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Buy a Fun Bus Fitness Fun on Wheels Franchise

FUN BUS Fitness Fun on Wheels is a mobile children’s fitness franchise built around a fully climate-controlled, refurbished school bus that operates as a “gym on wheels” for children ages 2 to 7. Two trained instructors run structured 30-minute sessions from proprietary lesson plans, delivering weekly fitness classes to daycares and preschools alongside birthday parties, camps and special events.

The concept began in 2003 when a New Jersey daycare owner refurbished a retired school bus to bring movement and play to young students, with franchising following in 2004. Stacey Kimmins acquired the brand in 2014, reworked the operating model, and continues to lead it as CEO. The business is home-based and mobile, with no brick-and-mortar lease, and owners earn from recurring preschool contracts plus weekend and evening events.

The model is territory-based and designed to scale: owners typically optimise a single bus before adding vehicles to serve more bookings, with multi-unit development available for larger territories. FUN BUS is a smaller, owner-operated network focused on the early-childhood fitness niche rather than the broader gym or play-centre categories.

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Why buy a Fun Bus Fitness Fun on Wheels Franchise?

Buying a FUN BUS franchise offers entry into the children’s fitness and enrichment category through a low-overhead, mobile format that avoids the cost and commitment of a fixed location. The recurring nature of weekly preschool and daycare bookings, combined with higher-value birthday parties and seasonal camp and event work, gives owners several revenue streams from a single bus.

The home-based model keeps fixed costs low and supports stronger unit economics, while the scalable, multi-bus structure lets a proven operator expand within an existing territory rather than starting over. Owners enter a category with steady parental demand for active, structured programmes for young children, and the brand’s niche positioning sets it apart from larger gym and play-centre concepts.

Fun Bus Fitness Fun on Wheels Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $34,000–$45,000

    • Initial Investment

      $63,850–$158,500

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

  • Training & Support

    • Initial + ongoing training

    • Ongoing support

    • Marketing support

Fun Bus Fitness Fun on Wheels – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners receive initial training at a designated location, supplemented with virtual sessions, plus access to FUN BUS's proprietary professional lesson plans. Ongoing support runs through weekly and monthly support calls, field support, newsletters, owner forums and task forces, monthly revenue reviews and franchisee conferences, with systems for recruiting and training instructors and technology for scheduling, customer profiles and sales leads. Resale buyers should confirm what transfer training the franchisor provides to new ownership and which lesson-plan and scheduling system access carries over.

  2. Ideal Owner

    FUN BUS suits hands-on, community-minded operators who enjoy working with young children and are comfortable selling into and building relationships with daycares, preschools and parents. No fitness or franchising experience is required, but owners should be energetic, organised and confident managing schedules, recruiting and training instructors, and coordinating weekday classes with evening and weekend events. The role is local-sales and operations-led, well suited to former educators, active parents or first-time owners who want a flexible, mobile business rather than a desk-bound one.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    FUN BUS is recognised within the children's fitness niche as one of the few mobile, bus-based programmes of its kind in the US, with a distinctive format and a community-focused, owner-operated model in place since franchising began in 2004. The brand emphasises franchisee satisfaction and a close-knit owner network rather than large-scale industry rankings. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reputation, including reviews from daycares and parents, referral relationships and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    FUN BUS operates in the US children's fitness and enrichment market, where structured youth activity programmes draw steady parental spending. The US kids' fitness program segment is valued in the billions of dollars and is forecast to grow at roughly 7% a year through the early 2030s, supported by dual-income families, greater awareness of childhood activity levels and demand for convenient, age-appropriate programming. Birthday parties, camps and preschool enrichment add further demand. For resale buyers, local demand depends on the density of daycares, preschools and young families within the territory.

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