Every venue counted. Every owner louder.
Census opens in
Planned for early 2027 · exact date TBC
Right now, nobody can say how many escape rooms Australia actually has. Not the media, not the government, not even us. The census fixes that — and every answer makes the number harder to ignore.
See how your venue compares — rooms, pricing bands, staffing — against real national numbers, not guesswork.
"We represent 500+ rooms nationally" opens doors with councils, insurers and media that no single venue can.
Opt in and your venue joins an accurate national escape room directory — refreshed every census, never stale.
One press-ready headline stat each year makes EROAUS the source journalists call about the industry.
Simple factual questions about your venue. All questions optional, and you can combine multiple venues.
Individual responses stay confidential. Only combined statistics are ever reported.
Full results go to verified owners in the Discord. One headline stat goes public to champion the industry.
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This tracker goes live the day the census opens.
Yes — no question requires identifying information, and every question is optional. The only exception is if you opt in to the public directory, which naturally lists your venue name (that's the point of opting in).
Full aggregated results are released to verified owners in the EROAUS Discord. The public sees a single headline figure — think "Australia has X escape room businesses running Y rooms" — which helps all of us.
The Benchmark Survey covers sensitive performance data — revenue, rent, marketing spend — for owners who want detailed comparisons. The census is the lighter, structural count: who we are, where we are, and how many rooms we run.
Either fill it in once per venue (best for the directory) or combine figures into one response — the form will let you say which you've done.
Venues open and close constantly. A yearly rhythm keeps the numbers credible, keeps the directory fresh, and lets us chart how the industry changes over time — that trend line becomes the industry's story.
Or watch the Discord — owners hear first.