Lucky Voice

About Lucky Voice

Social entertainment brand Lucky Voice was founded in 2005 and runs six karaoke bars in London and one in Brighton, plus a franchise site in Dubai.

In November 2025, business development director Nick Jones told the Propel Franchise Showcase that “there is still immense white space in the UK to exploit” and it plans to open five new franchise venues in the next three years. said the brand is in “discussions to launch our first UK franchised venue in 2026”. He also said Lucky Voice is also currently working on a brand refresh and a new and improved booking engine and hopes to launch artificial intelligence integration into its enterprise software in the first half of next year.

Jones said: “Within three years, we want to have an interactive end to end customer journey, so we can capture more customer data than ever before, and we want to open five new franchise venues. Via sites in London and Brighton, we’ve tested the brand both in large and provincial cities, but there is still immense white space in the UK to exploit.”

The list of target locations includes Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Belfast, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Cardiff, Oxford, Reading and Bristol.

Jones said: “We are looking for a limited number of multi-site partners to operate all these locations with our proven model. We’ve established a franchise venue in Dubai already, but we want to start our regional UK franchising journey first and then look at other territories. We’re interested in leveraging the platform we’ve got in Dubai in the Middle East, and we’re looking at other territories close by there as well.”

Why franchise with Lucky Voice

• ✓Jones said Lucky Voice, as a whole, saw 39% spend-per-head growth from 2018-2024 and a 30% increase in covers since 2018 at its Brighton venue, “highlighting proven resilience and scalable demand for the concept outside our primary London market”. He said franchises are available in two formats – a full format (3,500-5,000 square feet, 180-250 capacity) and integrated pod and cocktail bar in an existing venue, (1,500-2000 square feet, 80-100 capacity).
• ✓He added: “When we started 20 years ago, we had to educate a lot of the market about private room karaoke. Now it’s out there in the market and part of the cultural fabric, so there’s been lots of interest from other operators, which is why we created the pod-plus model.”
• ✓Minimum investment is £1.2m and total investment £1.25m, with a £55,000 franchise fee. Lucky Voice offers a turnkey private room karaoke franchise package designed to get you into business quickly. This comprehensive package includes: franchise licence and IP rights (sole rights to operate within an agreed territory for full format venues or area, including the use of the Lucky Voice trademark, systems, know-how, and operating method); venue design and build assistance (this covers premises/location evaluation, design blueprints and costing guidelines, and for the ‘Pod+’ format, Lucky Voice can offer a fully manufactured fixtures and fittings package in the EMEA or detailed plans for your contractors); operations and support (you’ll receive franchise and operations manuals, staff handbooks and new opening guidelines with on-site support, with initial training is provided, along with access to third-party platform partnerships for CRM, marketing, training and auditing); and technology and marketing assets (this includes the Lucky Voice Enterprise karaoke software and associated media licences, marketing assets for national and local use, and social media setup/management guidelines).
• ✓Lucky Voice offers an attractive return on investment supported by a proven trading model and strong consumer demand for experiential leisure. For full format destination venues, the target ROI is between 1.5 and 2.5 years, driven by high-occupancy private rooms, strong food and beverage sales, and increased dwell time. These flagship sites benefit from premium positioning in urban locations and consistently high repeat visitation.