{"id":10232,"date":"2026-09-05T10:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/?post_type=chart&#038;p=10232"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:42:08","slug":"attraction-profitability-2026","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/chart\/attraction-profitability-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Attraction Profitability (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Geologica; color: #19a48a;\">Attractions are high-margin businesses once they reach scale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"auto-height-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/viz_profit_margin.html\" width=\"100%\"  class=\"auto-height-iframe\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Of the profitable operators charted, most cluster between 20% and 45% on their own disclosure basis (mostly EBITDA or operating margin \u2014 the basis varies, so small gaps between companies shouldn&#8217;t be over-read).<\/p>\n<p>The margin leaders cut across types and geographies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Escape Hunt (XP Factory&#8217;s escape-room brand): 46.4% site-level margin (FY2024)<\/li>\n<li>Imagicaa, India: 44.2% EBITDA (FY2025); Center Parcs: 43.5% (FY2025); Nicco Parks, Kolkata: 42.9% operating margin (FY2026)<\/li>\n<li>Round1: 38.8% (FY2025); SeaWorld: 36.4% adjusted EBITDA (FY2025) \u2014 the best-in-class US park margin<\/li>\n<li>Joypolis swung to 34.8% in FY2026; Tenpin: 34.5% (FY2023); Tokyo Disney Resort: 33.3% (FY2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The global giants are remarkably tightly grouped: Disney&#8217;s Parks &amp; Experiences at 31.5% operating margin and Universal&#8217;s theme parks at 31.3% adjusted EBITDA (both FY2025), with Legoland at 30.8% (FY2024). Below them, Cedar Fair (29.4%, FY2023), Six Flags (25.5%, FY2025), Lucky Strike (26.8%, FY2026), Euro Disney (23.7% net, FY2025), Hong Kong Disneyland (22.9%, FY2025), Dave &amp; Buster&#8217;s (20.8%, FY2025), and Tivoli (20.9%, FY2025).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'EB Garamond';\">Posted 9\/2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10237,"template":"","class_list":["post-10232","chart","type-chart","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart\/10232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chart"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chart"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparkdb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}