America's Biggest Theme Park Companies
What We're Showing
Major locations and recent revenue of the top five largest theme park companies in the United States. Together, these five companies raked in over $11 billion from the their theme park operations in Q4 of 2023.
The Main Players
Disney is by far the largest operator, with more than double the revenue of the next four companies together. Universal comes in second with $2.3 billion in revenue in Q4 2023. Together, Disney and Universal dominate the global market, operating all of the top 10 of the most attended parks in the world.
If You Can't Beat Them…
Late last year, Six Flags and Cedar Fair announced a merger that is now in its late stages. The merger is all about scale, allowing the unified company to compete with rivals like Disney and United Parks & Resorts (which operates brands like SeaWorld and Busch Gardens).
Dataset
Company (theme park revenue) | Q4 2023 Revenue |
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Disney | $7.8B |
Universal | $2.3B |
United Parks & Resorts | $0.4B |
Cedar Fair | $0.4B |
Six Flags | $0.3B |