Hi-Five Sports is a youth-focused sports-entertainment franchise founded in 1990 in Northfield, Illinois. The company is now headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, operating under Hi-Five Sports Franchising LLC since 2014. With over 30 years of experience, the brand launched franchising in 2014.
Franchisees host leagues, camps, parties, adult clinics, and PE programs designed for ages 2 through 8th grade, all backed by a mascot-driven reward system and themed events.
What sets Hi-Five apart is its identity as the first “youth sports entertainment” franchise in the U.S., offering custom-built kid-scaled facilities, an exclusive territory model, and a mascot-led rewards approach called “Murphy Mart.”
Here's what you would need to invest if you were to start this franchise. These costs are provided by the franchisor in the Franchise Disclosure Document.
Hi-Five offers 2 types of franchises:
We are summarizing below the main costs associated with opening a Hi-Five Sports Zone franchise.
For more information on the various types of franchises and its costs, refer to the Franchise Disclosure Document (Item 7).
The Hi-Five franchise provides a structured training framework for franchisees and their management teams, including several core and optional programs:
Hi-Five offers territory protection to its franchisees as part of the franchise agreement. Each franchisee is granted a protected territory with specifically defined geographic boundaries, which generally include a population base between 120,000 and 200,000 people.
However, the franchisor retains the right to make exceptions based on local market conditions such as existing competition or geographic features like rivers or highways.
Before finalizing the agreement, a map of the protected territory is provided for review. Although the franchisee has exclusive rights within this area, failure to meet performance standards or attend required training could lead to a reduction in territory or loss of exclusivity.
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