Slick City Action Park Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Slick City Action Park is a recreation franchise operating indoor action parks featuring slides, attractions, and party spaces. Franchisees run the venues, managing attractions, parties, staffing, and safety.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Slick City Action Park franchise requires a total initial investment of $1.9M – $4.9M, including a $75K franchise fee and an ongoing 7.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $5.0M[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $1.9M – $4.9M
- 48th pct Recreation & …
- Avg gross sales
- $5.0M
- Company-owned only16th pct Recreation & …
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 24th pct Recreation & …
- Units
- 9
- 24th pct Recreation & …
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Recreation & Entertainment · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Recreation & Entertainment avg · 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 $1.9M – $4.9M including a $75K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $5.0M/year (median $3.7M) (company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance). Note: this is gross profit, not take-home income.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 43/100 (higher is better).
- FLAGBankruptcy history disclosed in the FDD. Review Item 4 for details before proceeding.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Slick City Franchise Group LLC
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
- Bron Launsby
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 17379 Edison Ave, Chesterfield, MO 63005
- Auditor
- Omar Alnuaimi, CPA / Naper CPA Group
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $288K
- vs $2.0M prior year
Affiliated brands
- and
- Innovative Heights SS Sr Management
- Slick City
- Slick Slide
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Bron Launsby
- Headquarters
- MO
- Founded
- 2023
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 6
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 154% above the typical recreation & entertainment franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown4 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate Equipment and Supplies (Slick Slide, LLC)not refundable | $168K | $259K | |
| Multi-Unit Development Feenot refundable | — | — | |
| Construction Document Peer Review Fee | $3K | $10K | |
| Extension Fee | $20K | $20K | |
| Total initial investment | $190K | $289K |
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
- $1.9M – $4.9M
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $38K – $290K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $75K – $75K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- percentage_of_gross · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $874 |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $19K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 400% above the recreation & entertainment norm.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$744K
15.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
21%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
4.8 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
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. The target band for an attractive franchise is 30–60% ROIC. Below that and a passive index fund likely outperforms; above that and the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses. It's the top line only. Operating costs below are category estimates. Override them to match your real lease quote, labor market, and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Slick City Action Park unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
21%
Below the 30–60% attractive-franchise band
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%.
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Slick City Action Park units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
24.3%
2.96× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
3.53×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$22.8M
on $39.7M purchase
Total debt
$16.9M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
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
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
- Avg gross sales
- $5.0M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $3.7M
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- Average and Median Summary Income Statement
- Sample size
- 3 outlets
- vs category median 5
- Transparency tier
- full
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 9 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 166 Recreation & Entertainment brands
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 $5.0M/year in gross sales. Median is $3.7M — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 1.5x. Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% (near the Recreation & Entertainment average).
Disclosure
Transparency score 9/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence. Sample size of 3 outlets — treat as directional only.
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 averages
How Slick City Action Park Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 9
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 9
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 6 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.
6
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
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
New family-entertainment franchisor (began franchising 2023) with 9 company-owned/0 franchised units, flagged financial_distress with distress_is_early_stage=true, slightly negative net worth (-$19,676) but positive net income of $120,908 on $2.03M revenue. No litigation or auditor going-concern; early-stage limited history is the main concern.
Litigation (Item 3)
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Largest disclosed settlement: $60,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
Disclosed in last 7 years
Bankruptcy Code; (b) obtained a discharge of its debts under the bankruptcy code; or (c) was a principal officer of a company or a general partner in a partnership that either filed as a debtor (or had filed against it) a petition to start an action under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or that obtained a
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Omar Alnuaimi, CPA / Naper CPA Group
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 43 / 100 verdict
- 01MINOREarly-stage distress (distress_is_early_stage=true)
- 02MINORSlightly negative net worth -$19,676
- 03MINORPositive net income $120,908
- 04MINORNo litigation, no going-concern note
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% 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 | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Population-based |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Missouri |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 28 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 51 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- ROLLER
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: ROLLER
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Slick City Action Park franchise?
The total investment to open a Slick City Action Park franchise ranges from $1.9M – $4.9M, 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 Slick City Action Park franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Slick City Action Park FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $5.0M. The median is $3.7M. Important context: Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Item 19 in the Slick City Action Park 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 Slick City Action Park FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Slick City Action Park's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Slick City Action Park (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 Slick City Action Park franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Slick City Action Park has 9 total units in the United States, including 0 franchised units and 9 company-owned units.
Is Slick City Action Park a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Slick City Action Park as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 43 out of 100 (higher is better), based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. 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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