Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ MN
Supercuts Franchise
A Regis Corp brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1976. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Supercuts, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $138K – $310K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 4.0%
- Royalty rate · Below-average royalty
- 2,700
- Total locations · Large network
- $300K
- Avg unit revenue · Below-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry supercuts Supercuts
Supercuts needs $138K–$310K to open and charges a 4.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $138K
- HI $310K
- FEE $20K
- ROY 4.0%
- UNT 2,700
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #133/223
- UNT# #44/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: The UPS Store ($138K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Supercuts (registry year 2024). Listed lows only - not a profit, cost-of-living, or suitability claim. Verify the current FDD before relying on these figures. How we place brands →
Franchise Opportunity Health Score
How healthy and transparent Supercuts's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum -1.9% net unit growth (YoY) 0/100 · F
- Financial disclosure Item 19 disclosed 100/100 · A
Benchmarked against the 223-brand tracked corpus (p10-p90 range per dimension); a higher score means a growing unit count and a disclosed Item 19. See how we place brands.
Where Supercuts's investment ranks nationally
Supercuts's listed Item 7 low of $138K against every one of the 218 tracked franchise brands with a disclosed initial investment. Listed figures only, verify in the current FDD before relying on them.
Supercuts vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$138,000 Lower than most lower than 61% of 218 franchise brands
Franchise brands, banded by listed Item 7 low
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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2024-12-31
Investment Overview
- Franchise Fee
- $20K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 5.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $300K
- gross revenue per location
* Revenue figures are gross revenue (sales), not profit. This registry does not report operating costs or profit.
Network Size & Growth
Net Growth Rate
Year-over-year unit change
100 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Retail
- Subsector
- hair salon
- Founded
- 1975
- Franchising Since
- 1976
- Headquarters
- MN
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Supercuts
This Supercuts page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Supercuts.
National footprint registry read for Supercuts
Signature read: 2,700 locations · Item 7 low $138K
Supercuts, a Regis Corp franchise, has been franchising since 1976 - 1 years after the concept was founded in 1975 , currently with 2,700 total locations (2,700 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in MN. The listed total initial investment is $138K to $310K, using the registry's listed low and high fields. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field of $20K; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.
The brand charges 4.0% of gross sales in ongoing royalties with a separate 5.0% national advertising-fund field; the two listed percentages total 9.0%. Supercuts has an Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry, a voluntary disclosure under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $300K; the listed royalty rate multiplied by the reported average equals $12K, which is not a total-cost or profit calculation. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
Supercuts's footprint shrank over the past year, down 1.9% with 100 closures on the record. This is a network-count observation only; the registry does not record reasons for openings or closures.
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Related reading for Supercuts: Understanding FDDs , Supercuts lists Item 19 revenue here, how Item 19 fits the 23-item FDD.
Snapshot uses the registry's listed Item 7 initial-investment low and Item 20 location-count fields. It is a descriptive comparison, not a ranking or investment recommendation.
How Supercuts's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Supercuts , both outside HQ state MN : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($138K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (2,700 here).
What to do with this
Supercuts at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Supercuts scores 50/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $138K – $310K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #133 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- The UPS Store sits at a comparable investment level ($138K) in the same sector. Compare
Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.
Read our methodology - what this registry can and cannot establish.
Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending
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