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Supercuts

Supercuts

Partial FDD data
Hair/Beauty · Minneapolis, MN · Founded 1987 · Franchising since 1988
Meets our QA bar · 0.85Unclaimed profile
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Franchise fee · Item 5
Structured
No separate initial franchise fee; Development Fee instead: $39,500 (1-salon), $
Owner turnover
7.6%/yr
3-yr average from Item 20 — lower is better
Factbook Score
Weak
computed, never sold
✓ No bankruptcy disclosures11 litigation disclosures · Item 3No Item 19 earnings dataWhy these flags?

Beyond the filing

Everything else on this page is quoted from Supercuts's franchise disclosure document. This is not — it is measured off the open web, it is not verified by the franchisor, and it never affects the Factbook Score.

Customer rating
4.7 / 5
19,531 Google reviews across 20 locations
Website health
8 / 10
Basic checks. Issues here: missing title or description, no structured data
Store locator
No
No finder on their site, so customers can't look up a nearby branch from it
iPhone app
4.7 / 5
83,899 App Store ratings · Supercuts Hair Salon Check-in
Android app
None found
No Play Store link on their site — an app they don't link from their homepage would read the same way
Google returns at most twenty locations for a search, so the rating is a sample of Supercuts's outlets rather than all of them. Measured Sep 11, 2026.

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Opening a Supercuts: $186K–$323K
From its official FDD · franchisefactbook.com
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Royalty
4%
4% of combined service/merchandise revenue in year 1; 6% thereafter (6% immediately if purchasing an existing salon)
Franchised units
1701
As of 2025
3-yr unit growth
+-11.5%/yr
CAGR from Item 20

What it really costs

Every cost figure this brand's filing discloses — not just the headline range

Total initial investment · Item 7$186K–$323K
$0$500K
ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee
Total initial investment$185,930$323,460

Item 7 reports a total range, not a full line-item breakdown, in this brand's filing excerpt — the franchise fee is the only cost we can show separately today.

Costs more to open than 41% of health beauty and wellness franchises on this site with a disclosed Item 7 range (120 compared). Computed from total investment, not a figure from the filing itself.

Earnings disclosure

Does the franchisor share performance data? No

This brand's filing does not include an Item 19 financial performance representation. That's common — a large share of franchisors disclose nothing here — but it means you should ask for unit-level economics directly during discovery calls. Compare against health beauty and wellness brands that do disclose one.

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
11 CASES
11 disclosed matters, including Sea Fever Ventures v. Supercuts (California, franchisee awarded $1,015,104.83 for FTC Rule/Virginia and Minnesota Franchise Act violations) and six separate Pro-Cuts Sports franchisee settlements totaling approximately $1.3 million ($29,500-$280,000 each).
NOT EXCLUSIVE
Item 12 does not grant an exclusive territory.
NOT DISCLOSED
Non-compete term/radius wasn't separately quantified in the filing excerpt we have on file.

Openings, closures & reacquisitions

The numbers ranking sites don't show — straight from the brand's filings

OpenedClosed / terminated / not renewedReacquired
12185020231014502024111371082025

Tell me when Supercuts files something new

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Common questions

Answered from this brand's own FDD filing. Where the filing is silent, the question is left out rather than answered with a guess.

How much does a Supercuts franchise cost?

Supercuts' most recent Franchise Disclosure Document puts the total estimated initial investment at $186K–$323K. That is Item 7, which covers everything needed to open — the franchise fee, build-out, equipment, opening inventory and initial working capital. The initial franchise fee is not a single figure: No separate initial franchise fee; Development Fee instead: $39,500 (1-salon), $69,500 (3-salon Fast Start), $99,500 (6-salon Fast Start)

What royalty does Supercuts charge?

Supercuts charges a continuing royalty of 4% of gross sales, disclosed in Item 6. A separate brand or advertising fund contribution of 5% applies on top. Royalties are charged on revenue, not profit, so they are owed whether or not the outlet is profitable.

Does Supercuts disclose earnings (Item 19)?

No. Supercuts makes no financial performance representation in its FDD. Item 19 is the only optional item under the FTC Franchise Rule, so omitting it is lawful and common — but it means the franchisor publishes no revenue or profit figures for its outlets, and any figure quoted elsewhere is not from the filing.

How many Supercuts locations closed?

In its most recent reported year (2025), Supercuts opened 11, closed 137, terminated 0 franchised outlets, ending the year with 1701. Averaged over three years, 7.6% of the system turned over annually — outlets closed, terminated, not renewed or reacquired. These counts come from Item 20, which every franchisor must file.

Does Supercuts give a protected territory?

No. Supercuts' Item 12 does not grant an exclusive or protected territory, which means the franchisor may place another outlet nearby.

Facts on this page are sourced from Supercuts' Franchise Disclosure Document.

Item 7 range shown is for the single-salon option; a separate Development Agreement (3-salon) range of $215,930-$353,460 was also disclosed but not recorded to keep item7 apples-to-apples with single-unit figures. Item 12: franchisor grants a Designated Market Area (DMA) under the Development Agreement but the FDD explicitly states 'the franchisor and other franchisees can compete with you,' so territory_protected recorded as false despite DMA rights existing. Item 20 snapshot (FY2025): 3 company-operated Supercuts salons plus 97 Super C salons acquired Dec 2024; 1,701 franchised Supercuts salons; 10 additional franchised salons in Canada -- not recorded in item20_by_year since it is not a clean start/end table.