Premium Multi-Unit Children’s Haircare Portfolio
Sit Still Kids Salon franchise for sale in Nashville, Tennessee
List Price: $150,000 USD
Key Facts
Annual Gross Revenue
$566,000 USD
Cash Flow
Less than $25,000
Seasonal Business
No
Value of Inventory
Less than $25,000
Value of Assets
$150,000 – $200,000
Year Established
2024
Business Operates From
A retail location
Location Is
Leased
Approx. Monthly Rent
$11,000
Total Employees
10–25
1–3 MonthsTransition
Support
SomewhatPrice/Terms
Flexibility
SomeSeller financing Available
PassiveOwner
Involvement
About this Business
Available for immediate acquisition is a two-unit portfolio of a premier, modern children’s haircare brand. Strategically anchored in Nashville’s most affluent family corridors—Green Hills
and Cool Springs—this business has successfully moved the “kids’ cut” from a commodity service to a high-end boutique experience.
The current ownership has completed the heavy capital investment phase, spending nearly $600,000 on prime real estate build-outs, site selection, and brand positioning. This is a “Right-Sizing” opportunity for a disciplined owner-operator to step into a fully-staffed, turnkey infrastructure and apply professional management to drive immediate bottom-line performance.
Investment Highlights
“Tier 1” Real Estate Footprint: Secured long-term leases in the heart of Nashville’s highest-HHI (Household Income) zip codes. These locations are protected by high barriers to entry and provide built-in access to the target demographic.
Significant Asset Value: The high-end, minimalist build-outs and custom fixtures are in pristine condition, offering a buyer the ability to own two locations for a fraction of the current replacement/construction cost.
Third License Included
Boutique Revenue Model: A diversified income stream including premium $40+ haircuts, high-margin “experience” add-ons, and a curated retail gallery of non-toxic family products.
This portfolio is best suited for an owner with:
Operational Discipline: The ability to audit and optimize labor structures and cost of goods.
Marketing Vision: An understanding of how to leverage Nashville’s dense family-influencer networks to drive chair occupancy.
For the price of a single new-build startup, an investor can bypass 12+ months of construction delays and skyrocketing build-out costs to own a two-unit platform with immediate cash flow. The “hard work” of the startup phase is complete; the opportunity now lies in sophisticated execution.
Growth opportunities
Chair occupancy across both locations sits at just 20–25% — the single most significant lever available to a new owner. Green Hills operates six styling seats and Cool Springs five. Reaching 40% occupancy, still well below capacity, would deliver an estimated $400,000–$500,000 in additional top-line revenue without any increase in fixed costs. The off-peak opportunity is particularly underexploited. A children's salon serves clients who are available during school hours — pre-school children and parents who book daytime appointments. Cool Springs opened in April 2025 and remains in its natural ramp-up phase, meaning a buyer acquires it at the bottom of its growth curve. Beyond occupancy, the parties and events programme — Glam Parties and private salon buyouts — has not been actively promoted despite being a high-margin revenue stream. Finally, a pre-approved licence for a third location is included in the sale.
Owner's Day-to-Day Involvement
Current owner's role has mainly been focused on recruitment of stylists as well as basic business admin and payroll tasks.
Asset Description
The sale includes $215,345 in furniture, fixtures and equipment across both fully fitted locations — styling chairs, wash stations, reception furniture, retail shelving, and all salon fit-out. Retail inventory valued at $27,000 is included, comprising premium brands such as amika, Davines, and Original Sprout. Both locations are fully operational with booking systems in place. A pre-approved franchise licence for a third location is also included at no additional cost.
Inventory Description
The retail inventory spans two locations and includes a curated selection of premium, non-toxic haircare and styling products across established brands including amika, Davines, Original Sprout, and Evereden. The range is designed to appeal to health-conscious parents and covers shampoos, conditioners, styling products, and treatments formulated specifically for children's hair.
Reason for Selling
The owner has a full-time corporate job that she is committed to, as well as family commitments.
Why I Love My Franchise
Sit Still gave me a business I could be genuinely proud of. The brand stands out — modern, beautifully designed, and something Nashville families actually get excited about. The franchisor provides real structure: training, systems, and a playbook that works. What I love most is the concept itself. Children's haircare is recession-resistant, community-rooted, and endlessly rewarding. Every day the salons create genuinely joyful experiences. That's a rare thing to own.
About Sit Still Kids Salon
Sit Still Kids is a modern children’s hair salon franchise built around making haircuts fun and stress-free for kids and the parents who bring them. The original salon opened in Austin in 2007, and the concept was later franchised through Sit Still Franchising LLC, positioning itself as a polished, design-led alternative to dated kids’ barbershops. Each salon pairs haircuts with a retail element of products, toys, t-shirts and gifts.
The model is brick-and-mortar and territory-based, with compact, lower-cost salon buildouts. Stylists are salon employees rather than chair renters, working set hours with a built-in client base, which gives owners a managed team rather than a roster of independent contractors. Owners are typically not stylists themselves; the role centres on recruiting and leading staff, local marketing and running a multi-salon operation.
Sit Still has grown into a national network of salons across multiple US states, with a CEO appointed in 2025 to lead its next phase of franchise expansion. The brand competes in the children’s salon category on experience, design and consistency rather than on price.
Franchisee Support
Sit Still's franchisor support continues well beyond opening, covering stylist and team recruitment, training and development, ongoing sales, marketing and branding, retail selection and optimisation, continuing education, and goal-setting and operational coaching. The leadership team includes salon and multi-brand franchising veterans, and the franchisor reinvests in research and development that is passed to owners as the system evolves. Resale buyers should confirm with Sit Still what onboarding and transfer training the franchisor provides to incoming owners, and how existing stylist development and staff carry over with the sale.
Brand Accolades & Awards
Sit Still has built its reputation as a category challenger in the children's salon market, recognised for a modern, experience-led format and a stylist-as-employee model that differs from traditional chair-rental salons. The brand has drawn press coverage for its rapid 2025 expansion, and co-founder Amy Leclerc was named to the 2025 Entreprenista 100 list for her work in franchising. As a younger franchise, Sit Still's strongest credibility signals are local: for resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific salon's reviews, referral strength and community standing.
Industry / Market
Children's haircuts sit within the broader US hair and beauty services industry, a market worth well over $60 billion a year and historically resilient because grooming is a routine, repeat need rather than a discretionary splurge. The kids' segment is supported by steady US birth numbers, time-pressed dual-income households, and parents willing to pay for a calmer, more enjoyable visit than a general salon. Demand is local and recurring, so for resale buyers the health of a specific territory, including its family demographics, competition and repeat-visit rate, matters more than national totals.
Ideal Owner
Sit Still suits hands-on local operators who want to lead a team rather than cut hair themselves. Because stylists are employees, the owner's day-to-day is weighted toward recruiting, motivating and retaining staff, building local visibility and managing the client experience. Strong people skills, comfort with hiring and managing a salon team, and an appetite for multi-unit growth all fit the model. Industry experience is not required, but operators who know their local market and enjoy community-facing retail-and-service businesses tend to align best with the brand.