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Buy a Trapped Franchise

Trapped is a premium escape room franchise founded in Toronto in 2014 and now the largest escape room chain in Canada. The brand operates location-based, real-life escape games in which small groups solve themed puzzles against a one-hour clock, guided on-site by staff known as Game Masters.

The business is a brick-and-mortar, territory-based experiential entertainment model. Each venue runs several themed rooms, with recent titles including Century After Apollo, The Noir and Hotel Dystopia, designed and regularly refreshed by Trapped’s in-house creative team. Customers are mainly groups booking birthday parties, friends-and-family outings and corporate team-building events, giving locations several bookable revenue streams.

Trapped has built a dense footprint across Canada, concentrated in Ontario with further venues in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and Saskatchewan, and is expanding into the United States with sites underway in markets such as Los Angeles and Orlando. Franchisees operate under exclusive territory rights and a standardized operating system.

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Why buy a Trapped Franchise?

Owners who buy a Trapped franchise gain entry to a premium, recognizable brand in a resilient experiential-entertainment category that has settled into steady consumer demand. As the largest escape room chain in Canada and a Canadian Franchise Association member since 2019, Trapped brings established branding and operating systems that an independent operator would have to build from scratch.

The model’s main asset is its rotating portfolio of proprietary, professionally designed themes: in-house game design gives franchisees fresh content to drive repeat visits without developing rooms themselves. Exclusive territories protect each owner from internal competition, and group bookings for parties, corporate events and team-building support multiple revenue lines from a single venue.

Trapped Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2014

    • Franchising Since

      2015

    • New Startup Cost

      $538,400 – $958,300

    • Avg. Resale Price

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  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $35,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $10,000

    • Royalty Fee

      7.5%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      Not Disclosed

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      0

    • New Units Opened *

      0

    • Units Transferred *

      0

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      Not Disclosed

    * Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

Trapped – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Trapped provides incoming franchisees with structured classroom and on-site training, detailed operational manuals and ongoing operational and marketing support. A standout ongoing benefit is access to the brand's in-house creative team, which designs and regularly updates escape room themes, so owners receive new game content without building it themselves. Franchisees also join a peer network for shared best practices. Resale buyers should confirm with Trapped what transfer training and system access pass to a new owner, and which installed room themes carry over with the sale.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The Trapped model suits hands-on, community-minded local operators who care about customer experience and hospitality rather than technical puzzle expertise; no prior industry experience is required. Day to day, owners recruit and manage hourly Game Masters and front-desk staff, drive local marketing and group bookings, and maintain venue presentation and room quality. The role is operations- and service-led, well suited to people comfortable running a customer-facing entertainment venue and building a strong local reputation.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Trapped is the largest escape room chain in Canada and has been a Canadian Franchise Association member since 2019. The brand trades on a premium reputation, with individual venues earning strong customer ratings, Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice recognition and honors such as a Canadian Choice Award for Best Escape Room. Most recognition sits at the venue level through reviews and local awards rather than national franchise rankings, so resale buyers should weigh brand-level standing alongside the specific location's reviews, ratings and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    The US escape room sector has matured into a stable base of roughly 2,000 facilities offering about 7,800 games (Room Escape Artist, December 2025), after rapid growth from a couple dozen venues in 2014. Demand is steady, driven by group social occasions, corporate team-building and experiential spending that favors activities over goods. A notable trend is consolidation: single-facility independents are declining as chains and franchises expand, a tailwind for branded operators. For resale buyers, local demand depends on population density, competition and the venue's review reputation.

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