Slick City Action Park Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $1.9M – $4.9M
- Disclosed sales
- $5.0M
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
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 →
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: partial✓ 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
- $1.9M – $4.9M
- 48th pct Recreation & …
- Avg gross sales
- $5.0M
- Company-owned only
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 26th 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 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 $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).
- GROWTHNegative, pipeline stalled: 22 agreements signed but not yet open against 9 open outlets (Item 20).
- EARLYEmerging franchise: only 3 years of franchising with 9 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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
- $2.0M
- vs $288K 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 506% above the typical recreation & entertainment franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown20 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $75K | $75K | |
| Lease Security Deposit and up to one month of rent (see Notes 2 and 3) | $0 | $188K | |
| Utilities (see Note 2) | $0 | $29K | |
| Leasehold Improvements (see Note 3) | $589K | $2.3M | |
| Core Attractions Package (see Note 4) | $606K | $873K | |
| Attraction Installation | $142K | $191K | |
| Affiliate Equipment and Supplies (see Note 5) | $168K | $259K | |
| Additional Equipment and Supplies (see Note 6) | $115K | $241K | |
| Computer Systems | $18K | $30K | |
| Insurance (3 months) (see Note 7) | $40K | $87K | |
| Murals & Signage | $59K | $107K | |
| Office Expenses | $4K | $4K | |
| Market Introduction Plan | $25K | $25K | |
| Pre-Opening Salaries (see Note 8) | $17K | $82K | |
| Pre-Opening Food and Beverage Inventory | $4K | $9K | |
| Licenses and Permits (see Note 9) | $3K | $29K | |
| Dues and Subscriptions | $1K | $4K | |
| Professional Fees (lawyer, accountant, etc.) | $5K | $15K | |
| Travel, lodging and meals for initial training | $6K | $8K | |
| Additional funds (for first 3 months) (see Note 10) | $38K | $290K | |
| Total initial investment | $1.9M | $4.9M |
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%
- Tiered by sales volume · 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 |
| Inventory (initial) | $4K – $9K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 525% above the recreation & entertainment norm.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
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 Slick City Action Park 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 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
$3.6M
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 Slick City Action Park 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 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 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
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
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 3 outlets
- vs category median 5
- 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 165 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 median).
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 medians
How Slick City Action Park 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
- 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
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 9
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 22
- 2.44 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 45
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
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
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Omar Alnuaimi, CPA / Naper CPA Group
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Franchisor total revenue in prior fiscal year (2024) was $2,025,884, comprised of territory fees ($1,185,033), royalty & service revenue ($431,739), and services/ad/tech fees ($409,112); 0% derived from required franchisee purchases/leases (system had no operating franchised outlets in 2024).
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 43 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORSlightly negative net worth -$19,676
- 02MINORPositive net income $120,908
- 03MINORNo 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 | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 3 mi |
| Territory population | 150,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 5 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Chesterfield, Missouri (franchisor's headquarters) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Missouri |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 28 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 51 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Ongoing training
- Optional
- Site selection
- franchisee proposes, franchisor approves
- 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.
Who owns Slick City Action Park?
Slick City Action Park is franchised by Slick City Franchise Group LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
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.
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). 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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