Fantastic Sams franchise research

Investment by format

Format-specific estimates only. Do not combine one format's minimum with another format's maximum.

Investment sourceFDD p.22 ↗

Franchise fees and ongoing costs

Franchise fee

$10,000 to $35,000 · Extracted Item 5 scalar range, not a universal minimum or maximum; formats, eligibility, discounts and waivers require original-filing review.

Royalty

6% · Item 6's fee table is corrupted by OCR/redline scrambling and no cleanly-labeled 'Royalty'/'Weekly Franchise Fee' row survived extraction. A fragment reads '...Gross Sales, or (ii) $150 per week, and 6% of the Salon's Gross Sales thereafter,' which appears to describe the Weekly Franchise Fee (royalty), collected weekly by ACH per Note 1 — but exact attribution/wording is uncertain.

Marketing contribution

Not captured

Technology fee

Not captured

Other fees

Not captured

Working capital (FDD Item 7)

$30,000 to $50,000 estimated working capital to cover approximately 3 months of on-going expenses (payroll, rent, utilities) not covered by sales revenue (Item 7, Note 12). Under a Multi-Unit Development Agreement, franchisor estimates no additional funds are needed beyond this for the first 3 months of the development business.

Fees sourceFDD p.18 ↗

Working capital is drawn from Item 7. The Investment source below locates the investment section, not an independently verified working-capital scalar.

Investment sourceFDD p.22 ↗

Franchise fee sourceFDD · page not captured ↗

Financial performance: Item 19

Item 19 captured

Yes

Metric / basis

Average and Median Gross Sales of open franchised Salons, broken out by All Locations / Top Half / Bottom Half / quartiles, plus % of units meeting or exceeding the system average

Reporting period

Calendar year ended December 31, 2025

Sample

311 of 484 U.S. franchised Salons that were open for the entire 2025 calendar year and reported 12 full months of Gross Sales data (excludes Salons that opened in 2025, most 2025 transfers, and Salons that closed in 2025)

Reported average

Not captured

Reported median

Not captured

Owner income is not captured. Gross sales and EBITDA are not owner pay. Results depend on the disclosed metric, sample and period; consult the full filing.

Item 19 performance sourceFDD p.46 ↗

Unit growth: Item 20

Reporting year

2025

Scope

franchised outlets

Starting outlets

512

Year-end outlets

484

Net change

-28

Derivation

ending minus starting outlets

Openings

Not captured

Terminations

Not captured

Non-renewals

Not captured

Other closures

Not captured

Reacquisitions

Not captured

Transfers

28

Transfers are not closures. Net change is ending minus starting outlets for the stated scope and year, or complete openings less terminations, non-renewals, other closures and reacquisitions. Missing inputs stay unknown.

Unit growth sourceFDD p.56 ↗

SBA loan history

Loan activity

8 approvals

Activity window

FY2021-FY2026 YTD; snapshot 2026-06-30

Median SBA loan

$286,800

Median loan window

FY2023-FY2026 YTD through 2026-06-30

Median loan sample

6 loans

Historical charge-off share

25.42%

Cohort

7(a) FY2010-2019 approvals

Numerator / denominator

30 / 118

Formula

CHGOFF / (PIF + CHGOFF + EXEMPT) × 100

This is a historical loan-level share, not a franchise failure probability or location survival rate. Loan size is not total investment. Other loan statuses are excluded from the seasoned denominator. Activity combines 7(a) and 504 approvals, excluding canceled and not-funded records; this is not a rolling five-year count. FY2024-25 franchise tags are sparse after directory suspension; fewer tagged loans do not establish brand decline. Recent charge-off cohorts are immature.

SBA loans sourceSBA data · Jun 30, 2026 ↗

Median loan amounts are financing context, not startup cost. The median window is separate from the seasoned charge-off cohort.

Median SBA loan sourceSBA data · Jun 30, 2026 ↗

Questions before you invest

How much does Fantastic Sams franchise cost?

standard (single Franchise Agreement): $162,500 to $453,000; multi-unit development — initial Salon under Development Agreement: $127,500 to $418,000; multi-unit development — total (Development Fee + initial Salon): $182,500 to $473,000 These are format-specific estimates, not a guaranteed cash requirement. Franchise fee: $10,000 to $35,000 · Extracted Item 5 scalar range, not a universal minimum or maximum; formats, eligibility, discounts and waivers require original-filing review..

Investment sourceFDD p.22 ↗

Franchise fee sourceFDD · page not captured ↗

How much do Fantastic Sams owners make?

Owner income is not captured. Gross sales and EBITDA are not owner pay. Item 19 metric: Average and Median Gross Sales of open franchised Salons, broken out by All Locations / Top Half / Bottom Half / quartiles, plus % of units meeting or exceeding the system average. Sample: 311 of 484 U.S. franchised Salons that were open for the entire 2025 calendar year and reported 12 full months of Gross Sales data (excludes Salons that opened in 2025, most 2025 transfers, and Salons that closed in 2025). Period: Calendar year ended December 31, 2025.

Item 19 performance sourceFDD p.46 ↗

What's the SBA charge-off rate for Fantastic Sams?

25.42%; numerator / denominator: 30 / 118. Historical 7(a) FY2010-2019 approvals; CHGOFF / (PIF + CHGOFF + EXEMPT) × 100, snapshot 2026-06-30. This is not a franchise failure probability. Median SBA loan: $286,800; window: FY2023-FY2026 YTD through 2026-06-30; sample: 6 loans. Median financing is not total investment.

SBA loans sourceSBA data · Jun 30, 2026 ↗

Median SBA loan sourceSBA data · Jun 30, 2026 ↗