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    Pump It Up vs Sandbox VR GloStation Franchising USA

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Sandbox VR GloStation Franchising USA discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Pump It Up: 16, Sandbox VR GloStation Franchising USA: 46). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosurePIPump It UpSVSandbox VR GloStation Franchising USA
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $104,200
    Total initial investment — estimated investment lower endpoint
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 22
    $15 – $1,439,616
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    6%
    Royalty percentage of gross revenues
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    $5.00
    Royalty The greater — 5%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    2%
    Current brand fund contribution percentage of gross revenues — 2%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    $1.00
    Brand Development — 1%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    39
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 54
    43
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 63
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    −7
    Calculated: 46 at end of 2023 → 39 at end of 2025
    +10
    Calculated: 33 at end of 2023 → 43 at end of 2025
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Franchised (40 locations) — revenue
    $630,533
    other Systemwide gross revenue 2024 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 50
    Franchised (42 locations) — revenue
    $1,883,523
    other Systemwide gross revenue 2023 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 50
    Franchised (8 locations) — revenue
    $706,184
    other Midwest gross revenue 2025 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 50
    +13 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Topanga, CA
    $103,770
    other Topanga, CA · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 62
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 36USstores opened before2025;3franchise,33affiliate
    $4,866,249
    other Net Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 60
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Hillsdale, CA
    $194,519
    other Hillsdale, CA · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 62
    +43 more groups in the full report

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

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