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Sport Clips Haircuts
Sport Clips is a franchised hair-care provider focused on services tailored to men and boys. With more than 650 stores across the United States, it is one of the largest salon chains in the nation.

Stores feature a sports-themed interior with a big screen television in the lobby, televisions at each cutting station tuned to sports, and stylists dressed in sports attire. Sport Clips also provides clients with sports-related magazines and memorabilia.

The privately held company’s “unique” franchise concept has been highlighted in the Wall Street Journal, as well as other aspects of the company by major media outlets such as Entrepreneur Magazine, CNBC, the Associated Press, Franchise Times, American Salon and Dun & Bradstreet’s AllBusiness.com.

Additional media outlets that have covered Sport Clips growth include the Austin Business Journal, Dallas Morning News, Crain’s Chicago Business, Modern Salon and Franchising World and the book Franchising for Dummies recognizes Sport Clips for its market niche.

Affiliations
Sport Clips sponsors Joey Logano of Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. It is the “Official Haircutter” of several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National Hockey League (NHL). Sport Clips is also the “Official Haircutter” of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the largest contributor to the VFW’s Operation Uplink free call days program, and offers preferential pricing to veterans.

History
Based in Georgetown, Texas, Sport Clips was founded by military veteran, CPA, and MIT and Wharton School of Business graduate, Gordon Logan. In the early '90s, Logan recognized the potential and relative lack of competition in the men's and boys’ hair care segment. The first Sport Clips opened in 1993 in Austin, Texas and franchising began in 1995. Sport Clips expects to have 700 stores open by year end 2009.

Sport Clips Company Information
Type		Private/Franchise Founded		2003 Franchised	2005 Founder		Gordon Logan Headquarters	Georgetown, TX Website

Categories: Companies based in Georgetown, Texas; Franchises; Veterans, VFW, Operation Uplink, Salons, Health and Beauty, Companies established in 1995