Nerd Street
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2011
- HeadquartersMinneapolis, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
Nerd Street firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Nerd Street
- Legal name
- Nerd Street
- Website
- https://nerdstreetusa.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2011
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Nerd Street industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Convention and Event Production
- NAICS
- Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)
- SIC
- Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Fan Conventions Organizers (THAHABAN)
Keywords
Where Nerd Street is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Minneapolis
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices8 records
Markets served
Nerd Street business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others
Revenue model
- Exhibitor Booth Rental: Nerd Street generates revenue by renting exhibition booths (corner and interior 10x10 booths) to vendors selling comics, collectibles, toys, and related merchandise. Booth packages include tables, chairs, and exhibitor badges. Pricing varies by event location and booth type.
- Artist Alley Table Rental: The company rents Artist Alley tables to artists selling their own original artwork at conventions. Tables come with chairs and exhibitor badges. AI-generated art is prohibited at all Nerd Street events.
- Exhibitor Badge Sales: Additional exhibitor badges can be purchased beyond the standard booth/package allotment, providing incremental revenue per event.
- Attendee Ticket Sales: The company sells admission tickets to convention attendees through their ticketing platform (tixr).
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Central Florida Comic Con 2027 - Corner Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Central Florida Comic Con 2027 - Interior Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Central Florida Comic Con 2027 - Artist Alley Table |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Des Moines Con 2027 - Corner Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Des Moines Con 2027 - Interior Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Des Moines Con 2027 - Additional Badge |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Long Beach Comic Con 2026 - Corner Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Long Beach Comic Con 2026 - Interior Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Long Beach Comic Con 2026 - Artist Alley Table |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Long Beach Comic Con 2026 - Additional Badge |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Twin Cities Con 2026 - Corner Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Twin Cities Con 2026 - Interior Booth |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Twin Cities Con 2026 - Additional Badge |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Annapolis Comic-Con 2026 - Exhibitor Table |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Annapolis Comic-Con 2026 - Artist Alley Table |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Nerd Street product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Nerd Street is a fan-focused event production company that organizes and produces comic and pop culture conventions across multiple U.S. states. The company generates revenue by renting exhibition booths and Artist Alley tables to vendors and independent artists at its owned events, and by selling admission tickets to attendees through integrated ticketing platforms. The current portfolio includes nine convention brands spanning Florida, Iowa, California, Minnesota, Alaska, Maryland, and Wisconsin.
Product overview
Nerd Street is a fan-focused event production company that produces comic and pop culture conventions across the United States. The company's portfolio includes multiple regional events: Central Florida Comic Con (Florida), Des Moines Con (Iowa), Long Beach Comic Con (California), Twin Cities Con (Minnesota), Alaska ComiCon (Alaska), Annapolis Comic-Con (Maryland), Southern Maryland Comic-Con (Maryland), Madison Comic & Pop Culture Expo (Wisconsin), and Sugoi Expo. The company also created and later sold Awesome Con. Each event offers exhibitor booth packages, artist alley tables, and celebrity guest appearances, with varying pricing tiers based on location and venue. Nerd Street was founded in 2011 and has grown from local Maryland events to a multi-state convention producer.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Central Florida Comic Con: Comic and pop culture convention held in Lakeland, Florida
- Des Moines Con
- Long Beach Comic Con
- Twin Cities Con
- Alaska ComiCon
- Annapolis Comic-Con
- Southern Maryland Comic-Con
- Sugoi Expo
- Madison Comic & Pop Culture Expo (MadEx)
- Awesome Con
Products and services
- Central Florida Comic Con A comic and pop culture convention held at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida, featuring exhibitor booths, Artist Alley tables, celebrity guests, and panels for vendors, artists, and attendees.
- Des Moines Con A comic and pop culture convention held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, featuring exhibitor booths, Artist Alley tables, and celebrity guest appearances.
- Long Beach Comic Con A comic and pop culture convention held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California, featuring exhibitor booths, Artist Alley tables, and celebrity guests.
- Twin Cities Con A comic and pop culture convention held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, preparing for its fifth year with nearly 250 local and out-of-state artists expected to attend.
- Alaska ComiCon A comic and pop culture convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Annapolis Comic-Con A comic convention held at the Byzantium Center in Annapolis, Maryland, featuring exhibitor tables, Artist Alley, and attendees from the Maryland region.
- Southern Maryland Comic-Con A comic convention held at the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf, Maryland.
- Madison Comic & Pop Culture Expo (MadEx) A comic and pop culture expo held in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Sugoi Expo An event added to the Nerd Street portfolio in 2022.
Companies that use Nerd Street
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Nerd Street technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Nerd Street partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators2 records
Recent moves14 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Nerd Street competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Wizard World: Historically operated a portfolio of Wizard World comic conventions across multiple US cities with similar celebrity-guest, exhibitor and artist alley formats. Directly comparable multi-city comic-con operator to Nerd Street's portfolio model.
- ReedPop: Operates New York Comic Con, San Diego Comic-Con (since 2024), C2E2, MCM Comic Con and other major fan conventions. Most directly comparable to Nerd Street as a large-scale comic/pop-culture convention organizer serving exhibitors, artists, and attendees.
- Awesome Con (LeftField Media): The convention originally created by Nerd Street in 2013, now operated by LeftField Media. Serves as a directly comparable regional comic-con and represents the company's prior flagship asset in the same segment.
- MCM Comic Con (ReedPop): Run by ReedPop across Manchester, London, Birmingham and other UK/EU cities. Directly comparable comic/pop-culture convention brand targeted at similar exhibitor, artist, and fan segments under a multi-event operator structure.
- C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo): Operated by ReedPop, this is a Midwest US comic/pop-culture convention serving the same exhibitor, artist, and attendee base as Nerd Street's Minneapolis/Des Moines-area events. Comparable event format and target audience.
- Fan Expo HQ: Produces a portfolio of Fan Expo branded comic/pop-culture conventions across Canada and the US (Toronto, Dallas, Boston, etc.). Comparable multi-regional comic-con operator targeting the same exhibitor, artist, and attendee segments as Nerd Street.
- Rose City Comic Con (LeftField Media): Regional Portland-area comic convention run by LeftField Media. Comparable in scale and format to Nerd Street's regional events such as Twin Cities Con or Central Florida Comic Con, targeting local comic and pop-culture fans.
- LeftField Media: Acquired Awesome Con from Nerd Street in 2013/2018, and also runs events such as Rose City Comic Con and other regional pop-culture conventions. Directly comparable event-production peer operating regional comic-cons under a similar model.
Emerging players
- Gen Con: Operates one of the largest tabletop gaming/hobby conventions in the US. Comparable as an enthusiast-focused live event operator in adjacent fandom categories (gaming/hobby versus comics/pop culture) with similar exhibitor and attendee dynamics.
Broad incumbents
- Emerald Expositions: Large publicly-traded trade-show and event operator (NY Now, Surfaces, ASD Market Week) and prior comic-con adjacent events. Overlapping in trade-show and fan-expo production capabilities but operates on a much broader, diversified portfolio model.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Nerd Street social profiles
Digital presenceNerd Street financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Nerd Street leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Nerd Street funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Nerd Street M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Nerd Street
What does Nerd Street do?
Nerd Street is a fan-focused event production company that organizes and produces comic and pop culture conventions across multiple U.S. states. The company generates revenue by renting exhibition booths and Artist Alley tables to vendors and independent artists at its owned events, and by selling admission tickets to attendees through integrated ticketing platforms. The current portfolio includes nine convention brands spanning Florida, Iowa, California, Minnesota, Alaska, Maryland, and Wisconsin.
Is Nerd Street a public or private company?
Nerd Street is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Nerd Street founded?
Nerd Street was founded in 2011. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Nerd Street based?
Nerd Street is headquartered in Minneapolis, United States, in the North America region.
How does Nerd Street make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Exhibitor Booth Rental is the primary driver. The others are artist Alley Table Rental, exhibitor Badge Sales and attendee Ticket Sales.
Who are Nerd Street's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Wizard World, ReedPop, Awesome Con (LeftField Media), MCM Comic Con (ReedPop), C2E2 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo), Fan Expo HQ, Rose City Comic Con (LeftField Media) and LeftField Media. Gen Con is listed as an emerging player. Emerald Expositions is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does Nerd Street have an API?
No public API is recorded for Nerd Street.
What industry is Nerd Street in?
Nerd Street's product category is Convention and Event Production. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAHABAN, Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Fan Conventions Organizers. Its NAICS code is 56192 and its SIC code is 7900.