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)
0.0%
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
31 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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