With new salons recently opened in the Kingston Centre in Kingston and the Westwood Power Centre in London, the Great Clips chain of no-appointment-necessary hair salons operates about 160 locations across Canada. And more openings are in the pipeline for 2026/2027 openings. The chain of convenience-driven salons is now targeting opportunities on Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Introduced in Minneapolis in 1982, Great Clips is a is a men’s, women’s and children’s hair salon franchise that presently operates over 4500 value-priced locations across North America, and the company continues a search for qualified franchisee partners. Great Clips salons targets a younger demographic as well as families and busy professionals. The salons locate in grocery-anchored centres and high-visibility neighbourhood centres in densely populated areas. The typical location is 900 to 1100 square feet, in-line or out-parcel, easy access for both ingress and egress, ample parking with building and monument/pylon signage. Nicole Moniz at Urban Reform Realty Inc. has been retained to handle the site selection in Canada.
Urban Reform Realty Inc., 121 King St West, Suite 1120, Toronto, Ontario (Nicole Moniz – 416/617-1730 nicole@urbanreformrealty.com)
Great Clips Inc., 4400 West 78th St., Suite 700, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435 (800/947-1143 www.greatclips.com)