BookEventz

What BookEventz does

BookEventz, operated by Urban Online Services Pvt Ltd and headquartered in Mumbai, is a two-sided online marketplace for booking event venues and related services in India. Founded in 2012 and operating for 13 years, the platform aggregates 24,764+ venues and services across 70+ Indian cities plus international destination wedding markets, serving consumers seeking banquet halls, wedding venues, party halls, and event spaces, alongside an integrated vendor marketplace for photographers, makeup artists, mehendi artists, and decorators. The company's product surface includes the core BookEventz marketplace, a flagship BZ Venues sub-brand of fully managed venues operated directly by BookEventz, a separate CorporateEventz B2B platform for enterprise event buyers, digital invitation templates, and curated event-idea inspiration portals.

The platform's core technology is a web-based marketplace with multi-filter search across city, area, occasion type, capacity, and budget, supported by SEO-heavy city and occasion landing pages and organic social media presence. The business model is a commission-based marketplace: BookEventz earns transaction fees on venue bookings, generates revenue from vendor listings and promotional placements, and derives professional services revenue from event management. Listed venues price on a per-plate basis ranging from under ₹500 to over ₹2,200 depending on tier, and the platform advertises up to 30% discounts as an acquisition lever. The primary customer segments are weddings and family celebrations, corporate events, and birthday and social gatherings, with a horizontal segmentation approach across use cases rather than deep vertical specialization.

The company is founder-led (Shriti Chhajed as Founder & CEO alongside co-founder Harsh Baid) and has remained privately held with minimal disclosed external capital — a single institutional seed round led by Mumbai Angels in 2015/2016 totaling approximately $10,000, followed by two small rounds in 2019 led by Equanimity Investments and Lead Invest. No further funding, acquisition, or expansion events are disclosed post-2019, and the company has not pursued a public listing. The platform generates no disclosed revenue, ARR, or GMV figures, and there is no documented AI/ML capability, API, or SDK offering.

Name

BookEventz

Legal name

Urban Online Services Pvt Ltd

Website

https://bookeventz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BookEventz is a Mumbai-based two-sided online marketplace that aggregates 24,000+ banquet halls, wedding venues, and event vendors across 70+ Indian cities, enabling consumers and corporate clients to discover, compare, and book event spaces and services via commission-based transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Event Venue Marketplace

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Party Venue Sourcing & Booking Services (HSACACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Vendor Sourcing & Management (Venues, Catering, Photo/Video, Music) (HSACABAG), Venue Management & Booking Services (Third-Party Operators) (MPAGALAJ)

Keywords

• Venue marketplace
• Banquet hall booking
• Wedding venue platform
• Event vendor marketplace
• Party hall aggregation

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Venue Booking Commission: Platform earns commission on venue bookings made through the BookEventz portal. Venues list on the platform to reach customers and pay a transaction fee or commission for successful bookings.
2. Vendor Listings and Promotions: Vendors (photographers, makeup artists, decorators, mehendi artists) are listed on the platform, potentially with paid promotion options for visibility.
3. Event Management Services: Professional event management services for corporate and personal events through 'Event Management' query option on the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

BookEventz operates a two-sided online marketplace that connects event hosts with banquet halls, wedding venues, party halls, and event service vendors (photographers, makeup artists, mehendi artists, decorators) across 70+ cities in India. The platform enables consumers and corporate clients to discover, compare, and book event venues and vendors, supplemented by a portfolio of managed venues under the BZ Venues brand and a dedicated corporate events vertical (CorporateEventz).

Product overview

BookEventz is a comprehensive event booking platform operating as a two-sided marketplace. The core BookEventz platform provides venue discovery and booking for banquet halls, wedding venues, party halls, and event spaces across 60+ Indian cities, alongside an integrated vendor marketplace for photographers, makeup artists, mehendi artists, and decorators. The flagship BZ Venues sub-brand offers fully managed venues with BookEventz-staffed event execution. A separate CorporateEventz platform targets business events, while digital invitation templates and themed ideas portals serve as complementary modules. The platform aggregates over 24,764 venues and services and claims 5,94,729+ happy customers across India.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BZ Venues: Fully managed venues under the BookEventz Flagship brand
• CorporateEventz

Products and services

• BookEventz Venue Marketplace
• Event Vendor Marketplace
• BZ Venues (Managed Venues)
• CorporateEventz
• Event Management Concierge
• Digital Invitation Templates
• Event Ideas Portal

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Peers

• WedMeGood:

Direct peers

• Weddingz.in: Weddingz.in is an Indian banquet and wedding venue aggregator offering venue discovery and booking across multiple Indian cities, directly competing with BookEventz's core venue marketplace offering.
• WeddingWire India: WeddingWire India is a leading wedding vendor and venue marketplace serving the same Indian consumer base with a comparable two-sided marketplace model connecting couples with venues, photographers, and other wedding vendors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bookeventz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@bookeventz
• Facebookfacebook.com/BookEventz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bookeventz
• Instagraminstagram.com/bookeventz
• Pinterestin.pinterest.com/bookeventz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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