Case Study: Great Clips Franchise Group cuts costs and saves time with Paylocity

Great Clips Franchise Group Cuts Costs and Saves Time with New-Look Digital HR

Buena Vista Business Services, a Great Clips franchisee operating 11 salons across California, was struggling with manual, paper-based HR processes, high onboarding costs, and compliance headaches. New hires filled 100‑page packets that cost about $40 each and tied up salon managers for hours, vendor misconfigurations had driven up payroll fees, and the team lacked visibility into training, retention, and payroll data—so they moved from their previous provider to Paylocity.

Paylocity deployed an integrated HCM solution (Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Compliance, Payroll and Insights) with Checkr and E‑Verify integrations, enabling paperless onboarding, automated background checks, and tracked mandatory training. The change saved “$1000s” in print and mailing costs, freed roughly three working weeks (about 120 hours) per year for the HR team, sped time‑to‑hire, improved compliance tracking, and delivered dashboards that support data‑driven decisions for Great Clips franchise operations.

Great Clips

Ray Solnik

Owner