Nine-Salon Great Clips Portfolio
Add nine Great Clips salons to your operation, in a single transaction.
The largest Great Clips franchisee in the Washington, DC market: nine established salons in two contiguous regional clusters, offered together as a built-out, professionally managed portfolio.
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The opportunity
A coherent footprint, not scattered units. The nine salons sit in two contiguous clusters roughly two hours apart, all inside the Washington, DC market: four in Southern Maryland, and five along the Interstate 81 corridor across West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. For an operator already in or near the region, this is tuck-in scale that routes and supervises as a block, not nine singles spread across a map.
- No adjacent franchisees, your market to run. None of the nine sit next to another Great Clips franchisee's salons. You control the local marketing, and you are not competing with a neighboring operator for the same stylists.
- The leading position in the DC market. These nine salons make DGLT the largest Great Clips franchisee in the DC DMA. You acquire an established, market-leading footprint in a top metro rather than building it unit by unit.
- Take the block, or the cluster that fits you. Buy all nine as one portfolio, or start with the Southern Maryland or I-81 cluster nearest your existing territory. Each cluster stands on its own operationally.
The deal at a glance
| Salons | 9, all open and operating |
| Revenue and earnings (TTM) | ~$3.21M revenue; ~$748K adjusted operating earnings, owner removed |
| Locations | Two clusters, Southern Maryland and the Interstate 81 corridor, all in the DC DMA |
| Management | General manager over the portfolio, and salon managers in place with several running more than one location. Professionally managed |
| Real estate | All nine leased; terms and remaining options in the data room |
| Franchise | Nine Great Clips agreements; transfer subject to franchisor approval and landlord consent |
Portfolio and markets
The nine salons by cluster and location. By state: Maryland 5, Virginia 2, West Virginia 2.
| Salon | Location | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Maryland cluster · 4 salons | |||
| 2626 | St. Mary's Marketplace | California | MD |
| 9662 | Lusby Commons | Lusby | MD |
| 5625 | La Plata Plaza | La Plata | MD |
| 3663 | Fox Run | Prince Frederick | MD |
| Interstate 81 Corridor cluster · 5 salons | |||
| 0345 | Foxcroft Towne Center | Martinsburg | WV |
| 2285 | Hagerstown Gateway | Hagerstown | MD |
| 8021 | Winchester Gateway | Winchester | VA |
| 9671 | Stonewall Plaza | Winchester | VA |
| 4116 | Butler's CrossingOpened April 20, 2026 | Inwood | WV |
Salon 4116 (Inwood) opened in April 2026 and is still ramping. It is valued at asset cost and represents upside as it reaches its siblings' run rate.
Financial summary
Figures are drawn from the Company's QuickBooks Online profit and loss by salon, trailing twelve months to June 2026, unaudited management accounts, subject to buyer verification in due diligence.
| Measure | Annualized | What it represents |
|---|---|---|
| Adjusted operating earnings (SDE) | ~$748,000 | Salons plus corporate with the general manager retained and discretionary owner overhead removed. Nothing booked below the operating income line, including the 2026 salon refresh and the one-time HR project, is added back |
| Combined revenue | ~$3,211,000 | Nine salons, trailing twelve months |
| Corporate overhead, as booked | ~$315,000 | Includes the general manager. About $127,000 of this is depreciation, amortization, interest, and corporate income tax, and about $21,000 is storage rent and board-meeting rent; all of that is added back separately above. About $168,000, mainly the general manager and the 401(k) plan's administration fee and non-owner employer match, remains embedded in the SDE figure above |
| Salon refresh | Complete | All salons refreshed in 2026; next cycle 7 to 10 years out, no near-term remodel capex. The cost sits below the operating income line and is not added back to earnings |
Three-year trend
Revenue grew about 16% from 2024 into 2025 and has held near $3.2M. SDE stepped up sharply in 2025 to about $715,000 and is running near $748,000 on a trailing-twelve-month basis, about 4.6% above 2025 and broadly in line with revenue, with the new Inwood salon (opened April 2026) still ramping toward its siblings' run rate. Every figure ties to QuickBooks by class, with the general manager retained as a corporate position, and excludes non-operating investment income. The owners' own 401(k) match is removed with the rest of the Owner class; the plan's administration fee and the match paid to salon and corporate staff stay in as a retained cost, since a buyer keeps offering the benefit. The 2026 salon refresh and the one-time HR consulting project are booked below the operating income line in QuickBooks, so they never reduced these earnings and are not added back to them. The 2024 figure is normalized for owner costs that were recorded in the corporate class that year.
Investment income held by the Company is excluded from business earnings. It is not part of the operating business and is not offered for sale.
Valuation context
Great Clips salons are valued on a blend of two methods: a percentage of sales and a multiple of cash flow. A generic small-business earnings multiple understates them. Multi-unit platforms command a premium to single-salon resales, mainly through a higher percentage of sales, because a buyer acquires scale, a management layer, and immediate cash flow.
Any individual salon with negative cash flow is valued at a $75,000 replacement-cost floor, the minimum cost to build a Great Clips salon, rather than at a cash-flow multiple.
This portfolio is evaluated on the multi-unit basis, against approximately $3.2M of sales and its cash flow. Serious buyers are asked to evaluate it on the management structure, lease terms, and remaining franchise terms in the data room, and to submit an indication of interest. Price is by discussion.
Ways to acquire
The platform is offered primarily as a single nine-salon portfolio to one buyer. The Company will also consider either regional cluster, or individual salons, giving a buyer an entry point at the scale that fits. Financials can be provided for just the salons you are evaluating.
The full portfolio
All nine salons, one buyer, one transaction. The cleanest path to multi-unit scale and the seller's preferred structure.
Southern Maryland cluster
Four Maryland salons in one contiguous sub-market.
Interstate 81 Corridor cluster
Five salons along the I-81 corridor across WV, MD, and VA.
Individual salons
Prefer to start with a single location? Any salon is available on its own, with financials provided for just that salon.
Franchisor approval applies
Any transfer is subject to Great Clips buyer qualification and approval, plus landlord consent on each lease. The Company supports the buyer through both.
How the process works
- Execute an NDA.Receive the full confidential memorandum and access to the diligence data room.
- Submit an indication of interest or LOI.Confirm structure, indicative price, and timeline.
- Confirmatory due diligence.Financials by salon, leases, franchise agreements, staffing, and systems.
- Franchisor approval and landlord consents.Great Clips transfer approval and lease assignments run in parallel.
- Definitive agreement and close.Purchase agreement signed, transaction closed.
Request the full memorandum
Qualified franchisees and multi-unit operators can sign an NDA to receive the complete investment memorandum, salon-level financials, and data room access.
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