Pressed Roots
Pressed Roots is a first-of-its-kind salon franchise built for women with textured hair, delivering expert silk presses in a premium, efficient studio. Founder Piersten Gaines, a Harvard Business School grad, built it to close a real gap: 85% of women with curly, coily, or kinky hair are unhappy with traditional salons, and they spend over $12 billion a year looking for better. Four company-owned Texas studios averaged about $1.09M in 2025 sales, and the brand backs it up with a full Item 19. It's a mission-driven, community-first concept in a growing beauty market, ideal for operators who want to build and scale.