Venue data for vending operators

Data

The Dwell Time vending location dataset

Every open listing on PinPoint Vending’s marketplace on October 5, 2026: 87 venues in 29 states, one row each, in a single CSV file. This is the file behind our venue numbers, published so anyone can check them.

What does the file contain?

The file has 87 rows and 19 columns. Each row is one open listing: a venue that has signed a host agreement and has a slot open for a machine. The columns record the venue type, city and state, the listing’s tier, the date the host agreement was signed, the venue-reported visitors a year, the venue’s share of net sales and its basis, the machine the venue signed for, the minimum term, the cost of goods fixed in the agreement, the operator’s enrollment and monthly fees, and the listing’s note on state licenses.

By the numbers

Measure Value
Open listings (rows)87
States29
Venue types26
Host agreements signedMay 29–Sep 3, 2026
Listings with a visitor count69 of 87
Median visitors a year (n = 69)50,000
Middle half, visitors a year32,000–100,000
Range, visitors a year1,000–400,000
Listings with a venue share81 of 87
Median venue share of net sales (n = 81)40%
Machine signed forCotton candy 80, flexible 6, drink & snack 1
Minimum term16 months on every row

Source: listings open on PinPoint Vending’s marketplace on October 5, 2026. Visitor counts are venue-reported.

How was it collected?

We collected the file on October 5, 2026 from the public listing pages of PinPoint Vending’s marketplace: one row for every listing open that day. Figures are kept as the listings show them. We do not adjust them or fill gaps: a blank cell means the listing gives no figure, and the visitors_note and share_note columns say why. Live listings change after the snapshot date, so a listing’s page today may differ from its row; the file records the open listings on October 5, 2026.

The daily_visitors column is the marketplace’s own conversion of the annual count, kept as published. Our articles recompute daily traffic from annual_visitors and say how they did it, because a seasonal venue’s busy days are not its annual total divided by 365.

What are its limits?

  • Venue-reported. Visitor counts come from the venues and are not audited. Many are round estimates: 59 of the 69 counts are multiples of 5,000.
  • Open listings only. The file is a snapshot of venues with a slot open on October 5, 2026, not every venue the company has signed; it reports 329 host agreements signed in total.
  • A skewed sample. 80 of 87 rows name a cotton candy machine, and bowling alleys, indoor playgrounds and family entertainment centers make up 44 rows. Nothing here describes office, breakroom or route vending.
  • Small groups. 20 of the 26 venue types have one or two listings. Read them as examples, not norms.
  • Asks, not outcomes. A share is what the venue’s listing asks. The file holds no sales, operator earnings or renewals.

Can I reuse it?

Yes. The file is free to reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Credit it as “Dwell Time analysis of listings on PinPoint Vending’s marketplace, October 5, 2026”, and label visitor counts as venue-reported wherever they appear. To cite the file in a report or paper, link this page:

Cite as Dwell Time. (2026, October 5). The Dwell Time vending location dataset: Listings on PinPoint Vending’s marketplace [Data set]. https://vendingmachineslocations.com/data/

Questions about reusing the file go through the form on our contact page (choose “Other”).

Where do we use it?

Every article below takes its listing figures from this file, names the source and links back here. The studies work from all 87 rows; each Venue File’s “By the numbers” box quotes the listings of its own venue type, or says the file has none.

Venue File Listings of this type in the file
Trampoline parks 7
Amusement parks 2
Escape rooms 2
Gymnastics gyms 2
Mini golf 2
Campgrounds 1
Haunted attractions 1
Ice rinks 1
Indoor soccer 1
Rage rooms 1
Roller rinks 1
Batting cages and driving ranges None
Climbing gyms None
Laser tag and go-karts None
Pickleball clubs None
Swim schools and dance studios None
YMCAs and rec centers None

Venue Files with no listing of their own type compare against the whole file or the nearest venue type, and say which.

Where do the listings come from?

PinPoint Vending, a vending location service, runs the marketplace these listings come from. Every article that uses the file names the source and links it. Read more in our data standards.

How do I report an error?

If a row looks wrong, tell us through the form on our contact page (choose “Correction”), with the row’s url and the field in question. When the listings change materially we publish a new, dated file and re-run the analysis; this file stays online unchanged.

Field dictionary

19 columns, in file order
Column Type What it holds Example
venue_type text Venue category as the listing labels it (26 types). Bowling alley
city text City of the venue. Venues are identified by type and city only. Atoka
state text U.S. state, spelled out (29 states). Tennessee
tier text Location tier: premium (22 rows) or standard (65). standard
signed date (text) Date the venue signed its host agreement. Aug 11, 2026
annual_visitors integer Visitors a year as reported by the venue; not audited. Blank where the listing says “Not counted” (18 rows). 50000
daily_visitors integer The marketplace’s daily conversion of the annual count, as published (about annual ÷ 365; its rounding varies). Blank on the same 18 rows as annual_visitors, where the venue gave no count. 140
revenue_share_pct integer (%) The venue’s share of net sales, in percent. Blank where the venue has not set one (6 rows). 40
share_basis text What the share is taken from: “net” means sales minus cost of goods. Blank where no share is set (6 rows). net
machine text The machine the venue signed for, one per listing: Cotton candy (80 rows), Flexible (6) or Drink & snack (1). On October 5, 2026, 19 of the 87 listing pages named two or three machines, adding a drink and snack machine (18) or a collectible machine (2) to cotton candy; this column records only the cotton candy machine. Cotton candy
min_term_months integer Minimum term of the placement, in months (16 on every row). 16
cogs_per_unit decimal (USD) Cost of goods per unit fixed in the host agreement and deducted before the share. Blank where no share is set (6 rows). 1.8
enrollment_fee integer (USD) The operator’s enrollment fee for the location, refundable deposit included: 1199 (Standard) or 2200 (Premium). 1199
monthly_fee integer (USD) The operator’s monthly placement fee: 100 (Standard) or 200 (Premium). 100
tax_agency text State tax agency named on the listing, where one is (6 rows). Michigan Department of Treasury
state_license_note text The listing’s note on state vending licenses and taxes. Blank where the listing page gives no note (15 rows). General information, not legal advice. no vending license; …
visitors_note text “Not counted” where the venue gave no visitor figure. Not counted
share_note text “Set first” where the venue has not set a share yet. Set first
url URL The listing’s page in the marketplace, for checking a row against its source. https://pinpoint-vending.com/marketplace/amusement-park-atoka-tn-l03116

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