FunBox Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $647K – $855K
- Disclosed sales
- $452K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Limited · 13 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
FunBox is a recreation franchise operating giant inflatable parks, indoors and outdoors, with slides, obstacle courses, and play zones. Franchisees run the parks, managing admissions, staffing, safety, and setup.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A FunBox franchise requires a total initial investment of $647K – $855K, including a $75K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $452K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✓ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored7 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $647K – $855K
- 37th pct Recreation & …
- Avg gross sales
- $452K
- 4th pct Recreation & …
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 43rd pct Recreation & …
- Units
- 30
- 36th pct Recreation & …
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Recreation & Entertainment · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Recreation & Entertainment median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $647K – $855K including a $75K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $452K/year (median $421K).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 50/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +24 franchised outlets in the latest year (27 opened, 3 closed); 8 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- FLAG3 units terminated last reporting year (10.0% of the system). Ask existing franchisees why.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- FunBox Franchise, LLC
- Parent company
- FunBox Holdings, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2025 FDD
- CEO title
- Founder, President, and Managing Member
- Laurence Hallier
- Incorporated in
- NV
- HQ
- 2510 East Sunset Road, Suite 5-400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89120
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.9M
- vs $2.5M prior year
Affiliated brands
- Giant Inflatable Systems
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Laurence Hallier
- Headquarters
- NV
- Founded
- 2021
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 16
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 34% above the typical recreation & entertainment franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown12 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $75K | $75K | |
| Lease and Utilities Deposits and Payments | $5K | $50K | |
| Architect, Engineer & Permits | $2K | $5K | |
| Equipment & Furniture | $80K | $120K | |
| Computer Hardware and Software, Cameras, Music and Security Systems | $5K | $10K | |
| Initial Inventory | $5K | $10K | |
| Inflatable Park Components | $445K | $535K | |
| Employee Wages (1 month) | $3K | $5K | |
| Professional Fees | $3K | $5K | |
| Insurance | $5K | $10K | |
| Miscellaneous Opening Costs | $15K | $20K | |
| Additional Funds - One Month | $5K | $10K | |
| Total initial investment | $647K | $855K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $647K – $855K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $10K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $75K – $75K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- The greater of $300 or 2% of Gross Revenue (Indoor Park o…
- Total fee load
- 10.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Transfer fee | $515K |
| Inventory (initial) | $5K – $10K |
| Total fee load | 10.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 43% below the recreation & entertainment norm.
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for FunBox until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for ad fund rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$759K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one FunBox unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for ad fund rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for ad fund rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $452K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $421K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross revenue and net income
- Sample size
- 24 outlets
- vs category median 5 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $118K→$865KCited, not corroborated — printed on page 41 of the 2025 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 8 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 165 Recreation & Entertainment brands
Revenue is only 0.6x the investment. This means each unit may take 5+ years to recoup the initial outlay at typical margins.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $452K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 0.6x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 10.0% — above the Recreation & Entertainment median of 8.0%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 8/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
Net unit growth of +480.0% over 3 years (27 opened, 3 closed).
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Recreation & Entertainment medians
How FunBox Compares
Category median of published Recreation & Entertainment brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 30
- Opened
- 27
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 3
- Terminated
- 3
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 10.0%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 97%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- Outlier (see FDD)
- Likely small-sample artifact
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 3
- Signed, not yet open
- 8
- 0.27 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 6
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 16 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
16
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Fast growth in a small system. Newer franchisors expanding quickly may not yet have the support infrastructure of larger systems.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 13
- Loan volume
- $4.9M
- Median loan
- $452K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Limited · 13 loans
- Limited SBA coverage: 13 loans, rate hidden until 10 have resolved and loans reach 2% of franchised units
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Limited · 13 loans
- 5-yr charge-off
- 0.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 6
- Defaults
- 0
- Typical loan rate
- 10.3%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 13.9%
- n=1,279 loans
- Jobs supported
- 227
- 4.7 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 58%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 100% went to startups / new businesses, 0% to established operators
Franchise vs independent — in all other amusement and recreation industries, franchised businesses charge off at 13.9% vs 16.2% for independents — franchising is associated with 14% lower SBA default risk in this category.
Top lenders financing FunBox franchisees
Showing 3 of 6 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Lender network · 7(a) + 504
SBA Lending Report
Full lending analysis for FunBox from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 0.0%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 69%
- Avg interest rate
- 10.29%
- Lender concentration
- 58.3%
- Job velocity
- 4.7 per $100K
- NAICS benchmark
- 7.0%
- NAICS 713990
- Jobs supported
- 227
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 58% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Huntington National Bank | 7 | $2.8M | N/A |
| 2 | Frost Bank | 1 | $480K | N/A |
| 3 | Arizona Capital Source | 1 | $350K | N/A |
| 4 | Bank of Utah | 1 | $340K | 0.0% |
| 5 | SouthState Bank, National Association | 1 | $493K | N/A |
| 6 | One World Bank | 1 | $423K | 0.0% |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| KYKentucky | 2 | 0 | -- |
| MDMaryland | 2 | 0 | -- |
| TNTennessee | 2 | 0 | -- |
| TXTexas | 2 | 0 | -- |
| AZArizona | 1 | 0 | -- |
| OKOklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| UTUtah | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| VAVirginia | 1 | 0 | -- |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Borrower profile
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Total revenue of $2,933,300 for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 is disclosed in the FDD body (Items 6 and 8) as 'our total revenues of $2,933,300, as reported in our most recent audited financial statements.' The audited financial statements in Exhibit B are scanned/image-only and yielded no extractable balance sheet, net income, equity, or auditor figures.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 50 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk and limits pricing power in saturated markets
- 02MINORExplosive 480% YoY unit growth (20 → 30 units) suggests either aggressive expansion before market validation or aggressive recruitment during economic uncertainty
- 03MINOR8% royalty on gross revenue is owed regardless of profitability, creating cash flow pressure in startup/ramp phases
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 10.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Territory type | No territory protection |
| Protected territory | No |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 100 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 6 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | NV |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 7 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 27 hrs
- Training location
- Online and by telephone; franchisee location (on-site)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 40 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects; franchisor must approve
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Roller, Xola, and/or Square
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Roller, Xola, and/or Square
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a FunBox franchise?
The total investment to open a FunBox franchise ranges from $647K – $855K, with an initial franchise fee of $75K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do FunBox franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the FunBox FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $452K. The median is $421K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns FunBox?
FunBox is franchised by FunBox Franchise, LLC. Its parent company is FunBox Holdings, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the FunBox FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the FunBox FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is FunBox's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for FunBox (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many FunBox franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, FunBox has 30 total units in the United States, including 29 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 27 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is FunBox a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates FunBox as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 50 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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