Jawed Habib Hair And Beauty

What Jawed Habib Hair And Beauty does

Jawed Habib Hair & Beauty Limited is a privately held Indian hair and beauty salon and training company headquartered in Mumbai. Founded in 2006 and built on a three-generation family legacy in hairdressing, the company operates a multi-format franchise network across India consisting of The Jawed Habib full-service salons, Hair Studio styling outlets, and Hair Xpresso express-service locations. Its primary customer segment is individual Indian consumers seeking professional haircutting, styling, coloring, and beauty treatments, served through a distributed franchise model that the company markets to prospective franchisees alongside its sub-brand portfolio.

The company differentiates through a proprietary training infrastructure anchored by Jawed Habib Academies, where stylists and faculty are taught techniques the company brands as "scientifically backed hair science." This academy network produces a steady talent pipeline that simultaneously serves as a separate revenue-generating education business (including via onlinecourses.jawedhabib.com) and as the staffing backbone for franchise salons, creating internal vertical integration between training and service delivery.

Monetization occurs through three streams: (i) franchise fees, ongoing royalties, and product sales to franchisees across its salon formats; (ii) tuition and training revenue from the academy and online course platform; and (iii) service revenue at company-owned and franchise salons. The company does not disclose pricing publicly and operates exclusively within India. Its only documented external capital event is a 2010 media-for-equity investment from Brand Capital. Leadership is founder-controlled, with Jawed Akhter serving as Founder, Managing Director, and Chairman, Joseph Anooj as Founder, and Venkata Ravi as CFO.

Name

Jawed Habib Hair And Beauty

Legal name

Jawed Habib Hair & Beauty Limited

Website

https://jawedhabib.co.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Jawed Habib Hair & Beauty is a multi-format franchise salon and academy chain headquartered in Mumbai, serving Indian consumers across The Jawed Habib, Hair Studio, and Hair Xpresso formats, supported by an in-house training academy that produces stylists for its franchise network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hair and Beauty Salon Services

NAICS

Beauty Salons (812112), Hair, Nail, and Skin Care Services (81211), Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers (456120)

SIC

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844), Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840)

akta.pro primary industry

Haircutting & Styling Services (HSALAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Barber Shop + Salon Hybrid Services (Unisex) (HSALABAF), Professional Hair Care (Shampoo, Conditioner, Treatments) (CRABALAB), Professional/Salon Haircare (Backbar & Retail) (CRABABAK)

Keywords

• Hair salon services
• Beauty salon chain
• Hairdressing academy
• Salon franchise
• Professional beauty training

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Franchise Revenue: The company operates a franchise model where franchisees operate The Jawed Habib salons, Hair Studios, and Hair Xpresso locations. Revenue is generated through franchise fees, ongoing royalties, and product sales to franchisees.
2. Academy/Training Revenue: Jawed Habib Academies provide training to beauty professionals, generating revenue through course fees. Students trained at academies also serve as a talent pipeline for franchise salons.
3. Salon Services: Direct revenue from hair and beauty services rendered at company-owned and franchise salons, including haircutting, styling, coloring, and other beauty treatments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Jawed Habib Hair & Beauty operates a branded chain of hair and beauty salons in India across multiple formats (The Jawed Habib Salons, Hair Studio, Hair Xpresso), offering haircuts, hair treatments, styling, coloring, skin and beauty services to individual consumers. It also runs the JH Academy professional training program, online courses, and a franchise program to onboard entrepreneur partners who operate salons under the brand.

Product overview

Jawed Habib Hair And Beauty operates as a multi-service hair and beauty platform consisting of The Jawed Habib salons (core hair and beauty services), Hair Studio (specialized styling), and Hair Xpresso (express services), supported by JH Academy for training and Online Courses for digital education. The company follows a franchise-based business model, with all offerings grounded in scientifically backed hair science techniques developed over three generations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JH Academy: Training academy for wellness experts and academy faculty featuring scientifically backed hair techniques.
• The Jawed Habib
• Hair Studio
• Hair Xpresso

Products and services

• The Jawed Habib Salons Premium branded salon offering haircuts, hair treatments, styling, coloring and beauty services to individual consumers across India under the Jawed Habib name.
• Hair Studio Mid-tier salon format providing hair and beauty grooming services to value-conscious consumers under the Jawed Habib brand.
• Hair Xpresso Express / value-tier salon format offering quick hair and grooming services to a mass-market consumer base.
• JH Academy In-person professional training academy providing certified hairdressing, hair coloring and beauty courses to aspiring and working salon professionals.
• Online Hairdressing Courses Online professional hairdressing and beauty courses delivered digitally to individual learners seeking certification and upskilling.
• Jawed Habib Salon Franchise Program Franchise offering that enables entrepreneurs to open and operate Jawed Habib branded salons under standardized brand, training and supply arrangements.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lakme Salon: Lakme Salon, operated by Hindustan Unilever, is India's largest chain of professional hair and beauty salons, with hundreds of outlets across the country and a multi-format approach (Lakme Salon, Lakme Studio) directly comparable to Jawed Habib's The Jawed Habib, Hair Studio, and Hair Xpresso formats.
• Naturals Salon: Naturals is one of India's largest unisex salon chains, founded in Chennai and operating a franchise-led model across hundreds of cities in India — competing with Jawed Habib on the same franchise-driven salon-services proposition at the mass and mid-market price point.
• Green Trends (CavinKare): Green Trends, run by Indian FMCG company CavinKare, is a national unisex salon chain in India that combines salon services with branded hair care product sales — comparable to Jawed Habib's combination of salon services, academy training, and product distribution through franchisees.
• Looks Salon: Looks Salon is a New Delhi-headquartered chain operating 100+ salons across India under both company-owned and franchise models, directly competing with Jawed Habib in the mid-market professional hair and beauty services segment.
• BBlunt: BBlunt is an Indian hair salon and styling brand (now owned by Marico) that operates salons and a hair care product line, comparable to Jawed Habib in combining a multi-city salon footprint with branded retail products and styling expertise.
• Toni&Guy (India franchise): Toni&Guy operates a network of franchised hair salons across India, combining an international brand with localized franchise delivery — comparable to Jawed Habib's franchise-led salon chain model and academy-driven training ethos.
• Bodycraft Spa & Salon: Bodycraft is an Indian salon and spa chain offering hair, skin, and body services across multiple cities, directly competing with Jawed Habib's full-service The Jawed Habib salons in the premium and upper-mid market.
• Envi Salon & Spa: Envi Salon & Spa is an Indian multi-city chain offering hair, skin, and bridal services, with a comparable format mix to Jawed Habib's Hair & Beauty and Studio concepts.

Broad incumbents

• Kaya Skin Clinic: Kaya Skin Clinic, owned by Marico, is a broader Indian beauty-services incumbent offering skin, hair, and aesthetic treatments across a clinic-based retail footprint — adjacent to Jawed Habib's salon and academy offerings in the Indian personal-care services market.
• VLCC Beauty & Wellness: VLCC operates a large network of wellness, beauty, and slimming centers across India with an integrated training academy, comparable in scale and academy-plus-services structure to Jawed Habib's salon-and-academy model, though with a broader wellness focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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