Hair Cuttery is a United States

United States

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-based unisex

Unisex

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 hair salon, founded by Dennis and Anne Ratner in 1974.

The first salon opened in West Springfield, Virginia

West Springfield, Virginia

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, and the enterprise has since expanded to become the largest privately-held salon chain in the United States, with locations up and down the East Coast

East Coast of the United States

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, the Chicago metropolitan area, and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. One of the founders, Anne Ratner, was originally from Great Britain.

Privately-held Ratner Companies operates Hair Cuttery (company-owned and franchised), BUBBLES, Salon Cielo and Spa, ColorWorks, and Salon Plaza. With nearly 1,000 salons, Ratner Companies supports more than 12,000 stylists across 14 states. Hair Cuttery competes with Supercuts

Supercuts

Supercuts is a hair salon franchise with over 2,000 locations across the United States. The company was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1975, by Geoffrey M. Rappaport and Frank E. Emmett. The company's first location, which is still in existence, is in Albany, California. Its headquarters...

, Fantastic Sams

Fantastic Sams

Fantastic Sams is a chain of haircut salons in the United States and Canada. With over 1,250 locations, it is considered one of the largest full-service salon chains in the U.S., although each store is a franchise and independently owned....

, Sport Clips

Sport Clips

Sport Clips is a chain of male-oriented haircut salons based in Georgetown, Texas, United States. As of 2011, it operates approximately 800 franchised stores....

, Great Clips

Great Clips

Great Clips is a hair salon franchise in the United States and Canada with over 5,000 locations across the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Edina, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota...

and several other franchised hair salon businesses.