Total Red Engine Q4 sales approach £40m

Sales at the Red Engine group have reached £38.4m in its latest quarter, when combined with its franchise partners around the globe.

Up 23% year-on-year, like-for-like sales across the group increased by 4% for the period.

Excluding its franchise agreements, the creator of Flight Club and Electric Shuffle reported Q4 sales of £25m, up 24% year-on-year. Like-for-like sales, excluding 2024 venue openings, grew by 3%. 

The quarter saw record-breaking moments for Red Engine, with every company-owned venue achieving its best ever weekly sales performance.

Electric Shuffle New York, which opened in July, generated over £320,000 ($400,000) in sales in a single week. Flight Club Glasgow and Flight Club Edinburgh saw year-on-year sales growth of 39% and 42% respectively. Flight Club Shoreditch, the group’s longest-running site, surpassed its previous weekly sales record. 

Openings this year

In 2024, Red Engine opened four new sites: Flight Club Liverpool and Oxford, and Electric Shuffle Manchester and New York. Its Australian Flight Club franchise partner opened two more venues, one in Sydney and one in Melbourne. These 2024 openings took the total global Flight Club and Electric Shuffle estate to 31 venues (24 Flight Club and 7 Electric Shuffle). 

Red Engine says it is now targeting a portfolio of 39 venues by its next year-end, comprising six new Flight Club locations and two new Electric Shuffles. Franchise partners will continue to drive international growth for Flight Club, with further venues planned in the United States, Australia and Ireland – a new market for the brand. 

"We are thrilled to report such strong Q4 results, especially as we enter this milestone year celebrating a decade of social darts," says Ross Shepley-Smith, CFO at Red Engine. "This past year has presented significant challenges for the hospitality sector, making these results all the more rewarding and underlining the strength and resilience of our brands.

"It brings us immense pride to bring joy to others through our social experiences, and we look forward to the opportunity to spread that joy even further in the year ahead as we take our brands to new cities across the globe in 2025. This success is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our incredible teams including our great franchise partners, and we are so grateful for the support of our loyal community, who continue to embrace the unique fun that Flight Club and Electric Shuffle offer."

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