Chris KoernerSerial Entrepreneur and Content Creator

Million Dollar Business Model: Summer Camps. #summercamp #entrepreneurship #RevenuePotential

17 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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Chris Koerner presents a short monetization analysis of a summer-camp business (Camp Ozark). He gives a back-of-envelope calculation: 10 weeks per summer, 7,100 attendees across 400 acres, $2,300 cost to attend per week, yielding an asserted $15 million per year (or $1.5 million per open week). He also notes land cost (~$5,000/acre), that the camp is in Pencil Bluff (nearest big city Little Rock ~2 hours away), and that sessions are wait-listed.

Questions this video answers

10 weeks per summer

7,100 attendees (total across sessions)

400 acres

$2,300 per week

$15 million per year

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Here's an incredible business model that no one ever talks about. Summer camps. I just reverse engineered how much a popular summer camp rakes in every year and I could not believe my eyes. Here's how the numbers shake out. 10 weeks per summer that they're open every week is wait listed. 7,100 attendees on 400 acres. And guess what it costs to attend every week? $2,300. And they have a wait list on every session so they could charge a ton More. That's $15 million a year or $1.5 million per week that they're open. This place is out in the midd nowhere land. Only costs five grand an acre. Insurance can't be that bad. This place is called Camp Ozark. It's in a little tiny town called Pencil Bluff and the closest big city is Little Rock at two hours away. I bet the construction costs are nuts. There's other complexities in there but I love this business model. What do you think? Follow me for more info. Like this.