Traditional Arch
The classic curved arch for entrances, photo walls and stages.
Hire from £195
Start a balloon arch hire business.
From box to built in 12 minutes.
No tying, no helium: one pump inflates the lot. No experience required. Official ArchUp Operators own their kit, hire out finished displays locally, and keep everything they earn. No franchise, no territory, no monthly fees.
- Three launch packages from £1,240, paid up front
- Full refund if we miss your delivery window by 14+ days
- Not a franchise: no monthly fees, no territory, no contract
From £1,240inc VAT · 2, 4, 6 or 10 kits
Feb 2027delivery, launch packages
6 packsof balloons with every kit: one complete arch
£0monthly fees, royalty or territory
The proof
Box to inflated arch in 12 minutes.
One person, one standard arch, filmed in real time with the clock running. No cuts, no help, no practice run edited out.
12 minutes is a standard arch from the Starter Kit. Your first build will take longer. The build videos further down show every step at normal speed.
How it works
Connect. Create. Inflate.
The kit is a set of rigid EZ Tubes and connectors with a high-powered electric pump. The balloons clip onto the tubes, so the shape is built before anything is inflated. That is what makes it a hire business rather than a craft: one person, one van, several displays a weekend.
STEP 1
Connect
Clip the balloons onto the EZ Tubes in the colour order and pattern you want.
STEP 2
Create
Join the tubes with the EZ Connectors to form a traditional arch, square arch, two columns or two garlands.
STEP 3
Inflate
Plug one end, attach the pump to the other, flip the switch. Every balloon fills and self-seals in about a minute.
Business opportunity
Become an official ArchUp Operator.
Balloon arches are hired, not bought, for most parties, weddings and shop launches. Official operators own their kit and hire out finished displays locally, set up and collected, with ArchUp supplying the balloons, the brand and a listing on this site.
Launch packages · first-container stock
Bronze, Silver or Gold: pick the number of kits. Delivered February 2027.
Every launch package is paid in full up front: that's what orders the first shipment, and it's why the launch prices are what they are. How the balloons work: a pack is 22 balloons and one complete arch uses 6 packs. Every kit in your package comes with 6 packs, so each kit arrives with the balloons for one complete arch hire. Silver, Gold and Platinum get bonus packs on top of that. Every tier includes your listing on our booking site with web bookings routed to you by postcode, the training videos and UK support. Not a franchise: no territory, no monthly fees, no royalty.
Bronze · 2 kits
Bronze £1,240 £620 per kit
- 2 × Starter Kits
- 12 balloon packs (6 per kit): the balloons for one complete arch hire per kit
- Balloons at £14.95 a pack for as long as you're listed
- Digital marketing kit
- Official operator listing
Silver · 4 kits
Silver £2,140 £535 per kit
- 4 × Starter Kits
- 24 balloon packs (6 per kit): one complete arch hire per kit
- + 6 bonus packs: one extra complete arch
- Balloons at £13.95 a pack for as long as you're listed
- Digital marketing kit
- Official operator listing
- No £30 booking fee on your first 5 web bookings
Gold · 6 kits
Gold £2,940 £490 per kit
- 6 × Starter Kits
- 36 balloon packs (6 per kit): one complete arch hire per kit
- + 12 bonus packs: two extra complete arches
- Balloons at £12.95 a pack for as long as you're listed
- Full marketing kit, printed and digital
- Featured listing for your first year
- No £30 booking fee on your first 10 web bookings
- First call on the second shipment
Platinum · 10 kits · £4,740
For someone starting at scale. 10 Starter Kits (£474 per kit), 60 balloon packs (6 per kit, one complete arch hire per kit) plus 18 bonus packs (three extra complete arches), balloons at £12.45 a pack, printed marketing kit personalised with your trading name, featured listing for two years, no booking fee on your first 20 web bookings, first call on the second shipment, and a personal set-up onboarding call.
Launch packages are available until the first shipment is ordered; after that the standard package applies (4 kits, £2,940) and the 6-kit Premium is £3,840. The launch extra packs and first-shipment dispatch are launch-only. Delivery is February 2027 whatever the numbers, because the first shipment goes ahead regardless. If delivery slips more than 14 days past the window we confirm in writing, you can cancel for a full refund. 14-day cooling-off applies from the day you pay.
Not ready to pay now? Join the waiting list for the next shipment at standard pricing.
Recorded presentation
Watch the 16-minute presentation.
Simon takes you through the kit going up in 12 minutes on a real clock, the four packages, how bookings reach you and what one hire earns, in his own words. No sales call needed: register and it plays straight away, any day of the week.
How it works
You own the kit outright
Buy your package once. Every hire after that only costs you balloons and your time, and a display goes up in minutes rather than the hours a tied arch takes.
What you hire out
Finished displays, delivered
Arches, columns and garlands in the customer's colours or a ready-made theme. You deliver, set up, and collect the hardware afterwards.
What ArchUp provides
Stock, brand and a listing
UK-held balloon stock in five finishes, operator pricing on balloons, the ArchUp name and marketing material, and your listing on this website as an official operator.
What it isn't
Not a franchise
No territory, no management fee, no royalty, no contract tying you to us. You buy a package, you're listed, and you keep everything you earn. Web bookings go to the nearest operator to the customer; where two are close, they alternate.
Launch packages side by side
| Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price inc VAT | £1,240 | £2,140 | £2,940 | £4,740 |
| Starter Kits | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Balloon packs included (6 per kit = one complete arch per kit) | 12 | 24 | 36 | 60 |
| Bonus balloon packs on top | — | + 6 (one extra arch) | + 12 (two extra arches) | + 18 (three extra arches) |
| Your balloon price, per pack | £14.95 | £13.95 | £12.95 | £12.45 |
| Marketing kit | Digital | Digital | Printed + digital | Printed + digital, personalised |
| Listing on archup.co.uk | Standard | Standard | Featured, year 1 | Featured, 2 years |
| Booking-fee holiday (£30 web jobs) | — | First 5 | First 10 | First 20 |
| Reorder priority | — | — | First call on 2nd shipment | First call on 2nd shipment |
| Onboarding | Training videos, UK support | + personal set-up onboarding call | ||
| Dispatch and payment | First shipment, February 2027 · paid in full when you join · 12-month hardware warranty on every kit | |||
| How to join | Online, below | Talk to us first | ||
Retail customers pay £19.95 a pack. Every listed operator pays their tier price for as long as they're listed.
BirthdaysWeddingsBaby showers & gender revealsShop openingsCorporate eventsSchool proms & graduationsChristmas & seasonal
How bookings are shared: a web booking goes to the nearest listed operator to the customer's postcode. Where two operators are close, bookings alternate. An operator can decline a job and it passes to the next nearest. Where there is no operator nearby, the customer can hire a kit by post direct from us. We don't publish earnings figures because what you make depends on how many hires you do and what your local market pays.
Join as a launch operator
Your details, then payment.
Choose Bronze (2 kits, £1,240), Silver (4 kits, £2,140) or Gold (6 kits, £2,940); for Platinum (10 kits, £4,740) talk to us first. Launch packages are paid in full when you join and delivered February 2027. Payment is at the bottom of the form; we confirm by email within one working day.
Prefer to pay by bank transfer rather than card? Submit the form and choose "bank transfer" in the payment step; we'll email the details.
The kit
What your kit is
Retail £299.95 inc VATincluded in every operator package
- Builds a traditional arch, square arch, two columns or two garlands from the same parts
- Reusable: buy once, restock with balloon packs for every event after
- High-powered electric pump inflates a full display in about a minute
- Self-sealing balloons mean no knot tying at all
- Two carry bags for storage and transport
- UK delivery, UK stock, UK support
Balloons work only with the ArchUp / Totali EZ system and are refillable. They can't be deflated once sealed, so each display is a single use of balloons. Register your interest and we'll send UK pricing as soon as it's confirmed. An XL add-on kit for larger displays will follow in 2027.
Balloons
Four shapes. Five finishes. One kit.
Balloons are your only recurring cost. A pack is 22 balloons. A standard arch, square arch or pair of garlands uses 6 packs; a pair of columns uses 4. Operators buy packs at £12.95 inc VAT, against £19.95 retail.
Square Arch
Clean, modern frame. Ideal for doorways and backdrops.
Hire from £195
Two Columns
A matching pair to flank a door, table or stage.
Hire from £150
Two Garlands
Straight runs for tables, bars, banisters and walls.
Hire from £195Five finishes
StandardChromeMetallicPastelRetro
Ready-made themes
Pre-matched colour sets for the occasions people ask for most.
Birthday
Celebration
Christmas
Gender Reveal
Graduation
Halloween
Step-by-step
Watch a full build, start to finish.
Real-time builds of every shape. Nothing is sped up except the bits where the pump is running.
Connect, Create, Inflate in under 15 minutes
Overview of the whole system
Standard build 1
7 min 17 s
Standard build 2
7 min 54 s
Standard build 3
6 min 04 s
Standard build 4
6 min 50 s
Your numbers
How many could you do?
Set your own assumptions. Every cost is shown, including what we charge. We don't publish earnings figures, so this is your arithmetic, not our promise.
With 1 hire per kit a week, here is what each package can do over a month. Every kit can only be in one place at a time, so more kits means more hires.
| Joining Tier | Joining Cost | Balloon Cost/Pack | Total Kits | Monthly Hires | Monthly Revenue | Balloon Spend | Est. Booking Fees & Fuel | Monthly Profit* | Payback Period |
|---|
*Before your time and tax. Monthly figures use a 4-week month. Assumes a standard arch per hire and that every kit is hired the number of times you set; the bookings still have to be found. Balloons are priced at each package's rate; fees are £30 on the share of bookings that come through this website; the last column counts the months until that profit has covered the joining cost, with hires building up evenly over the get-up-to-speed months before reaching the level you set. Ten kits is more than one person builds alone. Columns use 4 packs and cost less. Your first builds will take longer than 12 minutes. Balloon and booking-fee prices are launch prices and may change.
Trade & business
Built for people who do this every weekend.
Trade enquiries welcome. Venues, party planners, balloon stylists, event companies and retailers can buy kits and balloon packs at trade pricing without becoming an operator. Set-up time drops from hours to minutes, and the kit pays for itself on the first few jobs.
- Trade pricing on kits and bulk balloon packs
- Reusable hardware; your only recurring cost is balloons
- A display can stay up for days and be topped up with the refill process
- Fits in two carry bags, so one person can transport and set up alone
Operator questions
What a sales call would tell you
Is this a franchise?
No. There's no franchise agreement, no territory, no management fee and no royalty. You buy a package, you're listed on this site as an official operator, and you keep everything you earn. You can stop whenever you like and keep your kit.
How do bookings reach me?
Customers book on this website. Each booking goes to the nearest listed operator to the customer's postcode. You get the job by email and text, confirm within 24 hours, and it's yours. You can decline and it passes to the next nearest.
What if another operator is close to me?
Bookings alternate between you. There are no exclusive areas, so we don't promise anyone a patch, but we also don't stack operators in one town; new listings go where the bookings are coming from.
What does the customer pay, and to whom?
The hire price is set nationally; £195 for a standard arch is the launch figure. The customer pays a booking fee to ArchUp online and the balance to you on installation. Your booking confirmation shows both amounts, so there's no ambiguity at the door.
What does ArchUp charge me per job?
A fixed £30 booking fee on jobs that come through this website, taken from the customer's online payment, so it never comes out of your pocket on the day. Jobs you find yourself cost you nothing. Premium package operators pay no fee on their first ten web bookings.
What do I actually need to do on a job?
Deliver the kit, clip the balloons on in the customer's colours, connect the tubes, run the pump, and leave. Come back after the event to collect the hardware. A standard arch is about 12 minutes once you've done a few; your first will take longer.
Where do I get balloons?
From us, at your tier price: Bronze £14.95, Silver £13.95, Gold £12.95, Platinum £12.45 a pack (retail is £19.95). We hold UK stock in all five finishes and post within two working days. Balloons only work with this system, which is also why no one can undercut you with a cheaper arch on the same kit.
Do I need to be VAT registered or a limited company?
No. Most operators start as sole traders. Register with HMRC for self-assessment, get public liability insurance, and you're set. We quote all operator prices including VAT for that reason.
Can I sell the kit or pass the business on?
Yes. The kit is yours outright. If you stop, you can sell it to anyone, including another operator; we'll just remove your listing.
When do the kits arrive, and what if they're late?
Launch packages are delivered in February 2027 from the first shipment. We confirm your delivery window in writing when the container sails. If we miss that window by more than 14 days you can cancel for a full refund of everything paid. The first shipment is ordered regardless of how many operators join at launch, so February 2027 doesn't depend on anyone else signing up.
Earnings disclaimer
We don't publish earnings figures, and here's why.
What an ArchUp Operator earns depends on their area, their prices, how many hires they do and how much effort they put in. We can't know those things, so we don't guess at them. The calculator on this page uses numbers you type in and shows every cost we charge; it is arithmetic on your assumptions, not a projection, forecast or guarantee from us. Nothing on this site, in our emails or in the webinar should be read as a promise of income. Balloon prices, the booking fee and package prices are launch prices and may change; the price you pay is the price shown when you order.
Get in touch
Register your interest.
Whether you want to hire an arch, run the business, buy for your venue, or just hear when we launch, this is the form. Tell us which and we'll only send you what's relevant.