The meteoric growth of the escape room industry over the past 5 years is well documented.
Escape room business outlook.
In fact in our first industry report the average escape room in the us had 3 30 live rooms per location.
For example aj hughes owner of escape room tucson and escape room game for sale is an experienced industry professional who regularly provides guidance to new escape room owners.
New locations bigger locations the country s largest escape room recently opened in l a turning this into a franchise.
Learn about the day to day activities of an escape room business owner the typical target market growth potential startup costs legal considerations and more.
This report is the outcome of that survey.
Data released this summer gives no indication that the industry is slowing down and only 2 3 of locations in the us have gone under a testament to the business model s high profit margins.
We ran a survey from 17 th december 2018 to 7 th february 2019 presenting escape room owners a series of questions to gauge the state of the escape room industry.
Any time you have a physical business location things can go wrong.
It takes skill labor and love to create and sustain a strong escape room business.
When you re running an in person event there are many things that could go wrong.
Aj published this list of 20 things you should know before you open your business specifically to help potential entrepreneurs evaluate the commitment they re.
Now many who played an escape room are creating their own.
A majority of respondents feel that creating durable room elements that won t break easily is the most challenging aspect of creating a new escape mission.
Near as we can tell the folks who are succeeding in the escape room business have a passion for this industry and the skills to back it up not just for business in general.
The average escape room now has 6 rooms which is a dramatic change from even one or two years ago.
Particularly when the following are involved.
This upward trend in escape room growth is only expected to continue to climb in 2019.
I can see opening three to five locations a year for the next five years.
Protecting your new escape room business and your own personal assets if you get sued.
But having 10 000 a dream and some moxie isn t necessarily enough to make a business mr.
Our guide on starting an escape room business covers all the essential information to help you decide if this business is a good match for you.
The breakdown of escape room locations in the us with 1 2 and 3 rooms looks like this.
There is money to be made in escape rooms but escape rooms are not a rocket ship.