Price list
6 services, priced across every chain that publishes them. Ranges are low to high across locations.
- Kids' haircut2 chains · seen at 4,286 $13–$30
- Senior haircut2 chains · seen at 4,286 $13–$30
- Adult haircut4 chains · seen at 4,326 $15–$70
- Trim services3 chains · seen at 4,324 $5–$30
- Styling3 chains · seen at 4,300 $10–$220
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- Colour and chemical services1 chain · seen at 6 $11.99–$100
Across 4 chains the adult haircut is $15–$56. Beyond that: kids' haircut $13–$30, senior haircut $13–$30, trim services $5–$30, styling $10–$220, colour and chemical services $11.99–$100. Each range runs from the lowest to the highest price seen at any checked location; the side-by-side bars below show where each chain's typical price sits.
Who we priced
Bishops Cuts/Color
$35–$56
Short · 29 locations · 23 services · August 2026
Fantastic Sams
$22.99–$30
Haircut · 7 locations · 27 services · August 2026
Great Clips
$15–$32
Haircut · 4,290 locations · 15 services · August 2026
Sport Clips
$25–$30
Varsity haircut · national price list · 2 services · August 2026
Adult haircut, side by side
Almost every salon menu is built around one number: the standard adult haircut. Kids' and senior cuts are discounted against it, trims are priced as a fraction of it, and styling and chemical services sit above it. That makes the base cut the only figure worth comparing directly between brands.
Near you
4,348 checked locations across 51 states. State pages show that state's own spread rather than a national average.
What you're paying for
Short add-on services: tidying a beard, the back of the neck, or a fringe between full cuts.
Trims are the cheapest thing on a salon menu and exist mainly to fill short gaps in the chair between booked cuts.
The standard adult cut: the headline number most people mean when they ask what a chain charges.
Base-cut pricing is set per franchise rather than nationally, so two locations of the same brand in one metro can differ by several dollars.
- Franchise owners set their own prices within brand guidance
- Metro locations price above rural ones
- Longer hair may carry a surcharge at some brands
Finishing services priced separately from the cut: blow-dry, iron work, and formal or occasion styling.
Formal and occasion styling sits at the top of the styling menu and is normally booked ahead rather than walked in.
- Hair length is the main driver
- Occasion styling books longer chair time
Chemical services: colour, perms and conditioning treatments.
Where a walk-in chain offers colour at all it is usually a single all-over service rather than the full range an independent salon carries.
- Hair length and thickness drive product use
- Some locations quote only after a consultation
A haircut priced for children, usually under an age cutoff the salon sets (commonly 10, 12 or 13).
Kids' pricing is one of the few places where chains differ sharply from independents: the discount is fixed and published rather than negotiated at the chair.
- The age cutoff differs by brand
- Some franchises charge the adult rate for longer hair regardless of age
A discounted haircut for older customers, typically 60 or 65 and over.
Where a chain publishes a senior rate it generally applies every day, unlike independents that often limit the discount to quieter weekday mornings.
- Qualifying age varies between 55, 60 and 65 by brand
- Not every franchise location honours it
Before you pay
Why do two salons of the same chain charge different prices?
These brands are franchised. Each owner sets their own prices within brand guidance, and local rent and wages feed directly into the base cut price.
Is the advertised price the final price?
For a basic cut, usually yes at walk-in chains. Add-ons such as shampoo, blow-dry or beard work are priced separately on the menu.
Other price lists
Every figure on this page was read from the chain's own published pages. Prices at franchised locations change without notice; confirm with the location before relying on a figure. How we collect it.