Big Air Trampoline Park franchise unit economics
Big Air Trampoline Park franchisees build and run indoor trampoline and party centers that sell general admission, booked events and food, inside a territory.
Big Air Trampoline Park franchise at a glance
The 15 Big Air Trampoline Park locations in Item 19 earned profit of 22.5% of revenue in 2025 on Averan’s calculation from the FDD’s three tiers. Big Air Trampoline Park’s FDD defines profit as gross revenue less expenses, including rent, payroll, taxes and royalties.
Big Air Trampoline Park franchisees averaged $2,617,920 of sales in 2025, with a median of $2,594,989, according to Item 19 of Big Air Trampoline Park’s 2026 FDD, issued 12 May 2026. The 15 in that group are 75%* of Big Air Trampoline Park’s 20 locations.
- A Big Air Trampoline Park franchise costs $2,511,500 to $4,570,000 to open, including a $60,000 initial franchise fee, according to the brand's 2026 FDD.
- Big Air Trampoline Park charges a royalty of 6% of sales.
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- The top five Big Air Trampoline Park locations earned $1,041,670 and the bottom five $110,686, a 9.4-fold difference on 1.6 times the revenue.
These figures come from Big Air Trampoline Park's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, as the brand reported them, and were read by Averan Advisors.
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Talk to Averan → Move your books and accounting to Averan →- The bottom five parks outspend the middle five by $19,575 on $483,727 less revenue. Expenses were $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. That is $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. The gap is 26 points *. The filed expense definition already includes rent, wages, marketing and royalties.
- Top-tier profit repays the cheapest build in 2.4 years and bottom-tier profit in 22.7. Top-tier profit is $1,041,670 and bottom-tier profit $110,686, against a $2,511,500 build *.
- Admission is 53.1% of revenue and food 16.1%. That is $1,388,868 and $420,293 at the average park *. Booked events are 24.8%.
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. Across its three tiers, the brand’s disclosure document puts profit at 22.5% of revenue on Averan’s calculation. Fees come off the top first, 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
Revenue by category, 2025
| 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.
Event revenue varies 3.44-fold across parks and admission 2.95-fold. Event revenue runs from $1,043,397 down to $303,010 *, 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. The lowest-selling park billed $1,846,195 *.
A park bills $65 to $105 per square foot. That is $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 *. That 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 top group averaged $3,324,435 a year. The lowest 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.
Sales and profit drivers at Big Air Trampoline Park
- Sales above a fixed cost base.Big Air’s 5 highest-profit locations averaged $3,324,435 in 2025 revenue and $2,282,766 in expenses. The 5 lowest-profit Big Air locations averaged $2,022,799 in revenue and $1,912,112 in expenses. Between those two Big Air tiers, revenue differed by $1,301,637 and expenses by $370,653. Expenses took 68.7% of revenue in the top Big Air tier and 94.5% in the lowest.
- Middle tier against lowest tier.Big Air’s 5 middle-profit locations sold $483,727 more than the 5 lowest-profit Big Air locations in 2025 and spent $19,575 less. Average profit in the middle Big Air tier was $613,988, against $110,686 in the lowest, a difference of $503,302.
- Revenue mix.General admission brought 53.1% of revenue across Big Air’s 15 reporting locations in 2025, events brought 24.8%, food and drink 16.1%, and other income 6.1%. Event revenue at a Big Air location ranged from $303,010 to $1,043,397.
Decided before you open
- Capacity.Locations run 25,000 to 40,000 square feet. The build sets how much you can sell.
- Opening cost range.Opening costs $2,511,500 to $4,570,000, a 1.8× range inside one brand.
- Fees and the minimum.Big Air charges a royalty of 6% of gross revenue, with no minimum royalty. Big Air requires each location to spend the greater of 2% of gross revenue or $5,000 a month on local marketing. The $5,000 minimum is more than 2% at any Big Air location selling under $3,000,000 a year, and the 15 reporting Big Air locations averaged $2,617,920 in 2025.
Live operating levers
- Sales depend 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.
Context you underwrite around
- Locations included.These figures cover 15 of 20 locations. Big Air counts the franchised locations open in all 12 months of 2025.
Revenue, cost and profit
Revenue, expenses and profit by tier, 2025
| 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. Tier revenue runs $3,324,435, $2,506,525 and $2,022,799, so at Big Air the most profitable parks are also the highest-selling ones.
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 little with attendance.
Every tier reports 2 of 5 parks at or above its own profit average. Across all 15 parks, 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 lower-selling half of this system takes home.
Each tier’s revenue less its expenses returns its filed profit to the cent. The arithmetic holds in all three tiers.
Discounts available
- Big Air Trampoline Park charges $55,000 instead of $60,000 for each additional park developed under a Multi-Unit Development Agreement.
From Item 5 of the Big Air Trampoline Park 2026 FDD. The costs on this page use the full initial franchise fee for one unit, before any discount.
What it costs to open, and how long it takes back
Cost to open against profit by 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. That is half the cheapest build and 38.3% of the most expensive *. Building work adds $600,000 to $1,900,000.
A further $60,000 of opening advertising is mandatory. It starts 30 days before opening and runs 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. Another $3,500 a year goes to the camera storage company afterwards, 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. Music licensing adds $1,300 a year, and these charges fall the same whichever tier a park sits in.
Fees, territory and the system
Royalty, advertising charge and territory
| 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, brand and suppliers | 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. That is $60,000 a year *, so only the top tier pays the percentage. For the other tiers it is a fixed $60,000.
A national marketing fee of 1% is reserved and stands uncollected. At the bottom tier that fee 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. No sales quota is attached, and the radius shrinks in dense metropolitan areas and grows 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
How much does a Big Air Trampoline Park franchise make?
Big Air Trampoline Park franchisees averaged $2,617,920 of sales in 2025, with a median of $2,594,989, according to Item 19 of Big Air Trampoline Park’s 2026 FDD, issued 12 May 2026. The 15 in that group are 75%* of Big Air Trampoline Park’s 20 locations.
What does a Big Air park bill at Big Air Trampoline Park?
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 at Big Air Trampoline Park?
Profit averaged $1,041,670 at the top tier, $613,988 in the middle and $110,686 at the bottom, margins 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 does the bottom tier keep so much less at Big Air Trampoline Park?
The bottom tier earns less because its costs do not fall with its revenue. 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 at Big Air Trampoline Park?
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 fees does Big Air Trampoline Park charge?
Big Air charges 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. Item 6 does not mark whether the point-of-sale license and technology support are paid to the brand or to a supplier.
What has to be spent on local advertising at Big Air Trampoline Park?
It is 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 Big Air Trampoline Park location cost to build?
A Big Air park costs $2,511,500 to $4,570,000 to build, 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 at Big Air Trampoline Park?
Track 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. Then track 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?
- Which factors does Big Air Trampoline Park see in its highest-selling locations, such as trade area, years open and size?
- 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?
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Where these figures come from.
Every figure here comes from Big Air Franchising, LLC’s 2026 FDD and is unaudited by us. We are unaffiliated with the brand. Calculations of our own are labeled where they appear. The figures describe past performance at other businesses and are not a projection of yours. This page is an educational summary. It is not an offer to sell a franchise, and it is not financial, legal or tax advice. Big Air Trampoline Park® is a registered trademark of its owner. How Averan reads a Franchise Disclosure Document.
These figures come from the brand's disclosure. They are not a forecast, an offer to sell a franchise or advice. Source: Big Air Franchising, LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, issued 12 May 2026.