QuickBooksIntuit Inc.
MandatoryQuickBooks listed as a training subject in the initial training program schedule
HQ-led decisions
The Look Salon Suites
Personal servicesSoftware purchasing at The Look Salon Suites is controlled by its co-founders, Hardik Raval and Prasad Naik, who manage the brand from its North Carolina headquarters. The franchise currently mandates QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. for financial management, with no other named operational or POS systems disclosed in the 2025 FDD. With only 5 total units—3 franchised and 2 company-owned—the addressable market is extremely small, making this a niche target for vendors offering salon-suite management or financial compliance tools.
Mandated & recommended tech
The systems vendors compete with
1 of these are mandated in the franchise agreement. Each is named in Item 11 of the filing — the incumbents a challenger must displace or integrate with.
Who buys here
The buyer at this brand
The decision-maker a vendor sells to at this scale, and the gaps they’re paid to close — derived from the corpus by segment and unit count, not a guess.
The franchisee/operator personally, or a small franchisor still owner-run. Wears every hat.
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Live signals
Total units
5
3 franchised
Unit growth YoY
—
vs prior filing
AUV
$381K
Item 19, 2025
Royalty
5.5%
of gross sales
Ad fund
2%
national + local
Initial fee
$55K
per unit
Investment range
$676K–$1.22M
all-in, Item 7
Procurement
Approved supplier
from the filing
The vendor opportunity at The Look Salon Suites
The Look Salon Suites operates just 5 locations across three states—New Jersey, North Carolina, and Florida—with 3 franchised units and 2 company-owned. Average unit volume sits at $381,089, and the brand charges a 5.5% royalty on a 10-year initial term. Year-over-year unit growth is not disclosed in the 2025 FDD. For software vendors, the addressable market is tiny: only 5 units, all run by single-unit operators with no multi-unit franchisees on file. This is not a volume play; it’s a relationship sale into a tightly held, founder-led business.
Who controls software purchasing
All purchasing authority rests with the two co-founders listed in Item 1 of the 2025 FDD: Hardik Raval and Prasad Naik, both titled as co-founder and manager. There is no CIO, CTO, or separate procurement officer named. With no parent company and no multi-unit operators, the buying center is effectively these two individuals at HQ in North Carolina. Vendors should prepare to engage directly with them, as there are no intermediary layers or franchisee committees influencing software decisions.
Mandated and current tech stack
The only technology system mandated in the 2025 FDD is QuickBooks by Intuit Inc., required for financial management across the system. No point-of-sale, appointment booking, customer relationship management, or salon-operations platform is disclosed as mandated or recommended. This leaves a wide opening for vendors in those categories, but also means there is no existing stack to integrate with beyond QuickBooks. Any pitch should address compatibility with Intuit’s ecosystem and the low technical complexity of a 5-unit operation.
Procurement, renewals, and timing
The FDD does not include an Item 8 extract, so the brand’s procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not publicly known. Renewal terms are 10 years, with franchisees required to give notice at least nine months before expiration and pay a $10,000 renewal fee. The franchisor may change royalty rates and territory protections at renewal, and franchisees must sign the then-current agreement, which could include materially different terms. Given the small unit count and long contract cycles, software sales windows are rare and likely tied to founder-driven initiatives rather than scheduled rollouts.
How to read the The Look Salon Suites FDD
The 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document is the primary source for all data on this page, including unit counts, AUV, royalty rates, executive names, and mandated technology. Reviewing the full FDD is essential for verifying these details and uncovering any additional procurement or operational requirements not summarized here. Use the embedded viewer below to examine the document directly. For a ranked target list of franchise systems that match your software category, FranCloud can help you prioritize the right opportunities.
Questions vendors ask
The Look Salon Suites, answered from the filing
Co-founders Hardik Raval and Prasad Naik are the managers listed in the 2025 FDD. As the sole HQ executives, they control all software purchasing decisions for the 5-unit system.
The 2025 FDD mandates QuickBooks by Intuit Inc. for accounting. No POS, booking, or salon-management systems are disclosed as required or recommended.
There are 5 total units: 3 franchised and 2 company-owned. All operators are single-unit, with locations in New Jersey (2), North Carolina (2), and Florida (1).
The 2025 FDD does not include an Item 8 procurement extract, so the model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not publicly disclosed.
Renewal terms run 10 years, with notice required 9 months before expiration. Given the small unit count and recent FDD filing, contract windows are infrequent and unpredictable.
The 2025 FDD is filed with state franchise regulators. You can view the embedded PDF viewer below to review the full document and verify the data cited on this page.
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Operator footprint
Who runs the locations
5 operators run 5 mapped locations — 0 of them are multi-unit. Aggregate counts from the filing; no names.
Operators by units owned
Single-unit5
Top states by locations
| NJ | 2 |
|---|---|
| NC | 2 |
| FL | 1 |
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