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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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These brands report different earnings metrics (Operating Cash Flow11, P&L Bottom Line). Financial figures may not be directly comparable.

Focus by buyer type

Brand
Fantastic Sams logoCAverage
Fantastic Sams
Personal Care & Beauty
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Great Clips logoAStrongest tier
Great Clips
Personal Care & Beauty
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Salted Barber logoBAbove average
Salted Barber
Personal Care & Beauty
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Vitals
Investment range
$163K – $453K
$188K – $420K
$254K – $390K
Liquid capital
$30K – $50K
$20K – $60K
$15K – $30K
Franchise fee
$35K
$20K
$40K
Royalty rate
6.0%
6.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
N/A
5.0%
N/A
Performance
Avg gross sales
$325K
$411K
N/A
Median gross sales
$301K
$391K
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
$84K
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Operating Cash Flow11
P&L Bottom Line
Risk
Rating
CAverage
AStrongest tier
BAbove average
Verdict score
55 / 100
84 / 100
50 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
22.2%
5.3%
N/A
SBA loans on record
537
604
N/A
Scale
Total units
512
4,441
2
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
8.1%
2.2%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
21
62
18
Contacts
Franchisee phones
447
4,789
1

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