Strip is one of three high-end beauty brands, along with Trevor Sorbie and Murdock of London, within the globally successful Beauty Brands Collective and frequently voted the UK’s #1 waxing salon. With six salons already open in prime London locations, we’re expanding across the UK. Enjoy a relatively pain-free business experience when you join a franchise obsessed with turning the mundane into a luxurious treat.
About Strip
Our guests see us not only as a hair removal service, but as the best of the best, detail obsessed, industry leading, hair removal EXPERTS. So, by investing in a Strip franchise model you gain a smooth landing into successful beauty business ownership. If you work in a salon already, or simply want to switch careers and move into the beauty industry, our proven business offers you a relatively pain-free approach, based on almost 20 years of success.
Founded in 2005, by sisters Danielle and Maria-Louise, Strip is obsessed with the finer points of hair removal. Through our unique approach to hair removal, our highly trained therapists make the mundane and boring a luxurious treat for over 37,000 customers.
From beautiful skin to beautiful bits, we’re all about the realness of being comfortable in our own bodies. Your Strip salon will deliver fast, hygienic, advanced and professional hair removal treatments for men and women, along with other popular beauty treatments including lash and brow services. What’s more, our salons sell a range of products, from skincare and sexual wellness, to lingerie, giving you additional revenue, making Strip an ideal business for you to develop and grow. You could expand from opening one salon… to many!
As a Management Franchise, you don’t need previous experience in the beauty industry; we train you in all areas: Business management, marketing, how to use our systems and processes, and all aspects of the specialist Strip treatments. This gives you peace of mind about what to do in your new business, and strips away any prickly frustration.
What market opportunities are there with Strip?
With increasing demand for personal care and grooming services, this is the perfect time to invest in a beauty business:
- The UK’s hair removal market size was valued at $630 million in 2021, and is projected to reach a value of $953 million by 2031 (Source: Straits Research)
- With annual growth rates of 15-20% predicted up to 2030 (Source: Professional Beauty)
- Almost half of women say waxing is their preferred hair removal method
- Of 2,500 British women surveyed, 76% said they have regular facial hair removal (Source: Professional Beauty)
- Intimate waxing on the rise, thanks to Social Media influencers, with nearly HALF of all young women under 35 choosing the Brazilian (pre-pandemic, Cosmopolitan survey)
- And on average, 17% of hair removal clinic patients are male (Source: Professional Beauty)
- A 2022 survey of 900 UK beauty salons and freelancers found clients spent an average £600–£750 per month on aesthetic and other beauty treatments (Source: Pamperbook quoted in Professional Beauty)
So, when it comes to opening an expert hair removal business, you could be growing a flourishing garden for your future.
What is Strip looking for in a franchise owner?
As a Management Franchise, Strip is proving to be a profitable business for those following the model – even if they’ve never worked in this sector before. Aside from managing your team and developing relationships with loyal customers, you’ll need a determination to know the ins-and-outs of how your business works, with the ambition to grow it with our support.
What does the Strip franchise package include?
- Access to almost 20 years of experience, upon which to build
- Support with finding the right location for your new salon by analysing local property trends, and assessing footfall and area demographic
- Interior design to promote a comfortable, yet professional business environment for you and your clients
- Help with staff recruitment
- Training for you and your team to learn the ins and out of the business, how to use the equipment and software, and provide every service you’ll offer in your salon
- Marketing support from launch to ongoing growth
- Access to, and training on our all-in-one customised point of sale and appointment management system
- And so much more
How can I get started?
Our mission is to be THE, Hair Removal EXPERTS. For everyBODY. Always. So, start your Strip journey today, by completing the enquiry form; Jody will arrange a call to discuss the opportunities available to you with a Strip franchise, and invite you to a Discovery Meeting.
It’s time you joined the Strip club…
Why franchise?
When it comes to starting a business in the beauty industry, franchising offers you more security. Let’s discover how…
The goal of running a business lies dormant in many people – sometimes for life, other times until the situation they’re in becomes so unbearable they have to make a change. Would you say you have this desire? Maybe you have buried it deep because you wouldn’t know where to start. Or maybe you are too afraid to step out of your comfort zone. Or maybe you don’t have any idea what kind of business you want to run.
There are many reasons why people like you hold back from stepping out into their full potential. But what if we told you there is a way which can ease the fear, and could make your dream a goal to achieve? Have you discovered franchising, yet?
What is franchising?
According to the British Franchise Association (BFA), there are over 900 franchise brands in the UK, in all sectors, contributing over £17bn to the UK economy. An increase of 13% since 2013. With over 50% of franchises claiming and annual turnover of £250,000, it’s easy to understand why franchising contributes as much as we do to the UK’s GDP.
So, what is it?
- Franchising is a model of business ownership, which provides entrepreneurs and portfolio builders with a proven framework for running a business.
- Franchising is an investment in the brand, business model, the training, the ongoing support, the mentoring, and the tools and resources to run a business.
- Franchising is a network of support from your franchisor and other franchisees, who want you to succeed, and will help you do so.
- Franchising is the supported means by which people can open a business, and learn how to make it grow, based on what works for the franchisor.
- Franchising is a structures approach to growing a business, which is often scalable to increase your profitability.
Is franchising better, then?
The BFA carries out studies to observe the state of the franchise industry over the years. What we see is a consistent success rate for new franchisees in comparison to other business start-ups.
Whilst there can never be a 100% guarantee about any business decision, with franchising you have better access to a better success.
- In the first 3 years, over 60% of start-up business fail. Only 10% of franchised businesses fail.
- At the time of the last survey, in 2018, 93% of franchisees showed profit growth
- According to Point Franchise in 2023, 97% of franchisee-run units in the UK are profitable.
What’s more…
Franchise owners tend to be more satisfied in their business ventures, thanks to the training, mentoring, and support they receive on business management, as we all as the brand-specific elements of running the business.
According to Workbuzz’s Franchisee Satisfaction Survey, 2023, satisfaction among franchisees surged by 4% to a record high of 78%. Steven Frost, managing director of WorkBuzz attributes this to ‘profitability expectations rebounding to pre cost-of-living crisis times, improvements across every element of their franchise experience, and ¾ of franchisees rate their long-term prospects positively.’
However, one big change is taking place!
If you’re interested in a business with true scalability for ultimate profitability, then one thing which the BFA has noticed, may be of interest. As CEO of the BFA, Pip Wilkins, outlines, “One big change we’ve noticed over 2023, is the increasing adoption of a multi-unit strategy with both existing and new franchisees.”
What this means is entrepreneurs are experiencing the benefit of franchising for their business portfolio, and investing in multiple stores under the brand, in multiple locations. This, as you can imagine, enhances the annual profitability of your business, and your exit investment plan.
Discover franchising, with Strip
With there being over 900 brands in almost all sectors, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn Strip offers you an opportunity to invest in your own Strip Salon franchise.
Let’s have a conversation, so we can help you discover more about our opportunity, and about the benefits of starting a Strip Salon – or a few – and build your dream future.
