Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise takes $309,031 – $379,502 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $66,480 – $74,795. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 6% on sales. To qualify, Blo Blow Dry Bar asks for $75,000 in liquid cash and a $300,000 net worth. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $66,480 | $74,795 | $66,480 to $74,795 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $309,031 | $379,502 | $309,031 to $379,502 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | |
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $75,000 | $75,000 | $75,000 | |
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $309,031 | $379,502 | $309,031 to $379,502 |
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 6% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 10 years |
See the full Blo Blow Dry Bar cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Blo Blow Dry Bar's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Blo Blow Dry Bar's disclosed cost sits against the Health & Fitness category:
- Minimum startup cost of $309,031 — about 1.7× the Health & Fitness median of $184,861.
- Initial franchise fee of $66,480 — about 1.4× the Health & Fitness median of $49,000.
Category medians are computed from the Health & Fitness brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Health & Fitness franchises
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How Blo Blow Dry Bar's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2013–2022: began the window at 5 units; 93 units opened, 26 closed, ending at 81 units. (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Blo Blow Dry Bar or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask Blo Blow Dry Bar for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether Blo Blow Dry Bar is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether Blo Blow Dry Bar grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only Blo Blow Dry Bar can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise
Blo Blow Dry Bar is a health & fitness franchisor with 81 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2013 and 2022, it began the window at 5 units; its filings record 93 unit openings and 26 closures, ending at 81 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Blo Blow Dry Bar Inc..
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
The franchise offered is for the operation of a full service blow dry business having a distinctive interior and exterior design and trade dress and offering for sale to the public hair styling and cleansing products and accessories under the name “Blo Blow Dry Bar.”
Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Blo Blow Dry Bar franchise cost?
- $309,031 – $379,502 all-in to open, per Blo Blow Dry Bar's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Blo Blow Dry Bar units are there?
- 81 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Blo Blow Dry Bar's units held up?
- 80.4% of units at risk between 2020 and 2022 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).
- Is Blo Blow Dry Bar SBA-eligible?
- Blo Blow Dry Bar is flagged SBA-eligible in our dataset (as of 2026-05). Confirm current status on the SBA Franchise Directory before relying on it for financing.