Placement, not delivery
We work out where the machine will get used before it goes in. Same cabinet, wrong corner, a fraction of the takings.
About us
We put boxing machines in venues. We don’t just drop them off.
Haymaker Arcade is a UK boxing machine and arcade machine supplier. We put machines into venues with footfall and floor space going to waste. Free to the venue on profit share, or to hire or buy. We started in April 2025, we run nationwide from a North West base, and there are two of us, not a call centre.
- Nothing to pay upfront
- No rental fee
- Takes cash & card
- Paid monthly by bank transfer
- Takings split 50/50
The machine is not the difference
Anyone can supply a cabinet. The operator is the variable.
Most operators in the UK place broadly the same hardware. What actually decides whether a machine earns is where it goes, how fast it gets fixed, and whether the split is handled straight. That is the whole job, and it is the part we compete on.
- Founded
- April 2025.
- Structure
- Haymaker Arcade Ltd, run by the two of us. When you ring, you get one of us.
- Base
- North West England, operating nationwide.
- What we do
- Place boxing machines and games tables in venues on a 50/50 profit share, and hire and sell them.
- What we supply
- Boxing machines, foosball, pool, sub-soccer, air hockey, basketball arcades and darts.
- How venues pay
- Nothing. See profit share, or compare all three options.
You call us, not a queue
Two of us run this. When something breaks you speak to whoever will be fixing it.
The count is shown
Machines take cash and card, and the card side is logged automatically. Your half goes out monthly by bank transfer with the figures behind it. Nobody has to take a number on trust.
What we run
Boxing machines, plus the rest of the corner
The boxing machine is what we are known for. We also place foosball, pool, sub-soccer, air hockey, basketball and darts where the space suits it. Sometimes the right answer for a room is not a punchbag.
- Boxing machines
- Foosball
- Pool
- Sub-soccer
- Air hockey
- Basketball
- Darts
How we work
Three things we won’t do
Quote you a monthly figure we cannot evidence
We will explain exactly how the split works and what drives takings. We will not invent a number to win the conversation.
Put a machine somewhere it will not earn
We only make money when the machine does. A badly placed machine wastes your floor space and our time.
Leave you stuck with something that is not working
If it is not earning, we move it or take it back. A dead machine in your corner earns us nothing either.
The awkward questions
What to ask any operator
Including us. If an operator cannot answer these straight, that tells you more than any brochure will.
- Name a venue I can ring. Most cannot. We list ours by name on this site, with their permission, and you are welcome to go and ask them what we are like.
- Does the machine take cards, and are those takings logged? A coin-only machine is asking you to trust a count you have no way of checking.
- What happens if it does not earn? Ours get moved or taken back. We only make money when the machine does, so a dead machine costs us as much as it costs you.
- What is the split, and is it in writing before installation? Ours is 50/50, in writing, before anything comes through the door.
- What will it earn me? Anyone who answers this with a number is guessing. Here is why.
The two of us
Why a small operator is the point
There is no version of this where being bigger would serve you better, and it is worth being clear about why, instead of pretending scale does not matter.
We choose the corner ourselves
Placement is the whole job, and it is the first thing that gets delegated to a driver when a company grows. Every machine we run was positioned by one of us.
We turn down work
If we cannot service a site properly we say no, because a machine we cannot reach is a dead machine in your corner and it earns neither of us anything.
Nothing gets lost in a system
You are not a ticket number. The person who answers is the person who installed it and who will be fixing it.
The trade-off is honest: we cover fewer places than a national operator, and we would rather tell you that in one message than take your corner and let you down. See where we actually go.
Next step
Got a corner doing nothing?
Send your postcode and a photo of the space. We’ll tell you whether it is worth a machine and what the split would look like.