Verified — real FDD extraction
SBA-eligible · directory code S2503 since 2018
Big Air Trampoline Park
Recreation & Entertainment · independent · est. —
Big Air Trampoline Park is an indoor family entertainment concept combining wall-to-wall trampolines with attractions, party rooms, and concessions. A franchisee develops and operates a large warehouse-format park, managing a sizable hourly staff and selling jump time, memberships, and birthday parties to families.
Big Air Trampoline Park net unit count grew +75.0% from 2023–2025 per its FDD Item 20.
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A franchise is a business where you (the franchisee) pay a company (the franchisor) for the right to open and run a location using their brand and system — think a local Anytime Fitness or Taco John's owned by a small-business owner, not the corporation.
Before you can buy in, U.S. law requires the franchisor to give you a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) — a long legal filing covering its fees, finances, and history. The numbers on this page come straight from that document:
- Franchise fee — the one-time cost to buy in.
- Royalty — the ongoing cut of your sales you pay the franchisor.
- Item 20 — how many locations opened and closed, the basis for our verdict (from Proven & strong down to Distressed — or Too new to judge).
The verdict
Too new to judge
Distress
20 franchised units over 3 disclosed years is not a track record — systems this early have realized only a fraction of their eventual failures. Judge the disclosures, not a verdict.
Exit rate · latest year
0.0%
vs 5.5% across 15 recreation & entertainment systems
Cost to open
$2.5M–$4.6M
Item 7 total investment range
SBA loan defaults
Too few resolved
26 loans exist; too few resolved to rate
Behind the verdict
the record, factor by factor · Item 20
3-yr trend · Item 20 Table 1
terminations + ceased-ops vs. all exits · Table 3
transfers vs. base · Table 3
actual vs. projected openings · Table 5
Item 19 disclosure + completeness
Systemwide units
2023–2025
Survival record
FDD Item 20 · outlet status by year
In fiscal 2025, 0 of 15 franchised outlets left the system — a 0.0% annualized exit rate, vs 5.5% across 15 recreation & entertainment systems. Not every exit is a failure — but this is the measurable floor.
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| Status (FTC) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlets at start | 13 | 12 | 17 |
| Opened | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Transfers | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Terminations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-renewals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased — other reasons | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Outlets at end | 12 | 17 | 21 |
| Net change | -1 | +5 | +4 |
The lender's view
SBA 7(a)/504 loan performance · FY1991–present
Banks have made 26 SBA-backed loans to Big Air Trampoline Park franchisees since 2018. Most are still open, so there is not yet a resolved cohort large enough to rate.
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1 resolved · too thin to rate
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avg. charged-off $ ÷ approved $
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default rate × loss severity
$2,407,570
what recent franchisees borrowed
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approval → charge-off, defaulted loans
10 vs 5
distinct banks still lending
Charge-off rate by loan approval year (%)
Loan performance by state
SOURCE: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA LOAN DATA (DATA.SBA.GOV), FY1991–PRESENT · MATCHED TO BIG AIR TRAMPOLINE PARK BY FRANCHISE NAME · RESOLVED = CHARGED-OFF + PAID-IN-FULL
The owner's side of the deal
FDD × federal loan record
A typical Big Air Trampoline Park buyer since 2020 borrowed $2.4M through SBA — about $340K a year in debt service. Against the brand's own disclosed median unit revenue of $2.6M, that is 13.1% of every dollar the store takes in — before rent, payroll, food, or royalty.
Who finances it
Bank of Oak Ridge
15.4% of this brand's loans
Who buys it
Too few identified operators
Does experience help here?
Not enough resolved loans to split
Computed from 26 SBA 7(a)/504 loans to Big Air Trampoline Park franchisees joined to the brand's own FDD. Debt service assumes level amortization at the average disclosed term and rate. A lender's rate excludes its loans to this brand, so it reads the lender, not the brand.
What it costs — and what it drags
FDD Items 5–7 · fees, investment, royalty
Buying in means a $60K franchise fee (Item 5) and a total investment of $2.5M–$4.6M (Item 7). The franchisor publishes an earnings claim (Item 19) — read its methodology closely.
To open (Item 7)
$2.5M–$4.6M
all-in investment range
Franchise fee (Item 5)
$60K
upfront, one-time
Royalty (Item 6)
6%
of sales, ongoing
Your figure — cross-check against this brand's Item 19 and current-owner validation.
Royalty you'd pay / yr
$60K
6% of sales, before profit
Over a 10-yr term
$600K
royalties alone, excl. ad fund
This is not profit. It's the only money the FDD actually pins down — what you put in, and the royalty you owe on every dollar of sales. Your real take-home depends on labor, rent, food cost, and ramp-to-breakeven, none of which any FDD discloses.
Build a real pro-forma for Big Air Trampoline Park with an independent CPAModeled risk
FDD Risk Score · modeled from the public record
The public record puts this brand toward the safer end of the systems we score — but the evidence is thin, so treat it as a range, not a number.
Risk percentile (range)
19–43 / 100
Directional
Modeled SBA charge-off
10.1%
Observed SBA charge-off
no resolved cohort
Top drivers: System size (log units) (raises) · Investment ceiling (log) (lowers) · Share financed by high-loss lenders (lowers) · Net unit growth (lowers). Thin loan history — treat this as a range, not a number. A linear scorecard built from this brand's own disclosure figures plus the federal loan record behind its franchisees; full spec and cross-validated accuracy on the methodology page. A score is context, not a verdict.
Distress signals
news-sourced · bankruptcies, closures, lawsuits
No recent closures, bankruptcies, or major lawsuits found in the news for Big Air Trampoline Park. That's a good sign — but it reflects news coverage, not a guarantee.
A broker is paid by the franchisor to place you. An independent CPA is paid by you — and the job is pressure-testing Big Air Trampoline Park's numbers, including talking you out of a bad deal.
Talk to an independent CPA before you buy →Big Air Trampoline Park franchise questions, answered from the filings
What percentage of Big Air Trampoline Park franchises closed last year?
In Big Air Trampoline Park's latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025), 0 of 15 franchised outlets left the system — an annualized exit rate of 0.0% — compared with 5.5% across 15 recreation & entertainment systems tracked here. That counts terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons." There is no official failure rate, and not every exit is a failure, but this is the measurable floor.
How much does a Big Air Trampoline Park franchise cost?
Per Big Air Trampoline Park's 2026 FDD, buying in requires an initial franchise fee of $60K (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $2.5M–$4.6M (Item 7).
What royalty does Big Air Trampoline Park charge?
Big Air Trampoline Park charges an ongoing royalty of 6.0% of gross sales, per Item 6 of its 2026 FDD.
Does Big Air Trampoline Park disclose earnings (Item 19)?
Yes — Big Air Trampoline Park makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $2.6M. Read it closely: franchisors choose which units and which metrics to include.