Largest Center on East Coast: 15 Escape Rooms, 2 VR & 1 Game Show!
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ESTABLISHED MULTI-LOCATION IMMERSIVE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISE
Sunbelt Business Brokers of Northern Virginia and Leo Tudela, Principal Broker, are proud to present this well-established entertainment business with over 15,000 ~5* reviews that operates two strategically positioned locations in the Northern Virginia/Greater Washington, DC, metropolitan area, delivering diversified experiential entertainment through three distinct product verticals: 15 live-action escape rooms, 2 virtual reality arenas, and proprietary live game show experiences.
Established in 2015 and grown from a single escape room into a multi-format entertainment platform across two venues in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. FY2025 gross revenue of $1,684,477 and Seller Discretionary Earnings of $493,801 — a 29.3% margin.
Manager-run. Venue Managers hold day-to-day operational accountability at each site. The owners are not engaged in daily venue operations.
A reputation a competitor cannot buy. Over 15,000 5-star guest reviews across Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor, and more than a decade of accumulated search authority. In a category where guests choose almost entirely based on online reviews, this is the primary customer acquisition channel — and the one asset a well-funded new entrant cannot replicate with capital.
Proprietary product. Unlike operators licensing turnkey room kits from third-party vendors, this business designs and fabricates its own games in-house through a dedicated workshop. Every room is original and cannot be experienced at a competing venue. With 15 distinct rooms plus VR and game-show formats, a guest who completes one experience has many more available under the same brand.
A premium trade area. Both venues sit in Northern Virginia counties with some of the highest median household incomes and most educated populations in the United States, densely populated with federal agencies, government contractors, universities, and professional services firms — the natural buyer set for corporate team-building.
Room to grow, quantified. The rooms operated at roughly 21% of available booking capacity in FY2025. Pricing sits below every comparable operator surveyed. The company has no dedicated group-sales function and no visitor-channel program. The specific opportunities and their value are set out below.
Detailed financial statements, a full add-back schedule, and supporting detail are available to qualified buyers following execution of a non-disclosure agreement and a REQUIRED meeting with the broker.
Sunbelt Business Brokers of Northern Virginia and Leo Tudela, Principal Broker, are proud to present this well-established entertainment business with over 15,000 ~5* reviews that operates two strategically positioned locations in the Northern Virginia/Greater Washington, DC, metropolitan area, delivering diversified experiential entertainment through three distinct product verticals: 15 live-action escape rooms, 2 virtual reality arenas, and proprietary live game show experiences.
Established in 2015 and grown from a single escape room into a multi-format entertainment platform across two venues in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. FY2025 gross revenue of $1,684,477 and Seller Discretionary Earnings of $493,801 — a 29.3% margin.
Manager-run. Venue Managers hold day-to-day operational accountability at each site. The owners are not engaged in daily venue operations.
A reputation a competitor cannot buy. Over 15,000 5-star guest reviews across Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor, and more than a decade of accumulated search authority. In a category where guests choose almost entirely based on online reviews, this is the primary customer acquisition channel — and the one asset a well-funded new entrant cannot replicate with capital.
Proprietary product. Unlike operators licensing turnkey room kits from third-party vendors, this business designs and fabricates its own games in-house through a dedicated workshop. Every room is original and cannot be experienced at a competing venue. With 15 distinct rooms plus VR and game-show formats, a guest who completes one experience has many more available under the same brand.
A premium trade area. Both venues sit in Northern Virginia counties with some of the highest median household incomes and most educated populations in the United States, densely populated with federal agencies, government contractors, universities, and professional services firms — the natural buyer set for corporate team-building.
Room to grow, quantified. The rooms operated at roughly 21% of available booking capacity in FY2025. Pricing sits below every comparable operator surveyed. The company has no dedicated group-sales function and no visitor-channel program. The specific opportunities and their value are set out below.
Detailed financial statements, a full add-back schedule, and supporting detail are available to qualified buyers following execution of a non-disclosure agreement and a REQUIRED meeting with the broker.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 11
- Facilities & Assets
- Approximately 14,500 rentable square feet across two leased venues. The primary venue houses nine escape rooms, two free-roam VR arenas, a live game-show space, a dedicated VIP suite with three private rooms for birthday parties and corporate events, three control and staff rooms, multiple office spaces including the company headquarters and conference room, and the fabrication workshop where new games are built. The second venue operates six escape rooms in a high-visibility retail location.
Included in the sale: more than 640 catalogued line items of purpose-built sets, props, magnetic locks, RFID and puzzle-control hardware, control units, audio and speaker systems, surveillance and monitoring equipment, VR headsets and free-roam tracking equipment, game-show production equipment, furniture and fixtures, and workshop tooling. Also included are the brand, domains, websites, social accounts, customer database, booking and operating systems, and the IP in the proprietary game designs. - Market Outlook / Competition
- The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area supports an established market for location-based entertainment, including independent operators, national escape room brands, and broader experiential entertainment venues.
Three factors no competitor in the trade area matches in combination: 15 proprietary rooms across two sites, a scale no local independent operates; in-house design and fabrication, meaning the catalog cannot be replicated by a competitor buying the same vendor kits; and more than a decade of brand equity and review volume driving organic search and word of mouth.
The business is also priced at the low end of its market. Admission lists at $34 per person against a surveyed market median of approximately $37.50, and roughly 15% below the nearest comparable multi-room operator. - Opportunities for Growth
- GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
* Corporate & group event channel (highest-ROI lever): The direct corporate/email booking channel converts at a high rate and produces average order values well above the standard online-platform booking — yet operates on a relatively small lead volume today. A dedicated sales effort targeting team-building, corporate events, and private bookings represents a clear near-term opportunity for revenue and margin expansion.
* Marketing & demand capture: Expanded paid and partnership marketing to convert the strong organic reputation into higher fill rates.
* New experience rotation: Refreshing or adding room themes and experiences to drive repeat visitation from the existing customer base.
* Operational scale: A multi-location acquirer can layer the business onto existing back-office, procurement, and marketing infrastructure for immediate margin uplift.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Leased
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 14,500
About the Sale
- Transition Support
- SUPPORT & TRAINING
The owners are committed to a smooth ownership transition and will provide a structured training and handover period. An experienced management team is already in place, supporting business continuity through and beyond the transition. - Financing Options
- Very limited seller financing is available to well-qualified experienced operators.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2518645
- Listing Views
- 802
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