Kentucky concessionaire bonds.
From $100.
The park, venue or public facility that awards you a concession contract often requires a concessionaire bond guaranteeing you will perform the contract and pay what you owe. There is no single statute: the amount comes from your concession agreement. The premium is 2% of that bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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How much does a Kentucky concessionaire bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps to bonded.
Your concession award is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, your obligee and contract details, the bond amount, and the effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & deliver to the obligee
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to deliver to the body that awarded your concession. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the concessionaire bond actually covers
A concessionaire bond is a contract performance guarantee. When a public agency, park, stadium, airport, or other venue awards you the right to operate a concession, it often conditions the contract on a bond that you will perform the agreement — operate as promised, pay the rent or revenue share you owe, and leave the space in good order.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the body that awarded the concession (the obligee). The terms — and the bond amount — come from your concession contract, not from a single Kentucky statute, so the application asks for your obligee and contract details.
It is not insurance for you — if you default and the obligee is harmed, it can claim against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Because this is a contract bond, we run one soft credit pull — never a hard inquiry — as part of approval; the premium itself is 2% of your contract's bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & deliver to the obligee. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to deliver to the body that awarded your concession. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your contract details and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Premiums from $100, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.