Bubbles Salon

What Bubbles Salon does

Bubbles Salon is a US-based hair salon brand operating multiple physical locations, owned by HC Salon Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Hair Cuttery Family of Brands, a privately held Virginia-incorporated corporation that also operates the Hair Cuttery chain and the Cibu professional hair care brand. The company provides eight core service categories—blowdry, color, curl & smooth, cut, extensions, style, treatments, and waxing—to individual consumers, supported by a segmented promotional pricing strategy (first-time, military/nurse/veteran, senior, email/SMS, app-download, and referral discounts) that targets distinct persona cohorts.

The digital layer includes a web booking platform, native iOS and Android mobile applications, an Insider email program, SMS marketing, and social channels across Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram. Internally, the company has built stylist-facing technology in the form of the RAIN App (no-interest/fee pay advances) and the StylistApp (real-time earnings tracking), paired with up to 75% stylist commission and brand certifications (Kerastase, Oribe, Olaplex, Inoa, KeraRX) to support labor retention. Product revenue is generated both through in-salon retail of premium partner brands and through the proprietary Cibu line, the latter sold exclusively at Bubbles locations and via mycibu.com. The company is US-only and BARBICIDE Certified, with partnerships spanning product supply (Kerastase, Oribe, Olaplex), education/certification (L'Oreal Inoa, KeraRX), and safety compliance (BARBICIDE).

The business model is direct-to-consumer retail services with transaction-based pricing; no subscription, membership, or enterprise contract structures are disclosed. Revenue derives from per-visit service fees and product sales, with marketing focused on local digital acquisition, loyalty through Refer-a-Friend, and lifecycle reactivation via Insider and SMS. There is no disclosed revenue figure, funding history, M&A activity, or management team detail in the available source material, and the company operates with approximately 90 employees dedicated to the Bubbles brand within the larger HC Salon Holdings parent structure.

Name

Bubbles Salon

Legal name

HC Salon Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Hair Cuttery Family of Brands

Website

https://bubblessalons.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bubbles Salon is a US-based multi-location hair salon chain offering cuts, color, styling, and related beauty services, operated under HC Salon Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Hair Cuttery Family of Brands, with proprietary Cibu products and stylist-facing financial tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hair Salon Services

NAICS

Beauty Salons (812112), Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers (456120)

SIC

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Women's Hair Salons (HSALAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eyebrow Waxing & Sugaring Services (HSALAIAB), Professional/Salon Beauty Distribution (CRAOAEAB)

Keywords

• Hair salon services
• Professional haircuts
• Hair color services
• Hair styling treatments
• Salon retail products

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hair Services: Revenue from providing hair services including blowdry, color, curl & smooth treatments, cuts, extensions, styling, treatments, and waxing services at salon locations.
2. Product Sales: Retail sales of professional hair care products including Cibu, Kerastase, Oribe, R and Co Bleu, Olaplex, Kera RX, Joon Haircare, Color Wow, Redken, Design Essentials, Pureology, Mizani, R+Co, and Amika brands.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bubbles Salon is a professional hair salon chain offering a full range of hair services including haircuts, hair color, blowdry, curl and smooth treatments, hair extensions, styling, conditioning treatments, and waxing. The company complements these in-salon services with the retail sale of professional hair care products through its Cibu-branded e-commerce platform.

Product overview

Bubbles Salons is a hair salon chain offering a unified suite of beauty services centered around hair care. The core product portfolio includes eight distinct service categories: Blowdry, Color, Curl & Smooth, Cut, Extensions, Style, Treatments, and Waxing services. The company also operates digital platforms including mobile applications (iOS and Android), an online booking system, and the RAIN App and StylistApp for employee financial management and earnings tracking. A Refer-a-Friend loyalty program provides customer retention through mutual discounts. The services are complemented by professional hair care products from partner brands including Cibu, Kerastase, Oribe, Olaplex, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cibu: High-performance professional hair care product line sold at Bubbles Salons locations

Products and services

• Haircuts Professional hair cutting services for men, women, and children performed by trained stylists across Bubbles Salon locations.
• Hair Color

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• CibucoreOthersCibu is the company's own professional hair care brand, sold exclusively at Bubbles Salon locations and through the mycibu.com e-commerce platform. Products are high-performance professional hair care formulations.
• KerastasemajorOthersLuxury hair care brand partnership. Kerastase products are sold at Bubbles Salon locations. The brand also offers training and discounts for stylists.
• OribemajorOthersPremium hair care brand partnership. Oribe products are available at Bubbles Salon locations with training and stylist discounts.
• OlaplexmajorOthersProfessional hair care brand known for bond-building technology. Products sold at Bubbles Salon locations.
• L'Oreal Professionnel (Inoa)minorOthersCareer certification partnership offering Inoa color training by L'Oreal Professionnel for stylists at Bubbles.
• KeraRXminorOthersKeratin certification partnership providing training for stylists on keratin treatments.
• BARBICIDEminorOthersSafety certification partnership ensuring salon safety standards. Bubbles is a BARBICIDE Certified salon.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Drybar: Blowout-focused specialty salon chain offering a narrower service menu at premium price points. Comparable D2C salon model with strong digital booking, but mono-service compared to Bubbles' eight-category portfolio.
• Madison Reed: Tech-enabled hair color brand combining in-person Color Bar locations with a strong DTC product e-commerce business. Comparable premium color positioning and product-plus-service model; overlapping target customer in the color category.
• Floyd's Barbershops: Premium barber-shop hybrid chain offering cuts, color, and grooming services in a more masculine-positioned environment. Comparable hybrid salon model with premium brand positioning and product retail partnerships.

Direct peers

• Supercuts: National walk-in salon chain owned by Regis Corporation offering cuts, color, and styling services. Comparable full-service model but with mass-market positioning; competes for similar consumer occasions in overlapping geographies.
• Hair Cuttery: Sibling brand under the same HC Salon Holdings parent, operating the same full-service hair salon model with overlapping service categories and shared digital infrastructure. Closest possible peer due to shared corporate platform, stylist pools, and product sourcing.
• Great Clips: Largest US hair salon chain by unit count, focused on value-priced walk-in haircut services. Directly comparable business model (multi-unit franchise salon) and target consumer (mainstream haircut market), though positioned at lower price point and narrower service mix than Bubbles.
• Sport Clips: National men's and boys' hair salon franchise with a sports-themed environment. Directly comparable franchise salon model and service mix (cuts, color, styling) with a more narrowly defined male-skewing target demographic.

Broad incumbents

• Regis Corporation: Public salon industry parent operating SmartStyle, Supercuts, Cost Cutters, and other brands. Comparable multi-brand salon platform model at much larger scale; provides public-market benchmark for the multi-brand salon thesis.
• Ulta Beauty: National beauty retailer carrying many of the same professional product brands Bubbles sells (Olaplex, Kerastase, Redken) plus in-store salon services. Comparable product assortment and overlapping target consumer, though Ulta is primarily a retailer with limited salon footprint.

Regional players

• JCPenney Salon (now Reflekt Me by JCPenney): Department-store-based salon services offering cuts, color, and styling with professional product retail. Comparable mid-market full-service salon model, though tethered to department store traffic and not a standalone brand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BUBBLESSalons
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BUBBLESForHair
• Facebookfacebook.com/bubblessalons
• Instagraminstagram.com/bubblessalons
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bubbles-salon

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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