Escape Room Industry Data

The number of escape rooms in the uk increased by 147 on average year on year between 2013 and 2017.

Escape room industry data.

Statistics indicate that fewer than 3 5 of adult americans have visited an escape room with only twice that number even knowing what an escape room is. Industry commentator and founder of website the logic escapes me ken ferguson has documented. At the present moment 2 800 escape room businesses in the u s. Since then the growth rate has slowed and the closure rate has increased.

One of the most successful mission escape games which opened in 2014 in. Simon stokes escapologic east midlands. The us escape room industry has grown from approximately 2 dozen escape room facilities in 2014 to more than 2 350 facilities 5 years later. The industry grew most rapidly in the third quarter of 2016.

A two year analysis of booking revenue and consumer behavior trends in the united states escape room market. If we were trying to project where the escape room industry is going then our closest reference point would be the trends of the cinema industry. In 2014 there were 22 escape room companies in the united states according to the spiras. According to recent data there are over 3 000 escape games in europe and around 14 000 worldwide.

One specific element of that was an analysis of the international escape room market and i thought it would be interesting to share some of the data i collected with a wider audience. According to the state of the escape room industry report 2018 59 of escape room owners reported having plans to expand within the next year. And while nothing goes up in a straight line forever the escape room market is still on the rise. That number has grown to 2 000.

At the escape room industry conference 2019 i gave a presentation on data and statistics surrounding escape rooms.