Averan Great Clips Opening Package Offer
Averan Advisors gets the books and financial systems for a new Great Clips location ready before opening day, so your first month closes on time. The setup follows Great Clips’ 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement.
The Great Clips opening package
Great Clips’ 2026 FDD puts the cost to open one location at $187,800 to $419,900, so getting the finances right from the start matters.
Averan helps Great Clips franchisees get their books and financial systems ready before opening, with a dedicated beauty specialist.
- QuickBooks set up for Great Clips’ reporting requirements.
- Build-out spending tracked against Great Clips’ Item 7.
- Loan draw packages prepared for your lender.
- Point of sale, payroll and other systems connected and tested before opening.
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Already open with another bookkeeper? See the Great Clips conversion package.
What the Great Clips opening package includes
QuickBooks file
We build a QuickBooks file for your Great Clips location and connect every bank account and card to it.
Reporting format
We set up the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report Great Clips asks its owners for.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in Great Clips’ 2026 FDD.
Budget tracker
We turn Great Clips’ Item 7 estimate into your opening budget and record every opening cost against its line.
Loan draw packages
We prepare a file for each loan draw your lender asks for, including SBA loan draws.
Systems connected
We connect the point-of-sale system Great Clips requires, its booking and membership system and your payroll to the books.
Tested before opening
Before your Great Clips location opens, we run one test day of sales and one test payroll through the books.
Handoff to monthly
Your Great Clips royalty, brand fund and report due dates go on one calendar for the monthly close.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and send the list of documents we need.
- 2Setup10 business days
We build the QuickBooks file and connect your accounts.
- 3Build-outEach month
We tag every payment to a line of Great Clips’ Item 7 and prepare each loan draw.
- 4Systems45 days before opening
We test the point of sale, the other systems and payroll.
- 5Opening dayYour opening date
We match each day of sales to the deposits that follow it.
Great Clips figures from the FDD
Great Clips franchisees averaged $410,783 of sales in 2025, with a median of $390,685, according to Item 19 of Great Clips’ 2026 FDD, issued 30 March 2026. The 4,158 in that group are 94%* of Great Clips’ 4,441 salons. Fees paid to Great Clips come to about 11.52%* of sales. A Great Clips franchise costs $187,800 to $419,900 to open.
The Great Clips initial franchise fee is $20,000, which is part of the Great Clips Item 7 estimate, according to Great Clips’ 2026 FDD.
At the Great Clips average of $410,783 of sales a year, the 6% royalty comes to about $2,054* a month and the 5% brand fund to about $1,712* a month.
110 Great Clips locations opened in the last year that Item 20 of Great Clips’ 2026 FDD reports.
At the end of the last year that Item 20 reports, Great Clips had 903 franchise agreements signed for locations not yet open.
Send us to start
- Your signed Great Clips franchise agreement.
- Great Clips’ current FDD.
- The Great Clips monthly report format and the software it uses.
- Your entity documents and EIN letter.
- Your lease, contractor bid and loan agreements.
Access we need
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system Great Clips requires.
- The booking and membership system.
- The Great Clips reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
Questions from Great Clips owners
Does Averan Advisors work with Great Clips owners?
Averan Advisors sets up and keeps the books for Great Clips owners, and the Averan franchise library has a breakdown of Great Clips’ 2026 FDD with its fees, cost to open and Item 19 figures.
How does the Great Clips royalty show up in the books?
The Great Clips royalty is 6% of sales, according to Great Clips’ 2026 FDD. We record it on its own line, so each month’s charge can be checked against your sales. At the Great Clips average of $410,783 a year, it comes to about $2,054 a month, by Averan’s calculation.
What does it cost to open a Great Clips franchise?
Great Clips’ 2026 FDD estimates in Item 7 that opening one Great Clips location costs $187,800 to $419,900. We turn those Item 7 lines into your opening budget and track each payment against them.
What happens after my Great Clips location opens?
Your Great Clips books move to the Monthly Close, which closes each month and sends a profit and loss, a balance sheet and the royalty reconciliation. The QuickBooks file stays yours.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in Great Clips’ 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about your Great Clips opening
Send the short form for the Great Clips opening package, or book a 30-minute call about your Great Clips location and your opening date.
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