The Acton Children’s Business Fair inspires children to discover their inner entrepreneur. The largest entrepreneurship event for kids in North America, this one-day market gives children the opportunity to showcase their very own businesses.

Yes, each booth costs $20.

Start with our resources page and also our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LondonChildrensBusinessFair/). Read inspiring stories about other young entrepreneurs and play games to hone your business skills.

The application must be submitted online. Please submit one application for each business. Children working as a group should submit one application that includes each child’s information. No more than 3 participants per business.
Once your group has been accepted, you will receive an email with instructions to pay the $20 entry fee. This can be submitted by e-transfer or cheque to Infinity School.
After your application and fee are received, you will be given a registration package shortly before the fair.

The application asks kids to think through some simple, but important elements of their business:

What product or service do you plan to sell?
What price will you charge for each product/service? How much will each product/service cost you?
How will you pay for your startup costs? If someone is helping you with your startup costs, how will you pay that person back?
How will you advertise/market your business before the fair?
At the end of the fair, how will you determine if your business was a success?

Two cupcake businesses? Not a problem. In general, we will let market forces play out, though we will let later entries know if another applicant has a similar idea so the later entrant can decide what to do.

The fair will be an outdoor event with table booths. Each business will be given a 10 foot booth with an 6-foot table, and 1-2 chairs. Table cloths will not be provided.
The event will be in the Infinity School yard (also the yard for St. James Westminster Church) off of Bruce St. In the event of bad weather, the event will be in the Great Hall of the Church and school space.

There will be NO electricity.

This event is designed to give children the experience of selling a product or service. If a parent is found selling, preparing, or promoting a child’s product or service, their child’s business will be disqualified from the competition.

Parents of younger children may sit in the booth, but the children should be responsible for set up, customer interaction, and sales.

Parents may help their child fill out the application, but we expect the children to do as much as possible by themselves.

Jeff and Laura Sandefer and a few other families wanted to spark a sense of wonder and entrepreneurship in their children so they created the first Acton Children’s Business Fair in Austin, Texas, in 2007. That year, there were seven entrepreneurs and around 25 attendees. Now, there are over 115 entrepreneurs and 1,500 attendees at the Acton Children's Business Fair in Austin.