affordable haircuts. The company, which was founded by a family of professional barbers and cosmetologists, began franchising in 1984. In 2003, Pro-Cuts was acquired by Regis Corp., which also franchises City Looks, Cost Cutters Family Hair Care, First Choice Haircutters, Magicuts and [...]

In 1980, A. Bud Cowan started First Choice Haircutters as a low-priced hair salon for the entire family, offering a no appointment necessary concept for on-the-go customers. Two years later, the company started franchising the concept. First Choice Haircutters is now owned by Regis Corp., which also franchises City Looks, Cost Cutters Family Hair Care, [...]

Sam M. Ross started Fantastic Sams in July 1974, and the company began franchising in 1976, marketing its fixed fee system and no appointment necessary concept. The franchisor has full-service, family hair-care salons throughout the U.S. and internationally. In addition to cuts, perms and coloring services, Fantastic Sams sells its own line of shampoos, conditioners, [...]

In 1963, Joe Francis opened the first The Barbers Hairstyling for Men salon in Minnesota. Five years later, the salons began styling women’s hair.In 1982, Francis diversified even more, founding family salon Cost Cutters. Twelve Cost Cutters centers opened that first year, and six years later, the 300th salon opened. Today, Cost Cutters is owned [...]

Gordon Logan, president of Sport Clips, conceived the Sport Clips idea in 1993 and opened its first franchised store in Houston two years later. Designed to target a previously underserved market, Sport Clips caters to men and boys by providing hassle-free hairstyling in a sports-themed environment. The company began franchising in 1995.

The first Supercuts was opened in 1975 by Frank Emmett and Geoffrey Rappaport in Albany, California as an alternative to expensive high-fashion salons and neighborhood barbershops. After developing a hair-cutting technique that took only 20 minutes, they appealed to customers by offering quick and inexpensive haircuts without an appointment, and allowing them to pick and [...]