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Bartwerk

Franchise

Run shop number eight

Bartwerk licenses a finished system: the fit-out drawings, the guard chart, the training weeks, the booking platform and the price list. Partners bring the site, the staff and the day-to-day.

A newly finished Bartwerk unit at handover, three chairs installed and nobody in the shop yet

The numbers

Entry fee
€24,500One-off, covers fit-out drawings, the guard chart, systems and the first training block.
Fit-out
€95,000 – €140,000Four to six chairs, depending on the unit. Paid to the trades, not to us.
Royalty
5.5% of net turnoverMonthly, includes booking platform, marketing and the standards visits.
Term
7 yearsRenewable in five-year blocks. Territory protected within 3 km.

Eight steps from first call to first cut

  1. 01

    First call

    Twenty minutes. What you have done before, what site you are looking at, what you expect to earn.

  2. 02

    A day in Wahn

    You spend an opening-to-close day at the flagship. Most people decide here.

  3. 03

    Site review

    We look at the unit: frontage, water, three-phase power, 80–140 m², footfall counts.

  4. 04

    Numbers

    A joint business case with real figures from three comparable shops in the chain.

  5. 05

    Contract

    Seven-year franchise agreement, territory, and the standards schedule as an annex.

  6. 06

    Fit-out

    Ten to fourteen weeks with our drawings and your local trades.

  7. 07

    Training block

    Two weeks for you and your barbers at the flagship bench, plus one week on site.

  8. 08

    Opening

    A standards trainer works the floor with you for the first five trading days.

What you get, and what you do not

Included

  • Fit-out drawings, joinery spec and the supplier list
  • The guard chart, cut standard and the written checks behind it
  • Booking platform, Bartwerk Pass and the till system
  • Two training weeks per barber at the flagship bench
  • Four standards visits a year and a named trainer
  • Chain marketing and the shop page on this site

Not included

  • The unit, its rent, deposit and any premium
  • Fit-out costs, trades and building permissions
  • Wages, social contributions and your own drawings
  • Stock beyond the opening order
  • Local advertising beyond the chain campaigns

Who this works for

  • A master craftsman (Meister) or a partner with one on the team — a legal requirement to trade.
  • €60,000 – €80,000 of your own capital alongside bank finance.
  • Willingness to be in the shop yourself for the first year.
  • Comfort with a standard you did not write. This is not a shop where you invent your own price list.

Ask about a territory

Tell us where you are looking. We answer every enquiry within two working days, including the ones we turn down.

Franchise questions

Can I keep my existing shop name?

No. A Bartwerk shop trades as Bartwerk, with the Bartwerk fit-out and price list. That is what the customer is buying when they walk in with a pass.

Do I set my own prices?

No. The four core prices are fixed across the chain. Add-ons and retail are yours within a set range.

What territory protection do I get?

No other Bartwerk shop opens within three kilometres of yours for the term of the agreement.

What happens if a standards visit fails?

You get the written findings, thirty days and a trainer. A second failure at the same point moves to the remedy process in the agreement.