NORTH AMERICAN AMUSEMENT EQUIPMENT DIRECTORY
North American Amusement
Equipment Directory
& Supplier Catalogs
Find U.S. and Canadian manufacturers, installers, service providers and accountable equipment suppliers for family entertainment centers, parks and leisure projects.
A stronger starting point for amusement developers
North American equipment expertise should be easier to find.
New amusement projects involve major investments, safety obligations and years of operating responsibility. A low purchase price cannot reveal whether equipment meets the project’s requirements, whether installation support exists or whether replacement parts and warranty assistance will remain available.
AED brings North American manufacturers and support organizations forward. Developers can compare where products are made, who installs them, and who remains accountable after the sale.
Lowest Price Isn’t Always the Lowest Cost
For more than 30 years, we have watched the amusement industry become increasingly crowded with imports, offshore equipment and suppliers competing primarily on upfront price. But the purchase price is only part of the real cost of an attraction.
Quality, safety compliance, installation, replacement parts, warranty support and downtime can ultimately matter far more.
When something fails—or an installation does not perform as expected—the last thing an operator needs is a finger-pointing exercise between a manufacturer, importer, installer and overseas supplier while the attraction sits closed and revenue walks out the door.
Why AED Is Different
That is why the Amusement Equipment Directory (AED) is focused on North American suppliers and support. We help amusement developers, owners and operators find companies that manufacture, distribute, install, service and stand behind their products here in North America.
Not every component has to be made here; in today’s global economy that would be unrealistic. What matters is having a responsible North American company behind the product—providing knowledgeable support, recognized safety standards, accessible parts and service, and a warranty you can actually use.
Supporting these companies also helps keep our amusement industry innovative, competitive and sustainable here at home.
Know who stands behind the equipment.
Reviewed classification
Local presence
Support after sale
Project due diligence
Amusement Products & Services
VOTED NUMBER ONE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RESOURCES
Once again our visitors have spoken and confirmed the Amusement Directory as the online leader for products and services. Over the last year, we have served just over 3,246 catalog requests for amusement and attraction products, management services and resources. The top requests continue to be for laser tag, indoor playgrounds, blacklight themeing, miniature golf, amusement rides and arcade games.
This is the web’s largest commercial directory for amusement rides, indoor playground equipment, arcade machines, indoor miniature golf and other amusement supplies, games, design and construction management.
In today’s fast paced world, not every amusement attractions owner or new startup developer can afford the luxury of time and budget to travel to all the amusement industry tradeshows. Thats where the amusement equipmentamusement directory can help, by bringing the best amusement rides, arcade machines, indoor playground equipment, laser tag equipment, indoor miniature golf and video arcade, redemption games direct to your desktop.
Indoor playground equipment can often be the catalyst for a great birthday party package and followed up with the right amusement rides, amusement park equipment, coin operated games, various arcade machines and a cool, well designed indoor miniature golf course. Fun centers and themed amusement attractions owners, operators and new family fun center developers looking for the best in amusement park equipment, services and amusement construction and consultation, find it all at the Amusement Equipment Directory.
The process of amusement design is two-fold. The first is to find the right attraction mix for your amusement project, based on your business goals and the market feasibility of that project. The second, is to develop a razor sharp focus on profitability through the amusement experience by refining the use and expectations of guest flow within your amusement center project. Once you start developing or operating a fun center amusement attraction, as a retail business your focus must be on the guest experience, and amusement design is the corner-stone of that amusement experience, wether it be a good or bad experience.
Amusement design includes the many aspects of a family fun center, from check-in to check-out. How guests line-up to get into your business, how they traverse your activity centers, how they experience your concessions and the business of parties and events. After the feasibility and business planning, the process of amusement design is really the long term key to your amusement centers success.
AMUSEMENT COMPANIES AND MANUFACTURERS
Amusement equipment quality and pricing can vary dramatically. In recent years some amusement companies in North America and elsewhere have started to exploit lower labor and manufacturing costs overseas to offset an equal amount of overseas amusement manufacturers that have started to flood the US market with new attractions, lower pricing products and amusement equipment. The rule here is buyer beware. Product quality, warranties and service repairs vary dramatically, know where amusement companies are manufacturing their equipment, and which vendors are sourcing materials and supplies from offshore manufacturers.
The Amusement Directory is home to the industry’s best equipment suppliers, amusement companies and manufacturers. If your amusement attraction is just getting started, or looking to grow market share, we offer you our one-stop catalog request form, with the web’s largest directory of amusement companies. Perfect for amusement owners who can not make the IAAPA or Amusement Expo tradeshow, the companies listed in the directory are eager to provide both existing attraction owners and new fun center developers with amusement products, arcade games, amusement design, amusement rides and indoor playground equipment.