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House of Color franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Growing network
House of Color is a beauty and personal care franchise with a relatively low initial investment range of $27,845 to $57,700.
Everything below is free, read straight off House of Color's registered filing, with where the numbers land against beauty & personal care peers. Weighing House of Color against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in House of Color's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-32866 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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House of Color franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: House of Color does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for House of Color — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (70% of beauty & personal care franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn House of Color's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Salon, beauty & personal care franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
House of Color lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
House of Color's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
House of Color closures & failure rate
Before you sign, House of Color will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what House of Color's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a beauty & personal care of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. House of Color's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 6.3%, against a beauty & personal care median of 1.8% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +59 to 266 in the latest reported year.
Who owns House of Color?
House of Color's franchise is offered by House of Colour USA, Inc. — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:
Compare House of Color head-to-head
Beauty & personal care franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing House of Color is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
House of Color franchise — frequently asked
Who owns House of Color — who is the franchisor?
House of Color's most recently filed FDD (2025) names House of Colour USA, Inc. as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. The same franchisor also files FDDs for House of Colour. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a House of Color franchise cost?
House of Color's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $27,845 – $57,700, with an initial franchise fee of $24,500 and a 4% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against beauty & personal care peers it sits in the top quartile (median $429,500).
How much profit does a House of Color franchise make?
House of Color makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for House of Color at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does House of Color disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — House of Color's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 70% of beauty & personal care franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against House of Color?
No — House of Color's most recently filed FDD (2025) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is House of Color a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from House of Color's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against beauty & personal care peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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