Some businesses you buy and then have to build. This one arrives fully built — and it fits in four trailers.
For eight years this business has been turning backyards, parks, community halls and corporate family days into pop-up play centres. The team rolls in, sets up the soft play, ball pits, climbing gym and giant yard games, and rolls out a few hours later. Parents get a party that runs itself. Kids get a playground that turns up at their front door. It is a simple, well-proven model in a market where demand doesn't go away — there is always another fourth birthday.
How it trades
Saturdays and Sundays only, by booking. Weekdays are yours.
Operated from home. No lease, no shopfront, no rent, no fixed premises costs.
One hour to set up on site, one hour to pack down.
Services Sydney Metro and the Illawarra as far as North Wollongong, and can travel further wherever the owner is willing to drive.
Typical booking $500, plus a $100 delivery fee.
At peak the owners have run up to 12 bookings across a single weekend, six in a day.
Turnover reached approximately $167,000 in FY24.
FY23 turnover was approximately $71,000, on a diary the owners deliberately wound back to prioritise family.
Why that last point matters
Nothing has been lost here except bookings the owners chose not to take. Rates have held. The equipment is all in service. The brand, the reviews and the repeat customer base are intact. What's changed is how many weekends the current owners were willing to work — and that is the one variable a new owner controls completely from day one.
The price has been set against the asset package rather than the current run rate, which is what makes this worth a look. You are buying a complete, ready-to-trade operation and a diary with room in it.
Included in the sale
Play equipment
2 x Mobile Play Centres (6m x 3m)
1 x Mobile Play Gym (4m x 4m)
2 x Toddler Soft Play Sets (6m x 3m)
1 x Ball Pit (4m x 3m) with approx. 15 bags of balls
Full yard games collection — giant Jenga, large LEGO, 2 x Connect 4, chess, checkers, quoits, noughts and crosses
Set-up and support gear
Gazebos: 2 x 6m x 3m, 2 x 3m x 3m, 1 x 4m x 4m
2 x shade sails, 4m x 4m artificial grass
2 x coloured fencing sets, ball washer, scoops and nets
3 x dolly trolleys, 3 x purpose-built equipment trolleys, 3 x mat dryer trolleys
Spare parts including foam, and an industrial sewing machine for in-house repairs
Vehicles and transport
3 x large trailers, fitted out for the mobile play equipment
1 x medium trailer, fitted out for the toddler soft play equipment
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Goodwill
Established brand, website and social media presence
Customer database and repeat booking base
Training and handover from the current owners
The opportunity
For a buyer prepared to fill the calendar again, the growth path is already mapped: take the bookings the current owners have been turning down. School holidays and the Christmas period bring weekday demand the business has simply chosen not to service, and there is further scope in corporate family days, council and community events, childcare and school holiday programs, and shopping centre activations. With six separate play set-ups in the fleet and a one-hour turnaround at each end, the capacity is already sitting in the trailers.
Well suited to
A couple or family wanting a weekend business that leaves weekdays free
An existing party hire, jumping castle or events operator adding a product line to an established client base
A buyer who wants real, tangible assets behind the purchase price rather than a lease and a goodwill figure
Price: $99,000 (WIWO)
Location: Sydney Metro & Illawarra
Financials and additional information are available to qualified buyers on signing a confidentiality agreement.
Property Code: 166
