Free for every operator
Resources for running a rental business.
Guides with every figure sourced and dated, free calculators and templates, and an honest price comparison of the software. No signup, no email gate.
Guides
The business, explained with real numbers
Written for the people who run the business, not for the people booking a bounce house. Every figure is sourced and dated.
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How to Start a Bounce House Rental Business in 2026
What it costs, what a unit earns, how to insure it and how to get your first 20 bookings. Real numbers from 2026 sources, not guesses.
- A new commercial bounce house costs $1,500 to $6,000, depending on whether it is a plain bouncer, a combo with a slide, or a water slide.
- Total first year investment for a one unit operation is $4,000 to $7,000, including insurance and operating costs.
- General liability on its own benchmarks at about $904 a year. A full program across every coverage you carry benchmarks at about $1,662 a year, or $138 a month.
- One well booked standard unit produces $8,000 to $15,000 a year, so a unit typically pays for itself in its first season. Combos and water slides clear that comfortably.
How to Price Bounce House Rentals
What to charge by market and unit type, how to build a time ladder, and why a flat delivery fee quietly loses money on every long run.
10 min readRead the guideBounce House Insurance: What It Costs and What You Actually Need
What bounce house insurance costs, which coverages you actually need, and how to send a certificate of insurance before a park asks twice.
22 min readRead the guidePlanning a Saturday: Routes, Crews and Pull Sheets
Your Saturday is the constraint, not your inventory. How to load, route, window and crew a peak delivery day without paying for the mistakes.
10 min readRead the guide
Free tools
Answers you can calculate
Small tools that answer a question you or your customers actually ask. Nothing is gated, and you are welcome to put any of them on your own website.
- Calculator
Tent Size Calculator
How much covered space a guest count needs, by seating style, plus the tent sizes that cover it.
Open the tool - Template pack
Certificate of Insurance Request
Turn a venue's insurance requirements into a request your broker can action, plus the check to run before you forward the certificate.
Open the tool - Cost model
Bounce House Startup Cost Calculator
What a given inventory costs to put on the road, what it grosses in a season, and how long it takes to pay for itself.
Open the tool - Page by page template
Party Rental Website Template
Every page a party rental website needs, with the search titles, headings and first draft copy written for your business and towns.
Open the tool - Forecast check
Bounce House Wind Check
The hourly wind and gust forecast for your party window, judged against your own wind limit: go, watch or no go.
Open the tool - Calculator and chart
Tablecloth Size Calculator
The tablecloth size for any table and drop, what a cloth fits, and the full linen order for an event.
Open the tool - Calculator
Dance Floor Size Calculator
How big a dance floor a guest list needs, in real 3 x 3 panels, drawn to scale with the dancers on it.
Open the tool - Invoice builder
Party Rental Invoice Template
A free invoice for rentals: lines by the day, delivery, damage waiver, tax and deposit, saved as a PDF or printed blank.
Open the tool - Business plan builder
Party Rental Business Plan Template
A filled in party rental business plan from a short form: summary, market, marketing, operations, startup costs, a two year projection and break even, as a PDF.
Open the tool
Choosing between platforms?
Published prices for the main rental platforms, side by side, with the source for every figure.
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