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DiscoverSTEM
147 Labs Open Across 32 States

Find a STEM Lab. Open a STEM Lab.
Either way, start here.

Hands-on robotics, coding, and biolab programs inside strip-mall storefronts — where the nearest science museum is a two-hour drive.

DiscoverSTEM147 open
60540Naperville, IL
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DiscoverSTEM Naperville
Enrolling
★★★★★4.9· 0.8 mi
RoboticsCoding
DiscoverSTEM Schaumburg
Enrolling
★★★★★4.8· 3.2 mi
BioLabEngineering
DiscoverSTEM Plainfield
Waitlist
★★★★★5· 7.1 mi
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🤖ROBOTICS·
💻CODING·
🧬BIOLAB·
⚙️ENGINEERING·
🔬CHEMISTRY·
🖨️3D PRINTING·
ELECTRONICS·
🧪EXPERIMENTS·
🏆COMPETITIONS·
📡IOT & SENSORS·
🤖ROBOTICS·
💻CODING·
🧬BIOLAB·
⚙️ENGINEERING·
🔬CHEMISTRY·
🖨️3D PRINTING·
ELECTRONICS·
🧪EXPERIMENTS·
🏆COMPETITIONS·
📡IOT & SENSORS·
Real Demand. Real Results.

The demand was already there.
We just opened the door.

Busy STEM lab with kids working on robotics projects
✓ Bustling STEM Lab — Year 2

47 kids enrolled this session. Waitlist: 23. Average class rating: 4.9★

147+
Active Labs
32
States
Performance Metrics
Parent Satisfaction88%
Curriculum Rating100%
Franchise Renewal Rate75%
★★★★★
4.9 avg across all locations
NPS Score
94
Net Promoter Score — industry avg is 41
Kids Enrolled
12k+
Enrolled in after-school programs this semester
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My daughter used to spend afternoons on YouTube. Now she's building a line-following robot for the state competition. The lab is 4 minutes from our house.

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Karen Mitchell
Parent · Naperville, IL

Program Directory

Every shelf labeled.
Every station humming.

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Robotics

Ages 8–16
Schedule
Mon / Wed / Sat

Build, wire, and program autonomous robots. Students compete in regional FIRST LEGO League and VEX tournaments.

4 spots left this session
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5511 Lincoln Ave, Lisle, IL 60532
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DiscoverSTEM Plainfield
24020 W Lockport St, Plainfield, IL 60544
Waitlist
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Franchise Opportunity

You just saw the demand side.
Now meet the opportunity.

Every packed classroom and waitlist you scrolled past is a data point. The suburbs are underserved. The parents are ready. The only thing missing is you.

Initial Investment
$165k–$230k
Includes buildout, equipment & training
Avg. Year-2 Revenue
$380k
Based on 34 locations with full data
Royalty Fee
7%
Of gross monthly revenue
Break-Even
18–24 mo
Median across all active franchisees
Available Territories
6 open
Joliet, ILOpen
Aurora, ILOpen
Sugar Land, TXOpen
Katy, TXOpen
Dublin, OHOpen
Alpharetta, GATaken
Oviedo, FLOpen
Herndon, VATaken

Own a DiscoverSTEM Lab

Tell us where you are. We'll tell you what's available.

No spam. No pushy sales calls. Just a real conversation about a real opportunity.

Franchisee Snapshot — Year 2 P&L

"I opened in March. By November, I had a waitlist."

— Darnell Washington, DiscoverSTEM Sugar Land, TX · Former IT Manager

$412k
Annual Revenue
31%
Net Margin
94
Enrolled Students

Heard From All Three Sides

Parents. Districts. Owners.
All saying the same thing.

Professional woman with glasses smiling at camera
Patricia Owens
Director of Curriculum, Naperville CUSD 203
District Procurement

"Our district had STEM mandates and zero budget for a full program. DiscoverSTEM became our vetted after-school vendor in 6 weeks. The curriculum alignment doc they sent was better than anything I've seen from traditional vendors."

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★★★★★
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Rebecca Johansson
Co-op Organizer · Plainfield, IL
Homeschool Co-op

"I run a homeschool co-op of 28 families. We were driving 90 minutes each way to a science museum twice a month. Now DiscoverSTEM is 11 minutes from the church where we meet. The kids are building things, not just watching."

02
★★★★★
Professional man in business attire smiling
Marcus Adeyemi
Franchisee · Katy, TX · Former Finance Director
Franchise Owner

"I looked at 11 franchise concepts before DiscoverSTEM. The others had either thin margins or weak unit economics. This one had a waitlist at 80% of locations. That's the market telling you something."

03
★★★★★
Asian woman smiling warmly at camera
Linda Tran
Parent · Schaumburg, IL
Parent

"My son has ADHD. Traditional tutoring was a disaster. At DiscoverSTEM, he built a line-following robot in week three. He talks about it every single day. That's not a program — that's a transformation."

04
★★★★★
Woman with dark hair smiling confidently
Sunita Krishnamurthy
Franchisee · Dublin, OH · Former Teacher
Franchise Owner

"I was skeptical of the franchise model. Then I saw the support system: pre-built curriculum, instructor training, a marketing playbook, and a tech portal that handles enrollment. I spent my first month teaching, not building systems."

05
★★★★★
Professional man with warm smile in office setting
James Okafor
Assistant Superintendent · Lisle CUSD 202
District Partner

"We put the DiscoverSTEM coding program on our district's approved vendor list after one semester of data. Attendance was 94%. Parent satisfaction was 97%. It renewed itself."

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★★★★★
An LED just blinked somewhere in a suburb near you.

Start here. Either path leads somewhere real.

Find the lab your kid needs, or open the one your neighborhood deserves.