Children's Enrichment Programs: Art

Gymboree Play & Music Center

San Mateo, CA · Founded 1976 · GPMC

GPPI, Inc. does business as Gymboree Play & Music® and offers franchises for the operation of play centers providing non-therapeutic sensory-motor child programs, birthday parties, music programs, and art programs for infants and children from birth to age 5, as well as a mobile version of these programs.

2026 Franchise 500
Unranked
36
units (2025)
year over year

Units by Year

48
2021
41
2022
40
2023
36
2024
36
2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$160,300 – $393,100
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$20,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
5%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
Yes
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

6% of Gross Receipts

Leadership

  • Xinkai Chen

    CEO, GPPI and Group Senior Vice President, Gymbo Global Holdings Group Company

  • Kathleen McFerrin

    Senior Director, Franchise Business, North America

  • Bonnie Stewart

    Manager, Franchise Development and Operations

  • Robin Kubota

    Senior Manager, Site Planning and Equipment

  • Andrea Coan

    Marketing Manager

  • Maura Geiszler

    Programming and Training Manager

  • Fei (Fay) Li

    Finance Manager

On File

FDD years
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Franchisee records
40
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
1
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
33 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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