Great Clips is the first hair-care salon to rank in the Franchise AllStar’s top 10. With locations across the U.S. and Canada, the franchisor ranked very high in brand awareness (#19) and also earned solid ranks in growth (#33), Web visibility (#48), and financial strength (#48).

In 2011, Great Clips opened its 3,000th store and welcomed a new CEO, former company president Rhoda Olsen. The company also launched a new online check-in service to decrease salon wait times, and stores using the new technology reported a 10 percent increase in sales.