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2026 Soft Play Rental Price Index
We pulled the published starting prices of 444 soft play & ball pit rental operators across 41 US metros and 40 states to map what a party actually costs in 2026. Nationally, a soft play package runs a median of $250, with most parties between $180 and $349. Where you live moves that number a lot — below are the most affordable and most expensive places to rent. (Journalists & bloggers: cite freely with a link.)
Most affordable metros for soft play rental
Lowest typical (median) package price among metros with enough published prices to rank. Range shows the cheapest-to-priciest published price in that metro.
| Rank | Metro | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco, CA | $150 | $150–$175 |
| 2 | Austin, TX | $175 | $150–$275 |
| 3 | Lynn, MA | $175 | $150–$250 |
| 4 | Warren, ME | $175 | $175–$275 |
| 5 | Washington, DC | $175 | $150–$550 |
| 6 | Hackensack, NJ | $179 | $150–$400 |
| 7 | Charlotte, NC | $200 | $150–$265 |
| 8 | Las Vegas, NV | $200 | $150–$270 |
| 9 | Oakland, CA | $200 | $150–$350 |
| 10 | San Diego, CA | $202 | $150–$325 |
Most expensive metros for soft play rental
Highest typical (median) package price among ranked metros. Big-city demand, longer delivery runs, and more luxe/combo inventory push these up.
| Rank | Metro | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark, NJ | $525 | $175–$575 |
| 2 | Detroit, MI | $500 | $300–$650 |
| 3 | Yonkers, NY | $450 | $250–$650 |
| 4 | Honolulu, HI | $400 | $150–$475 |
| 5 | Freehold, NJ | $375 | $150–$540 |
| 6 | Rockville, MD | $350 | $200–$500 |
| 7 | Minneapolis, MN | $350 | $350–$399 |
| 8 | Hempstead, NY | $350 | $200–$600 |
| 9 | Charleston, SC | $350 | $250–$495 |
| 10 | New York, NY | $349 | $150–$500 |
Soft play rental price by state
Every state with enough published prices to summarize, ranked by typical (median) package price from lowest to highest. Budget–Premium is the 25th-to-75th-percentile band most parties fall in.
| Rank | State | Typical | Budget–Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $175 | $150–$550 |
| 2 | Maine | $175 | $175–$275 |
| 3 | Nevada | $180 | $150–$234 |
| 4 | Iowa | $185 | $154–$225 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $187 | $150–$355 |
| 6 | Oregon | $195 | $169–$250 |
| 7 | Tennessee | $195 | $160–$250 |
| 8 | Idaho | $200 | $187–$300 |
| 9 | Texas | $212 | $175–$300 |
| 10 | Vermont | $220 | $199–$225 |
| 11 | Arkansas | $225 | $174–$256 |
| 12 | Connecticut | $225 | $162–$279 |
| 13 | Montana | $228 | $191–$357 |
| 14 | North Carolina | $232 | $172–$298 |
| 15 | Missouri | $235 | $185–$250 |
| 16 | Florida | $238 | $178–$350 |
| 17 | Virginia | $238 | $156–$450 |
| 18 | California | $245 | $175–$319 |
| 19 | Ohio | $249 | $152–$298 |
| 20 | Georgia | $250 | $180–$338 |
| 21 | New Mexico | $250 | $150–$300 |
| 22 | Oklahoma | $250 | $188–$288 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $250 | $178–$362 |
| 24 | Washington | $252 | $189–$424 |
| 25 | Louisiana | $262 | $157–$320 |
| 26 | Maryland | $265 | $199–$432 |
| 27 | Colorado | $268 | $232–$344 |
| 28 | Arizona | $274 | $162–$344 |
| 29 | South Carolina | $275 | $250–$338 |
| 30 | Minnesota | $277 | $169–$362 |
| 31 | Alaska | $280 | $150–$299 |
| 32 | New York | $280 | $200–$450 |
| 33 | Alabama | $297 | $201–$394 |
| 34 | Kentucky | $300 | $258–$344 |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | $300 | $239–$400 |
| 36 | Michigan | $312 | $299–$575 |
| 37 | Illinois | $325 | $212–$400 |
| 38 | Indiana | $325 | $175–$737 |
| 39 | New Jersey | $350 | $178–$500 |
| 40 | Hawaii | $412 | $212–$462 |