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Family Entertainment 10 yrs cont. growth 5 star rated $6M business
Business Description
Escape Newport, LLC is a holding company for both the Mastermind and Sherlock's brands.
We are an escape room business. And our Mission: "To create a fun, immersive, and memorable
experience by providing 5-star customer service. "
We have set record revenue in each of our 9 years and are on pace to do the same for 2025, up nearly 13% YTD July. We have set monthly revenue records in 49 of the prior 55 months. Our same store sales average a 9% increase across the prior 3 years, with some stores still setting monthly records. For example,during July 2025, we had Augusta and Farmers Branch and Schaumburg set all time July records for their store.
We are an escape room business. And our Mission: "To create a fun, immersive, and memorable
experience by providing 5-star customer service. "
We have set record revenue in each of our 9 years and are on pace to do the same for 2025, up nearly 13% YTD July. We have set monthly revenue records in 49 of the prior 55 months. Our same store sales average a 9% increase across the prior 3 years, with some stores still setting monthly records. For example,during July 2025, we had Augusta and Farmers Branch and Schaumburg set all time July records for their store.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 9
- Number of Employees
- 120
- Currently Relocatable
- Yes
- Currently Home Based
- Yes
- Facilities & Assets
- We have 9 Escape room business leased locations (IL, KY, GA, TX) plus 1 operations warehouse (KY). We have 2 website brands sherlocksescaperooms.com and mastermindescapegames.com. Our retail inventory consists of t-shirts, hoodies, hats, board games and candy.
- Website
- https://sherlocksescaperooms.com
- Market Outlook / Competition
- The Escape Room market in the US is still within it's growth phase. The US market first introduced escaperooms between 2011-2012. At it's peak, 2017, there were 2500 escape room locations within the US. The number has dropped to 2000-2200 and has remained steady for the prior years 2022-2024.90% of escape rooms are "mom and pop" with 1-3 locations.
- Opportunities for Growth
- As you will see within the attached CIM and P&L, we have grown for 10 straight years - there is ample room for taking over other smaller escape room locations or building a new location.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Leased
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 4,000
- Rent
- $7,000.00 per month
- Lease Expiration
- 12/31/2028
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- We are ready to retire and the business is very healthy and makes for an easy tr
- Transition Support
- Owners will transition upon agreeable terms over a period needed to successfully operate day to day operations. We have management at each site, we have middle management across regions, a construciton manager and a complete 300 page training guide.
- Financing Options
- Require > 50% cash buyer provided, +debt at buyer option, 10% Seller fin. @11%
Listing Info
- ID
- 2398289
- Listing Views
- 1077
Attached DocumentsAttachment Disclaimer
Escape Newport CIM PnL 8.1.25.pdf
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