Averan Sky Zone Bookkeeping Conversion Package
Averan Advisors takes over the books for an open Sky Zone location from your current bookkeeper. We review what you have, fix what is wrong and switch at a month end, so no month is missed or closed twice.
The Sky Zone conversion package
The conversion package is for Sky Zone owners who already have a bookkeeper and want to switch. The work follows Sky Zone’s 2026 FDD and your franchise agreement. A dedicated indoor recreation specialist handles your account.
- A written review of your current Sky Zone books.
- Every account matched to its statement on your switch date.
- Accounts rebuilt to produce the monthly report Sky Zone asks for.
- Recent Sky Zone royalty and fee charges checked against your agreement.
Do you have 30 minutes this week? Book a 30-minute call.
What the Sky Zone conversion package includes
Books review
We review your current Sky Zone books and send you a written list of what is wrong and what it takes to fix it.
Clean opening balances
We match every bank, card and loan account to its statement on your switch date.
Reporting format
We rebuild the chart of accounts so the books produce the monthly report Sky Zone asks its owners for.
Fee check
We recalculate recent Sky Zone royalty and fee charges from your sales and check them against your franchise agreement.
Systems reconnected
We reconnect the point-of-sale system Sky Zone requires, its booking and party reservation system and your payroll to the books.
Records collected
We collect the files, workpapers and logins your current bookkeeper holds.
Analytics package
Each month we compare your results with the figures in Sky Zone’s 2026 FDD.
First close on time
We close your first month with us by the 15th of the next month.
Timeline
- 1Kickoff5 business days
We hold a kickoff call and request access to your current books.
- 2Review10 business days
We send written findings, a scope and a price.
- 3CleanupSet in the scope
We fix the errors we found and rebuild the accounts.
- 4CutoverYour switch date
We move your systems to the new books and lock the opening balances.
- 5First closeBy the 15th
We close your first month and send your reports.
We set your switch date at a month end. Your current bookkeeper closes the month before it, and we close every month after it.
What we check in your current Sky Zone books
Reconciliations
Every bank, card and loan account matched to its statement.
Royalty and fees
Sky Zone charges recalculated from your sales and checked against Item 6 of the FDD.
Uncategorized items
Transactions left uncategorized or recorded as miscellaneous expense.
Balance sheet
Loans, payroll liabilities, sales tax and owner money explained.
Franchise fee and build-out
Recorded as assets and spread over the years they cover.
Sky Zone reports
The books produce the monthly report Sky Zone asks for.
Sky Zone figures from the FDD
Sky Zone franchisees averaged $2,255,992 of sales in 2025, with a median of $2,140,768, according to Item 19 of Sky Zone’s 2026 FDD, issued 6 May 2026. The 106 in that group are 87%* of Sky Zone’s 122 locations. Fees paid to Sky Zone come to about 9.79%* of sales. A Sky Zone franchise costs $3,246,160 to $5,683,710 to open.
The Sky Zone initial franchise fee is $75,000, which is part of the Sky Zone Item 7 estimate, according to Sky Zone’s 2026 FDD.
At the Sky Zone average of $2,255,992 of sales a year, the 6% royalty comes to about $11,280* a month and the 3% brand fund to about $5,640* a month.
4 Sky Zone locations opened in the last year that Item 20 of Sky Zone’s 2026 FDD reports.
At the end of the last year that Item 20 reports, Sky Zone had 70 franchise agreements signed for locations not yet open.
Send us to start
- Your signed Sky Zone franchise agreement.
- Sky Zone’s current FDD.
- Your last 12 months of financial statements.
- Your last 12 months of Sky Zone reports.
- Last year’s tax return.
- Your loan agreements and statements.
Access we need
- Accountant access to your current QuickBooks file.
- Your payroll processor.
- The point-of-sale system Sky Zone requires.
- The booking and party reservation system.
- The Sky Zone reporting portal.
- Your invoice and expense software.
- View access to your bank accounts and credit cards, with no power to move money.
- How you want inventory tracked.
- The files, workpapers and logins your current bookkeeper holds.
Questions from Sky Zone owners switching bookkeepers
Can I switch my Sky Zone books partway through the year?
Averan sets your switch date at the end of any month you choose.
What do you check in my current Sky Zone books?
We check that every account matches its statement, recalculate recent Sky Zone royalty and fee charges, clear uncategorized transactions, explain every balance sheet account and confirm the books produce the report Sky Zone asks for.
Who owns the QuickBooks file?
You do. If you already have a QuickBooks Online file, we work in it with accountant access. The file stays yours if you leave.
* Averan Advisors calculation from the figures in Sky Zone’s 2026 FDD.
Where to next
Talk to us about switching your Sky Zone books
Send the short form for the Sky Zone conversion package, or book a 30-minute call about your current books and your switch date.
Request the conversion package → Book a 30-minute call