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Entertainment Franchises
What these brands actually cost to open, and whether they're opening more locations or losing them -- straight from each one's FDD, not a "starting at" number from a sales page.
Across the 3 entertainment franchises verified here, the initial investment averages $1,911,473 to $3,827,460; the lowest entry point is Fantasy Claw Arcade at $292,050, and Urban Air Adventure Park runs up to $5,791,969. Initial franchise fees range from $40,000 to $100,000. Royalties average 6.7% of gross sales. By the most recent Item 20 filing, 1 is opening more franchised locations than it closes, 1 is losing locations, 1 has no franchised units open yet.
Computed from the 3 entries listed below, each sourced from its own FDD -- not an industry-wide estimate.
How entertainment compares to the rest of the portfolio
Entertainment franchises here average a low-end investment of $1,911,473, against $607,082 across all 130 brands verified on the site -- about 215% higher than the portfolio average.
Royalties here average 6.7% of gross sales, against 6.1% across every verified brand on the site.
33% of the 3 verified entertainment brands are in a net-growth year by their latest Item 20 filing.
The investment range above is Item 7 of each entertainment franchisor's FDD -- it bundles the initial franchise fee with real estate or lease costs, equipment and signage, opening inventory, training expenses, and a working-capital reserve, not just the fee itself. Two entertainment brands with the same fee can still land at very different totals depending on how much build-out their concept needs.
$292,050–$514,950
$3,111,409–$5,791,969
$2,330,960–$5,175,460
Keep going
- Entertainment franchises average $1,911,473 to get in the door; see how that compares to every other industry in the same $500,000+ tier. Franchises $500,000+ to Start
- 1 of the 3 entertainment franchises here is in a net-growth year; see how it stacks up against growing brands in every other industry. Franchises That Are Actually Growing
Only brands we've hand-verified against their actual filing show up here -- more entertainment franchises are added as they're checked.