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Fantastic Sams


Started : 1974
Started in franchise : 1976
Country of origin : United States 

Number of units : 1350






Fantastic Sams® is the world’s largest full-service hair care franchise, with salons located in 5 countries. We opened our first salon in July, 1974 and began franchising in 1976, marketing our "fixed fee" system and "no appointment necessary" concept to entrepreneurs nationwide. Our salons have earned a reputation for providing quality hair care services, including cuts, perms and color, to the entire family.
Industry Leader
With more than 1,350 full-service, family hair care salons located throughout 5 countries, Fantastic Sams® provides its franchisees with over 30 years of experience in hair care and business management. We offer solid, proven systems which are continuously refined and will keep you ahead of the competition. And the strength of our brand is reinforced through a network of 701 salon owners and over 13,000 experienced stylists who deliver FANTASTIC® service each and every day.


Fantastic Sams® is the world's largest full-service hair care franchise, with salons located throughout the United States, as well as some salons in Canada, Singapore and Japan. Our first salon opened in Memphis, Tennessee in July of 1974 and we began franchising in 1976. Our salons have earned a reputation for providing quality hair care services, including cuts, perms and color, to the entire family. Quite simply, our goal at Fantastic Sams® is to provide our guests with unexpected quality, unexpected service and unexpected style at a great value.
With over 1350 salons, Fantastic Sams® provides a wide range of services including: haircutting & styling, hair coloring, texturizing and a variety of hair treatments. Please see our services list for more details. Our stylists are continually attending classes presented by our very own educators to keep up with all the latest styles and trends.


Salon services
Cuts
- Adult Cut
- Adult Cut Plus (includes shampoo & blowdry)
- Designer Cut (includes shampoo, blowdry and curling iron or round brush finish)
- Kids Cut
- Kids Cut Plus (includes shampoo & blowdry)
- Bang Trim
TEXTURIZING
- Perm
- Perm Plus (includes shampoo & blowdry)
- Designer Perm (includes shampoo, blowdry and designer wrap; spiral, piggyback)
TREATMENTS
- Deep Conditioner
- Chelating Treatment
- Reconstructive Treatment
COLOR
- Hair color with our exclusive Fantastic Color(R)
- Hair color retouch
Tipping
- Blonding
- Sunglitz Highlighting
- Partial
- Full
- Foil Highlighting
- Partial
- Full
SERVICES
- Beard Trim
- Moustache Trim
- Chi Transformation (permanent hair straightening system)
- Hair relaxing (Deep Brilliance)
- Up Dos
- Blow Dry
- Designer blowdry (includes shampoo, blowdry and finish)
- Shampoo
- Shampoo Sets
- Non-chemical hair straightening (Flatiron)
- Facial Waxing


National & Regional Support
On local, regional and national levels, you’ll benefit from coordinated advertising, marketing and incentive programs, as well as our public relations efforts. Our recruiting and retention systems make it easy to find and keep talented people, and we’ll support you with merchandising techniques, planning and financial management tools to help you run a profitable business.
Education & Training
With over 60 professional educators nationwide, Fantastic Sams® salon owners, managers and stylists receive ongoing educational, operational and product/promotional support. You and your staff can access local and in-salon training, management programs and individual user-paced modules. In addition, you’ll benefit from our national conferences which tap into the synergy of the Fantastic Sams® system, providing additional training, motivation, and networking opportunities with the world’s largest family of hair care professionals!


Business Experience: General business experience







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