Urban Air Adventure Park Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Urban Air Adventure Park is an entertainment franchise operating indoor adventure parks with trampolines, ropes courses, climbing, and arcades. Franchisees run a park managing attractions, safety, staff, parties, and admissions.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Urban Air Adventure Park franchise requires a total initial investment of $3.1M – $8.4M, including a $100K franchise fee and an ongoing 7.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). SBA 7(a) loans show a 4.6% charge-off rate across 145 loans[1]. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $3.1M – $8.4M
- 53rd pct Recreation & …
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Outlet subset
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 24th pct Recreation & …
- Units
- 197
- 50th pct Recreation & …
- SBA charge-off
- 4.6%
- % of SBA 7(a) loans not repaid · median varies by category
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 $3.1M – $8.4M including a $100K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 disclosed average EBITDA of $3.2M across 148 locations — this is operating profit, not gross revenue. Actual revenue per location is likely $6–10M.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 79/100 (higher is better). SBA loan charge-off rate of 4.6% across 145 loans (well below the franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2025).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 30.4% CAGR over 3 years with 197 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- UATP Management, LLC
- Parent company
- Unleashed Brands, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- UA Holdings, LLC
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer (Unleashed Brands and Unleashed Services)
- Michael Browning, Jr.
- Incorporated in
- Texas
- HQ
- 2350 Airport Freeway, Suite 505, Bedford, Texas 76022
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $151.5M
- vs $194.7M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Michael Browning, Jr.
- Headquarters
- TX
- Founded
- 2013
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 38
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 331% above the typical recreation & entertainment franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $100K | $100K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $120K | $240K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $2.9M | $8.0M |
| Total initial investment | $3.1M | $8.4M |
Source: Urban Air Adventure Park 2025 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $3.1M – $8.4M
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $120K – $240K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $100K – $100K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 5.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 12.3%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $0 |
| Transfer fee | $50K |
| Renewal fee | $50K |
| Total fee load | 12.3% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Urban Air Adventure Park did not disclose financial performance in FDD Item 19. The ROIC and return models require Item 19 revenue. Without it all inputs are estimates. You can still run the calculator with your own assumptions by entering an expected revenue figure.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Urban Air Adventure Park unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
1%
Below the 30–60% attractive-franchise band
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
Item 19 disclosed average EBITDA of $3.2M across 148 locations — this is operating profit, not gross revenue. Actual revenue per location is likely $6–10M.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Item 19 type
- historical segmented (Gross Sales, COGS, Occupancy, Advertising, Payroll, Insurance, Other Costs, EBITDA, EBITDA%) by quartile, for two park format cohorts (2.0 Park and 2.5 Park)
- Range (low → high)
- $1.2M→$13.3M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- The FDD edition these figures were read from
- Transparency
- 6 / 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.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 12.3% — above the Recreation & Entertainment average of 8.8%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports historical segmented (Gross Sales, COGS, Occupancy, Advertising, Payroll, Insurance, Other Costs, EBITDA, EBITDA%) by quartile, for two park format cohorts (2.0 Park and 2.5 Park) rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
System expanding at 30.4% CAGR over 3 years across 197 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
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 Urban Air Adventure Park Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 197
- Opened
- 17
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 3
- Turnover rate
- 1.5%
- Company-owned
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 98%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +30.4%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +30.4%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 10
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 3 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 145
- Loan volume
- $370.2M
- Median loan
- $2.4M
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 4.6%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 95.4%
- 5-yr charge-off
- 0.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 49
- Defaults
- 3
- Typical loan rate
- 7.7%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 13.9%
- brand beats franchise avg ↓
- Jobs supported
- 9,977
- 2.7 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 21%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 78% went to startups / new businesses, 22% 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.
Vintage analysis
Urban Air Adventure Park charge-off rate by loan vintage
Top lenders financing Urban Air Adventure Park franchisees
Showing 3 of 49 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
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Premium insight
SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into Urban Air Adventure Park's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 10 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 15 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 10-year lending trend
- SBA 504 real estate/equipment data
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What could kill this investment?
SBA loans charge off at 4.6% — 71% below the 16.0% national norm, i.e. lower lender-observed risk.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Deloitte & Touche LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
ⓘ These are the parent company's consolidated financials (the parent guarantees the franchisor), not this brand's standalone results — the figure reflects the whole corporate group, not this brand alone.
Score breakdown · what drove the 79 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORParent net loss: -$68,667,000 (parent financials only)
- 02MINORPending arbitration vs. multiple franchisees over unpaid royalties/termination
- 03MINORSeveral large concluded settlements ($5M, $442K)
- 04MEDItem 19 disclosed, strong parent net worth $351M
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 12.3% 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 | Radius/Boundaries |
| 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 | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Texas |
| Litigation count | 6 |
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 95 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 82 hrs
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
5 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Urban Air Adventure Park · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Urban Air Adventure Park franchise?
The total investment to open a Urban Air Adventure Park franchise ranges from $3.1M – $8.4M, with an initial franchise fee of $100K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Urban Air Adventure Park franchise owners earn?
Urban Air Adventure Park does not disclose average franchise owner earnings in their FDD Item 19. Not all franchisors are required to make financial performance representations. We recommend asking existing franchisees directly about their financial experience.
What is Item 19 in the Urban Air Adventure 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 Urban Air Adventure Park FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Urban Air Adventure Park's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, Urban Air Adventure Park has a charge-off rate of 4.6% across 145 loans, meaning 4.6% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many Urban Air Adventure Park franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Urban Air Adventure Park has 197 total units in the United States, including 193 franchised units and 4 company-owned units. 17 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Urban Air Adventure Park a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Urban Air Adventure Park as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 79 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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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.