Bottom line
- Total investment $492K – $1.5M including a $38K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $2.1M/year (median $1.9M).
- Insufficient data to generate a risk assessment.
- No protected territory and the franchisor reserves the right to compete in your area. Clarify territorial boundaries before signing.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one HairClub unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
36%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 HairClub units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
25.9%
3.17× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
3.20×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$15.6M
on $29.4M purchase
Total debt
$13.8M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
A “HairClub” franchisee will operate a total hair care business in physical locations providing services that focus on hair regrowth, replacement, and restoration as well as proprietary and or specialized haircare products and accessories.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 16 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
21 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
HairClub · FDD (2022) PDF
Includes AI-generated validation questions · CSV download