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title: "Forbes: How Gordon Logan Reinvented the Barber Shop and Made Sport Clips One of America’s Best Franchises"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ab5c600e-9b5b-40ea-940e-63d2570759df
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/forbes-how-gordon-logan-reinvented-the-barber-shop-and-made-sport-clips-one-of-americas-best-franchises-2706839
category: "Hair & salon suites"
industry: "Beauty & Wellness"
segment: "Hair & salon suites"
published: 2018-06-15T13:08:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:09:37.681Z
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# Forbes: How Gordon Logan Reinvented the Barber Shop and Made Sport Clips One of America’s Best Franchises

**TL;DR:** Forbes ranked Sport Clips as the top medium investment in its 2018 "Best Franchise to Buy" ranking. Sport Clips' founder, Gordon Logan, reinvented the barber shop concept to create one of America's best franchises.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-06-15. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/forbes-how-gordon-logan-reinvented-the-barber-shop-and-made-sport-clips-one-of-americas-best-franchises-2706839).*

## Story

Forbes has ranked Sport Clips* as the top medium investment in the 2018 edition of its coveted “Best Franchise to Buy” ranking. The nation’s leading men’s and boy’s hair care provider earned the ranking by demonstrating system sustainability, system demand, value for investment, franchisor support and franchisor stability.

In a recent article published by Forbes, the publication takes a deeper look at how founder Gordon Logan was able to reinvent the idea behind the classic barbershop to create one of the best franchises in the country. Logan says he came up with the concept by considering his own experiences in salons and combining it with data. After retaining a market research firm to gauge men’s views on hair care, Logan found that there was a real need in the marketplace for a brand like Sport Clips.

Logan said, “Men reminisced about growing up, going to the barber shop with their dads, about the camaraderie and the banter, talking about sports and hunting and fishing.” He continued, saying, “The more we looked into it the more we liked the men’s business.”

It’s clear that tapping into the men’s and boy’s hair care niche has been successful — last year, Sport Clips’ franchise system saw $625 million in system-wide revenue.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Beauty & Wellness (sector)
- franchise ranking (topic)
- Forbes (company)
- Gordon Logan (person)
- barber shop concept (topic)
- men's hair care (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/forbes-how-gordon-logan-reinvented-the-barber-shop-and-made-sport-clips-one-of-americas-best-franchises-2706839). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ab5c600e-9b5b-40ea-940e-63d2570759df).