Jellystone Park 101

Now is the perfect time to join the network of Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resorts. There are currently more than 75 franchised locations across the United States and Canada and we’re looking to expand — again!

We’re Smarter Than the Average Franchise

Ranked the #1 franchise in the camping category by Entrepreneur magazine in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020
Ranked one of the top franchises in terms of franchisee satisfaction by FranchiseBusinessREVIEW in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
Ranked one of the Top 100 franchises in the United States by Franchise Gator
92% of current Jellystone Park franchisees recommend the franchise per FranchiseBusinessREVIEW survey
Named one of the best franchises for women by FranchiseBusinessREVIEW in 2018 and 2021

Questions?

Contact our Director of Franchise Sales & Development.

Rich & Nancy Felber – Mt. Gilead, OH
After 5 years with the Jellystone Park franchise, we have shown a 75% revenue increase and our confidence in the future is at an all-time high!

Rich & Nancy Felber

Joey Coleman & Rick Coleman – Tabor City, NC

In 2001, we began a unique challenge to build a campground on our family farm 35 miles inland from Myrtle Beach. People responded to our design of large concrete pads, full hook-ups, plenty of open space, and ultimate customer service. But we soon had “growing pains” with procedures and operations.

In 2003, we joined Jellystone Park™. The operations… Read more

Joey Coleman & Rick Coleman

Erv & Marilyn Banes – Frankenmuth, MI

We decided to convert to the Jellystone Park™ system in 1996 because the market conditions were changing. Several of our colleagues had converted and grown in the process. We found that by changing our customer base to families, rather than seniors, we expanded.

The advantage of a Jellystone Park™ is that it is so much more alive than the average park. Plu… Read more

Erv & Marilyn Banes

Daren & Lorraine Carlson – Hocking Hills, OH

The Jellystone Park brand has made a huge difference in our business. If we had 50 more sites and more cabins, they’d be filled every weekend.

Daren & Lorraine Carlson

Denny Quigley & Tami Alessio – Harrisville, PA
2011 was our first year as a Jellystone Park™. Since then, we have definitely noticed that we are attracting a lot more guests from a much larger radius that extends nationwide. And we are seeing more guests from Canada. Over this three year time period, our store sales have increased almost 45%! The increased business also helped to allow us to do… Read more

Denny Quigley & Tami Alessio

Bill Pott – Cave City, KY
I really like the way it brings me a nice class of customers. I get happy families. I get people who want to come and to spend money to have fun. They enjoy our park. It’s just wonderful they way they come in, and you get so many that want to meet the other guests, they want to go have fun on the Jumping Pillow, then they want to go to the Splash Pad – and they want … Read more

Bill Pott

Susan Novotny – South Haven, MI
Within 5 years, we have more than tripled our revenue. We have no regrets becoming a franchisee of Jellystone Park!

Susan Novotny

Rick Spear – Estes Park, CO
We’ve been in the Jellystone franchise system for 20 years this year. It was a family endeavor to begin with, but over those 20 years we’ve seen significant growth of our campground. In particular, just the last three years in a row we’ve been up double digits, 10-11% points three years in a row. We’ve really been coming on strong, and continue to see good grow… Read more

Rick Spear

Theresa Isaacson – Caledonia, WI

We’re going to be entering our 13th season, and I sure would hate to own a property without being Yogi branded. The reason we really like Jellystone Parks is because of the support behind us. With 80 other parks in the system, we have 80 sources of question-and-answer type people to go to. The support is wonderful. The franchise, the LSI system itself – their … Read more

Theresa Isaacson

Bob & Beth Ryan – Mannford, OK
Our family has been a franchisee for over 30 years. The support that both the franchisor and fellow franchisees offer goes above and beyond expectations.

Bob & Beth Ryan