RANKED · BY VERDICT · 16 BRANDS
Best beauty & personal care franchises
Ranked by Watch Desk verdict, computed from each brand's own FDD Item 20 with an evidence gate — proven systems first; the unproven can't place. Distress flags are live and independent of the ranking.
| # | 3-yr units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Amazing Lash Studio✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Strong | +42% | STABLE 2 | |
| 02 | PHENIX SALON SUITES✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Strong | +11% | — | |
| 03 | WAXING THE CITY✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Strong | +20% | STABLE 17 | |
| 04 | SPAVIA✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Strong | +6% | — | |
| 05 | GREAT CLIPS✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Steady | +0% | STABLE 6 | |
| 06 | PALM BEACH BEAUTY & TAN✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Steady | -3% | — | |
| 07 | SUPERCUTS✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Steady | -21% | STABLE 12 | |
| 08 | COST CUTTERS✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Strain | -33% | STABLE 1 | |
| 09 | SMARTSTYLE✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Strain | -38% | STABLE 4 | |
| 10 | THE NOW✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | +137% | — | |
| 11 | My Salon Suite✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | +100% | — | |
| 12 | Image Studios✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | +176% | — | |
| 13 | Waxxpot✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | +69% | STABLE 6 | |
| 14 | PureGlow✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | +150% | — | |
| 15 | Eyemazy✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | — | — | |
| 16 | Salon Professional Education Company✓ VERIFIEDBeauty & Personal Care | Too new | +14% | — |
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