Great Clips
48
SBA Loans
$42.7M
Total Financed
$890K
Avg Loan Size
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YoY Loan Growth
How Great Clips Compares
- Ranks #14 of 156 Personal Care & Beauty brands by SBA loan count (#221 of 3,543 overall).
- Its average loan of $890K is 143% above the Personal Care & Beauty median of $366K.
- Its 2.1% charge-off rate compares to a 1.5% average across all Personal Care & Beauty brands.
SBA Loan Activity by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | Loans | Total Financed |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 16 | $9.0M |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.5M |
| FY2022 | 7 | $12.5M |
| FY2023 | 3 | $3.6M |
| FY2024 | 3 | $4.1M |
| FY2025 | 8 | $4.8M |
| FY2026 | 6 | $6.3M |
FY2026 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.
Where Great Clips Is Getting SBA-Financed
Recent SBA-Financed Great Clips Locations
Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Great Clips growing or shrinking?
Great Clips doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2025 and FY2026 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #14 of 156 Personal Care & Beauty brands by total SBA loan count since FY2020 -- a snapshot of scale, if not of trend.
How much does it cost to open a Great Clips franchise?
We don't have that figure -- investment ranges and fees come from a franchisor's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), which this site doesn't parse (see methodology). The average SBA loan size of $890K (143% above the typical Personal Care & Beauty brand's $366K) is a rough proxy, but SBA loans often cover only part of total investment.
What's the SBA loan default rate for Great Clips?
1 of 48 SBA loans to Great Clips franchisees (2.1%) have been charged off since FY2020, compared to 1.5% across all Personal Care & Beauty brands.
Top SBA Lenders
- Wells Fargo Bank National Association7
- PNC Bank, National Association4
- Live Oak Banking Company4
- United Community Bank4
- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company3
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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset