Big Air Trampoline Park franchise unit economics
Big Air franchisees build and run a 25,000 to 40,000 square foot indoor trampoline and party center, selling admission, booked events and food, inside a territory of roughly a 15-mile radius held to one license per 200,000 people. Across 15 parks trading the whole of 2025 revenue averaged $2,617,920 and profit $588,781. The top five parks earned $1,041,670 and the bottom five $110,686, a 9.4-fold gap on 1.6 times the revenue.
- Primary source
- Big Air Franchising, LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
- Items read
- Items 5 and 6 for fees; Item 7 for cost to open; Item 19 for sales and any profit figure
- Population
- 15 of 20 locations
- Our calculations
- Marked on the page with an asterisk. Method
- Last reviewed
- 26 September 2026
Disclosure-based. Not a forecast, not an offer to sell a franchise, and not advice.
Revenue across these fifteen parks spans 1.6 times, top tier to bottom. Profit spans 9.4 times, $1,041,670 against $110,686. And the reason is blunt: the bottom five parks spend more in absolute dollars than the middle five while billing $483,727 less.
- The bottom five parks outspend the middle five by $19,575 on $483,727 less revenue. $1,912,112 against $1,892,537, so the lowest-selling group has a mid-tier cost base on a bottom-tier gate, and its margin lands at 5.5%.
- Every extra dollar of revenue from the bottom tier to the top turns 71.5 cents into profit. $1,301,637 more revenue against $370,653 more cost *, the sharpest operating leverage of any brand in this library.
- Expenses take 94.5% of revenue at the bottom tier and 68.7% at the top. 26 points *, and the filed expense definition already includes rent, wages, marketing and royalties, so this is close to the real answer.
- Top-tier profit repays the cheapest build in 2.4 years and bottom-tier profit in 22.7. $1,041,670 and $110,686 against $2,511,500 *, which is the whole investment case in one line.
- Admission is 53.1% of revenue and food 16.1%. $1,388,868 and $420,293 at the average park *, with booked events at 24.8%, the only line a park can fill on a rainy Tuesday.
How much does a Big Air Trampoline Park franchise make?
The average Big Air Trampoline Park unit reported $2,617,920 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $2,594,989. The brand’s disclosure document puts the profit line at 22.5% of revenue. Fees come off the top first, at about 6.9% of sales across royalty, brand fund and the rest of the stack. Revenue is not income. Rent, wages, cost of goods and the franchise fees all come out before an owner is paid. The figures for the highest-selling and lowest-selling businesses are below.
Where the money comes from
Half the gate, a quarter parties, a sixth food.
| Category | Average | Share * | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General admission | $1,388,867.58 | 53.1% | $1,350,074.67 | $2,501,760.78 | $847,294.69 |
| Events and parties | $648,941.07 | 24.8% | $675,369.98 | $1,043,396.97 | $303,010.10 |
| Food and drink | $420,292.82 | 16.1% | $428,800.64 | $688,296.45 | $243,343.77 |
| Other income | $159,818.14 | 6.1% | $158,361.77 | $267,737.43 | $34,716.27 |
| Total | $2,617,919.62 | 100% | $2,594,988.87 | $4,472,809.59 | $1,846,194.56 |
Every dollar figure is as the brand reported it and the four category averages sum to the filed total within a cent.
Events swing more widely than admission does. $1,043,397 down to $303,010, a 3.44-fold range against 2.95 for admission *, so the party book is the most controllable line and the most unevenly worked.
Food and drink runs $420,293 at the average park and $243,344 at the lowest-selling ones. 16.1% of revenue, and on a category where input prices rose 3.3% over the past year, the margin here needs watching monthly.
The highest-selling park’s admission line alone, at $2,501,761, exceeds the lowest-selling park’s entire revenue. $1,846,195 *. The clearest statement of how apart two parks under one brand can sit.
A park bills $65 to $105 per square foot. $2,617,920 across a 25,000 to 40,000 square foot building *, useful when weighing a larger site against a smaller one, since the fit-out scales and the gate may stay put.
At one license per 200,000 people, a park earns $13.09 a head of population. *, which makes the population limit the most useful sanity check on a proposed site.
Top performers
What separates the top Big Air Trampoline Park performers
Big Air Trampoline Park splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The best group averaged $3,324,435 a year. The worst averaged $2,022,799. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $2,594,989. The average was $2,617,920. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.
Decided before you open
- Trade area and site.A 1.6× gap between bands is not an operating gap. Catchment, daytime population and what sits next door set the ceiling before the first customer arrives.
- Capacity, fixed at build.Locations run 25,000 to 40,000 square feet. What you can sell is set by the build, and the build does not change after opening.
- What you spend to open.Opening costs $2,511,500 to $4,570,000, a 1.8× range inside one brand. The high end usually buys more capacity, so the cheapest build is not always the cheapest route to the top band.
Live operating levers
- Admissions, the operating driver.This model bills on admissions. The doors are open whether anyone comes or not, so the owner works on how many come through in an open hour and what each spends beyond the ticket. It is worth watching every week, because by the time it turns up in a monthly close the quarter is half gone.
- Service and retail mix.Attachment rate on retail, and the share of customers on the higher service tiers, lift what each hour earns without adding an hour or a room. It is the only lever that raises the ceiling without spending capital.
- Fees, and where the minimum bites.Fees run about 6.9% of sales. A minimum sits underneath the percentage, so the low-volume location pays the higher effective rate. The brand charges the weakest locations the most. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum and know which side of it you are on, because the answer changes what an extra dollar of sales is worth.
Context you underwrite around
- The reporting screen.15 of 20 locations are behind these figures. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded, as are locations under the brand’s current size standard, so the numbers describe locations that cleared that screen, not the system as a whole.
- What the disclosure leaves out.Item 19 publishes no attainment figure. Anything below the sales line has to come from the franchisor or from owners you call.
Revenue, cost and profit
A third of the revenue gap, nine times the profit gap.
| Tier | Parks | Revenue | Expenses | Profit | Margin * | At or above average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top five | 5 | $3,324,435.24 | $2,282,765.62 | $1,041,669.62 | 31.3% | 2 (40%) |
| Middle five | 5 | $2,506,525.06 | $1,892,537.11 | $613,987.95 | 24.5% | 2 (40%) |
| Bottom five | 5 | $2,022,798.55 | $1,912,112.16 | $110,686.39 | 5.5% | 2 (40%) |
| All 15 | 15 | $2,617,919.62 | $2,029,138.30 | $588,781.32 | 22.5% | n/a |
The tier figures and the all-park revenue are as the brand reported it. The all-park expense and profit lines average the three tiers of five, marked *.
The three tiers are ranked by profit, and the ranking still holds on revenue. $3,324,435, $2,506,525 and $2,022,799, so in this system the biggest gates are also the best-run ones, which is worth knowing before blaming a market.
Expenses grew $370,653 while revenue grew $1,301,637 from bottom tier to top. An incremental margin of 71.5% *, because a trampoline park’s cost base is overwhelmingly a lease, a fit-out and a staffing rota that changes littlewith attendance.
Every tier reports 2 of 5 parks at or above its own profit average. So within each group the range is set out below too, and the single highest-selling park billed $4,472,810 against the lowest-selling at $1,846,195, a 2.42-fold range.
The average park earns $588,781 on $2,617,920. 22.5% *, but the median tier sits at 24.5% and the bottom tier at 5.5%. So the average badly overstates what the weaker half of this system takes home.
Each tier’s revenue less its expenses returns its filed profit to the cent. In all three tiers and on both the average and median columns, the arithmetic here holds throughout.
What it costs to open, and how long it takes back
Two and a half million at the cheapest, and a payback that depends entirely on tier.
| Tier | Profit | Return on the $2,511,500 build * | Years to repay it * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top five | $1,041,669.62 | 41.5% | 2.4 |
| Middle five | $613,987.95 | 24.4% | 4.1 |
| Bottom five | $110,686.39 | 4.4% | 22.7 |
| All 15 | $588,781.32 | 23.4% | 4.3 |
The profits are as the brand reported it and the two right-hand columns measure them against the filed low-end investment of $2,511,500, before any interest or owner draw.
The build runs $2,511,500 to $4,570,000. 0.96 to 1.75 times a year of average revenue *, and at the high end the same tier-one profit takes 4.4 years to repay against 2.4.
Equipment and fit-out alone is $1,250,000 to $1,750,000. Half the cheapest build and 38.3% of the dearest *, against building work of $600,000 to $1,900,000, so the two together have the entire project.
A further $60,000 of opening advertising is mandatory. Starting 30 days before opening and running 90 days after, with at least $10,000 on the grand opening itself. $200,000 of additional funds covers only the first three months.
Computer hardware of $80,000 to $120,000 includes a $40,000 surveillance system. With $3,500 a year afterwards to the camera storage company, a reminder that a waiver-and-liability business has technology costs an ordinary retail unit avoids.
Attraction inspection can cost up to $10,000 a year and a waiver violation costs $2,500 each. Alongside $1,300 a year of music licensing, charges that fall the same whichever tier a park sits in.
Fees, territory and the system
Six percent, a $60,000 minimum advertising charge, and fifteen miles.
| Charge | Rate | Top five | Middle five | Bottom five |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 6% of sales | $199,466 | $150,392 | $121,368 |
| Point of sale license | $1,200 a month | $14,400 | $14,400 | $14,400 |
| Technology support | $300 a month | $3,600 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
| Camera storage and music | $4,800 a year | $4,800 | $4,800 | $4,800 |
| Total to the brand and its suppliers | n/a | $222,266 | $173,192 | $144,168 |
| Share of revenue | n/a | 6.69% | 6.91% | 7.13% |
| Local advertising required | 2% or $5,000 a month | $66,489 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
| Committed share of revenue | n/a | 8.69% | 9.30% | 10.09% |
The rates and monthly charges are as the brand reported it and the annual dollar figures apply them to each tier's filed revenue, marked *.
The $5,000 monthly minimum advertising charge holds until revenue reaches $3,000,000. $60,000 a year *, so only the top tier ever pays the percentage, and for everyone else this is a fixed cost dressed as a rate.
A national marketing fee of 1% is reserved and stands uncollected. Which at the bottom tier would cost $20,228 a year *, worth building into a forecast given profit there is $110,686.
Territory is a 15-mile radius, held to one license per 200,000 people. With zero sales quota attached, and the radius shrinking in dense metropolitan areas and growing in rural ones.
Two statements about exclusivity sit side by side. The territory section says an exclusive territory is excluded. Then says another franchisee or company outlet using the marks will stay outside your territory, a contradiction worth resolving in writing before signing.
The system went from 11 franchised parks to 20 in three years. Ten opened, one closed and one affiliate-owned park left in 2025, with 37 agreements signed and waiting against 11 openings projected for the year ahead.
Questions we get asked
Questions an owner asks.
What does a Big Air park bill?
Across 15 parks trading the whole of 2025, revenue averaged $2,617,920 with a median of $2,594,989. The highest-selling billed $4,472,810 and the lowest-selling $1,846,195. By profit tier the revenue averages were $3,324,435, $2,506,525 and $2,022,799.
What does it earn?
Profit averaged $1,041,670 at the top tier, $613,988 in the middle and $110,686 at the bottom, shares kept of 31.3%, 24.5% and 5.5%. Across all fifteen that averages $588,781, or 22.5%. The filed expense definition covers operating expenses, insurance, utilities, marketing, rent, wages, retail supplies, taxes and royalties.
Why is the bottom tier so much weaker?
Because its costs barely fall. The bottom five parks spent $1,912,112 against the middle five's $1,892,537 while billing $483,727 less. Expenses take 94.5% of revenue there against 68.7% at the top. Moving a park up the tiers converts 71.5 cents of every extra revenue dollar into profit, on our reading.
Where does the revenue come from?
General admission is 53.1% at $1,388,868, events and parties 24.8% at $648,941, food and drink 16.1% at $420,293 and other income 6.1% at $159,818. Events swing most widely across the system, from $1,043,397 down to $303,010.
What does the brand take?
6% of sales in royalty, plus $1,200 a month for the point-of-sale license, $300 a month of technology support, $3,500 a year for camera storage and $1,300 a year for music licensing. A 1% national marketing fee is reserved and currently uncollected. On our reading the total runs 6.69% to 7.13% of revenue depending on tier.
What has to be spent on local advertising?
The greater of 2% of sales or $5,000 a month, beginning after the first 60 days. On our reading the minimum of $60,000 a year holds until revenue passes $3,000,000, so most parks in this system pay a fixed amount. Cooperative contributions of up to 2% count toward it.
What does a park cost to build?
$2,511,500 to $4,570,000 for 25,000 to 40,000 square feet. Furniture, fixtures and equipment alone is $1,250,000 to $1,750,000 and building work $600,000 to $1,900,000. A further $60,000 of opening advertising is required and $200,000 of additional funds covers the first three months.
Which two numbers should run monthly?
Expenses as a share of revenue against 68.7%. Because that is what the top tier achieves and every point above it costs roughly $26,000 a year at average revenue. And booked events against $648,941 a year, because it is the most controllable line and the one that varies most across this system.
Questions worth putting to Big Air Trampoline Park
The filing answers what it answers. These are the gaps an owner or a buyer should close directly.
- Is the profit figure in Item 19 before or after owner pay, and how many locations sit below it?
- What separates the highest-selling locations from the lowest: trade area, years open, size, or the owner?
- How long does a new location take to reach the average you publish, and what does the build-up look like month by month?
- At what level of sales do the minimum charges stop applying and the percentage take over?
- How many Big Air Trampoline Park locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
Run your own numbers.
The Franchise Finance Diagnostic runs the same checks on your own numbers. It scores where you stand and compares you with Item 19 of your brand’s FDD. It works out what one location earns and spends, and builds a 13-week cash forecast. Checks whether you are ready to open another one. It is free and it runs in your browser.
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Questions owners ask next
The figures above raise these, and each one is answered on its own page.
- At what level of sales does a minimum fee stop costing me more than the percentage?How royalty, ad fund and minimums actually work on a monthly statement.
- How much cash do I fund before a new location covers its own costs?A 13-week forecast for the months before break-even.
- My payroll percentage keeps climbing. Is that a payroll problem?Usually it is a revenue problem wearing a payroll costume.
- Do I need a bookkeeper, a controller, or a CFO?What each one owns, and the point at which the next one pays for itself.
- Revenue was the highest it has been. Why did profit not move?Where the extra revenue went, line by line.