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Buy a Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming Franchise

Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming is a men’s haircut and grooming franchise built around a “sports bar meets barbershop” experience. Founded in Texas in 2003 and franchising since 2004, it serves men, and kids, looking for haircuts alongside beard care, grooming, facials, waxing and skincare in a relaxed, masculine setting.

Each location is a brick-and-mortar salon offering services plus retail grooming products, including lines such as Billy Jealousy. The atmosphere, with complimentary beer, sports on the screens and add-ons like neck and scalp massages, is designed to appeal to men roughly 22 to 55 who want more than a quick cut but without the membership fees of upscale salons. Revenue combines service appointments, add-on grooming and product sales.

The network operates around 55 locations, concentrated in Texas with a growing presence in other states. Units can be run owner-operator or semi-absentee, and the concept is positioned for multi-unit ownership. Its main differentiator is the approachable, experience-led environment that aims to turn routine grooming into a repeat habit.

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Why buy a Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming Franchise?

Buying a Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming franchise offers entry into the men’s grooming category through a brand with a distinct identity. The sports-bar-style environment and bundled services give the concept a recognisable hook that helps build customer loyalty and repeat visits in a category where many competitors compete mainly on price.

Multiple revenue streams, including haircuts, beard and grooming services, facials, waxing and retail products such as Billy Jealousy, give owners several ways to grow ticket value. The semi-absentee-friendly structure lets owners manage through a trained manager and stylists rather than working every shift, and the brand sits in a repeat-driven category that has proved resilient across economic cycles. An existing unit also means established staff, a known location and an active client base rather than the build-out and ramp-up of a new salon.

Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $39,500

    • Initial Investment

      $245,000 - $388,000

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

  • Training & Support

    • 3 days training facility

    • 5 days on-site training

    • Ongoing support

Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Knockouts provides incoming owners and their teams with structured onboarding, typically combining around three days of training at the franchisor's facility with five days of on-site training, supported by year-round online courses for managers and stylists. Ongoing support covers operations, marketing, supply chain and vendor relationships, including grooming-product lines such as Billy Jealousy, along with a point-of-sale system. Resale buyers should confirm with Knockouts what transfer training and system access the franchisor provides to incoming owners and existing staff when ownership changes.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Knockouts suits hands-on local operators and community-minded owners comfortable managing a salon team and creating an easygoing, social customer experience. Hairstyling experience is not required, since stylists are licensed and trained, but owners should be confident with staff recruiting and retention, local marketing and day-to-day retail operations. The semi-absentee structure can fit owners who prefer to oversee a manager rather than work the floor, and the concept rewards those who enjoy building repeat relationships with male clients and driving add-on grooming and product sales.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Knockouts has built its recognition less through formal awards than through its differentiated "sports bar meets barbershop" concept, a loyal male customer base and strong local review scores across its roughly 55 locations. The brand is regularly profiled in men's-grooming and franchise directories for its distinctive, experience-led model. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition matters less than the reputation of the specific unit, so it is worth reviewing local Google and social reviews, repeat-client strength and community visibility in the territory under consideration.

  4. Industry / Market

    Men's grooming is a growing part of the US personal-care economy, with American men spending well over $20 billion a year on grooming products and services as self-care becomes more mainstream across younger and middle-aged demographics. Demand for haircuts, beard care and skincare is largely recurring and recession-resistant, as men return on regular cycles regardless of the wider economy. Barbershop and men's-salon services stay locally driven, so a unit's catchment, visibility and stylist quality strongly shape its performance, an important factor for resale buyers assessing a specific territory.

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