What Bento Box Entertainment does

Bento Box Entertainment is a privately-held animation production studio founded in 2009 and headquartered in North Hollywood, California, with a second production studio in Atlanta. The company produces primetime animated programming for broadcast, cable, and streaming networks, and has delivered over 20 series comprising 500+ episodes and 40+ pilots across its history, earning multiple Emmy Awards. Its client roster spans major entertainment platforms including FOX, Netflix, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Hulu, NBC, Syfy, and Comedy Central, with flagship properties such as Bob's Burgers, The Great North, Central Park, Paradise PD, and Krapopolis.

The studio operates an end-to-end animation production model, employing 500+ artists and production staff across its Los Angeles and Atlanta facilities who execute work using an internal digital production pipeline. Core offerings include original animated series production, theatrical feature films (notably The Bob's Burgers Movie via 20th Century Studios), music videos and commercials for major brands and artists, and brand extensions such as live tours, comic books, and merchandise. Since 2019, Bento Box has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fox Entertainment, which provides both a captive anchor customer relationship and distribution leverage.

The company monetizes through production fees and licensing arrangements with major networks, supplemented by professional services revenue from branded content work and licensing royalties from IP extensions. In 2021, Bento Box and Fox Entertainment formed Blockchain Creative Labs as a joint venture offering blockchain ecosystem solutions for digital content and asset management, signaling a diversification beyond traditional animation services into Web3 infrastructure for content IP. Go-to-market is exclusively B2B enterprise field sales, with no direct-to-consumer offering.

Name

Bento Box Entertainment

Legal name

Bento Box Entertainment, LLC

Website

https://bentoboxent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animation Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Politics & Current Affairs Documentaries (MPADADAJ)

Keywords

• Animated content production
• Animation studio services
• Television series production
• Branded content creation
• Motion graphics production

Headquarters

HQ city

North Hollywood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Animated Content Production: Production of animated programming for broadcast, cable, and streaming networks, as well as theatrical distribution. Revenue generated through production fees and licensing arrangements with major networks.
2. Music Videos and Commercials: Production of music videos, commercials, branded content and motion graphics for major brands and artists.
3. Brand Extensions and Merchandise: Development of brand extensions including live tours, comic books, music albums, and other merchandise related to produced content.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bento Box Entertainment is an animation production studio that creates primetime animated series and related content for broadcast, cable, and streaming networks. The company also produces music videos, commercials, branded content, and motion graphics for major brands and artists, and develops brand extensions such as live tours, comic books, and music albums tied to its programming. Operations are delivered through studios in Los Angeles and Atlanta staffed by 500+ artists and production employees using a proprietary digital production pipeline.

Product overview

Bento Box Entertainment is a multiple Emmy Award-winning animation studio and content company, founded in 2009 and now a FOX Entertainment company. The company operates as a single unified production company offering end-to-end animation services rather than a modular software platform. Its core offerings include: (1) Original animated series production for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms including Bob's Burgers, The Great North, Housebroken, Krapopolis, and Grimsburg (for FOX), Central Park and Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (for Apple TV+), Paradise PD, Hoops, and Saturday Morning All Star Hits (for Netflix), Koala Man and The Awesomes (for Hulu), and others; (2) Bento Box Animation Studios in Los Angeles and Atlanta with over 500 artists producing content using a digital production pipeline; (3) Blockchain Creative Labs (a joint venture with FOX Entertainment since 2021) providing blockchain solutions for digital content and asset management; and (4) music video production for artists like Alicia Keys, Coldplay, LSD, and Pharrell. The company has produced over 20 series comprising more than 500 episodes and 40 pilots to date.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bob's Burgers (Animated Series)

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Blockchain Creative LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021A business and creative unit formed in 2021 that provides content creators, IP owners and advertising partners end-to-end blockchain computer ecosystem solutions to build, launch, manage and sell digital content, experiences, goods and assets.
• Fox EntertainmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFox Entertainment acquired Bento Box in 2019. Bento Box operates as a Fox Entertainment company, producing animated content for Fox networks and other platforms. Fox Entertainment and Bento Box formed Blockchain Creative Labs in 2021 as a joint business and creative unit.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Titmouse Inc: Animation production studio producing for Netflix, Amazon, Adult Swim, and other major platforms. Closest independent B2B animation peer with similar scale, client roster, and episodic production model.
• Floyd County Productions: Atlanta-based animation studio producing Archer for FX and other Adult Swim programming. Closest geographic peer to Bento Box's Atlanta studio with comparable adult-animation production style and similar client base.
• ShadowMachine: Animation production studio behind BoJack Horseman and Final Space. Similar B2B model producing prestige animation for Netflix and Adult Swim with comparable production scale and limited-series capabilities.
• Rough Draft Studios: Animation production services company providing animation production for major US series including Bob's Burgers. Direct operational peer in the animation production services layer with similar global production model.
• Film Roman: Long-established animation studio (The Simpsons, Family Guy). Connected to Bento Box via alumni (Head of Production Dana Cameron previously at Film Roman). Closest legacy animation production peer.
• Augenblick Studios: Independent animation studio producing adult animation for Adult Swim, Comedy Central, Netflix, and other platforms. Comparable independent animation production peer with similar episodic model and similar client overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Disney Television Animation: In-house animation studio for Disney+ and Disney Channel. Major incumbent competitor for premium animation production work and creative talent, with broader portfolio scale and IP advantage.
• Warner Bros. Animation: Major animation division producing for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Max. In-house incumbent competitor with similar IP franchises (Adventure Time, Rick and Morty) and broader media conglomerate backing.
• DreamWorks Animation Television: TV animation division of DreamWorks/Universal producing animated content for Netflix (Tales of Arcadia, Gabby's Dollhouse) and Peacock. Major incumbent with broader feature-film heritage and franchise IP.
• Nickelodeon Animation Studio: In-house animation division for Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Major incumbent competitor for kids' and family animation production work with established IP franchises (SpongeBob, PAW Patrol) and global distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bentoboxent
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BentoBoxOfficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/bentoboxent
• Instagraminstagram.com/bentoboxent
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bento-box-entertainment-llc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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