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    Snip-its vs The Barbershop (A Hair Salon for Men)

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

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    • Snip-its figures come from its 2025 FDD and The Barbershop (A Hair Salon for Men) figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Snip-its: 8, The Barbershop (A Hair Salon for Men): 12). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureSnip-itsThe Barbershop (A Hair Salon for Men)
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $200,470 – $360,825
    TOTAL ESTIMATED — $200470
    2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 21
    $207,000
    Total initial investment — $207,000 to $352,600
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 14
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $165
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 12
    $40,000
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $6.00
    Royalty on Gross Sales after first year — 6%
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    $5.00 table
    Royalty — base rate
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $1.50
    First year marketing fund on Gross Sales — 1.5%
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    $2.00
    Advertising fund fee — up to 2%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    40
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 48
    50
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 37
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    −3
    Calculated: 43 at end of 2022 → 40 at end of 2024
    −1
    Calculated: 51 at end of 2022 → 50 at end of 2024
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Systemwide reporting group of 40; First quartile
    $397,258
    other First quartile Gross Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Systemwide reporting group of 40; Second quartile
    $285,605
    other Second quartile Gross Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Systemwide reporting group of 40; Third quartile
    $231,305
    other Third quartile Gross Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46
    +5 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Top 25% of 34 eligible salons; met/exceeded counts use the 34-salon population
    9 percent
    other Percentage meeting/exceeding average · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 34
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Top 50% of 34 eligible salons; met/exceeded counts use the 34-salon population
    $599,632
    other annual gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 34
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Top 75% of 34 eligible salons; met/exceeded counts use the 34-salon population
    $539,709
    other annual gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 34
    +9 more groups in the full report

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

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