Hair Cuttery is an American unisex

hair salon A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for people. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons, spas, day spas, and medical spas. Beauty treatments Massage for the body is a ...

chain and the largest privately held

hairdressing A hairdresser is a person whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques. A Hairdresser may also be ref ...

chain in the

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History

Hair Cuttery was founded in 1974, when the first salon was opened in

West Springfield, Virginia West Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 23,369 at the 2020 census. Geography West Springfield is located in central Fairfax County at (38.788436, −77.232802). Its bo ...

. Since the 1970s, the company expanded to become the largest privately held salon chain in the United States. As of 2021, it has more than 500 salons along the East Coast and the Midwest. In April 2020, the chain was acquired by debtor in possession Hair Cuttery Salon Holdings Inc, an affiliate of Tacit Salon Holdings LLC, led by CEO Seth Gittlitz. Hair Cuttery Salon Holdings also financed the chain's operating expenses and restored employee pay for the period preceding the acquisition, when the chain's operations were suspended due to the

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Operations

The Hair Cuttery Family of Brands operates Hair Cuttery, Bubbles, and Cibu chains of salons. Hair Cuttery operates over 500 salons and employs more than 5000 stylists.

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* Hairdressing salon chains American companies established in 1974 Retail companies established in 1974 Retail companies of the United States 1974 establishments in Virginia Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020 {{US-company-stub