Industry Events

What Industry Events does

Industry Events (legal entity: Industry Events Worldwide) is a privately held Australian company that operates a global B2B event discovery and listing marketplace. The platform aggregates 10,000+ professional events — conferences, exhibitions, summits, webinars, and trade shows — across 180+ countries, 27 sectors, and 500+ industry sub-categories, serving decision-makers and industry professionals who use the directory and weekly 'Industry Insights' newsletter to find relevant events. Event organisers represent the supply side and submit listings through a self-serve dashboard, with free baseline listings augmented by paid 'Event Pro' subscriptions (enhanced visibility, priority placement, richer event pages), branded Organiser and Company Profiles, paid newsletter and promotional placements, and a press release publication and distribution service that routes releases to external media outlets, journalist databases, and social channels.\n\nThe platform is built as a standard two-sided web directory with self-serve PLG mechanics: organisers list free, optionally upgrade to Event Pro, and access an analytics dashboard for listing performance. Discovery on the demand side is driven by SEO-indexed event pages organised by industry and geography, plus the recurring weekly newsletter distributed to 50,000+ verified professionals. There is no public API, SDK, or developer integration surface, and the company does not disclose proprietary technology beyond its structured event taxonomy and listing/analytics tooling.\n\nThe business operates with a lean 1-10 employee team, has no disclosed external funding, and generates revenue through a freemium-and-services mix spanning event subscriptions (Event Pro), newsletter advertising, press release professional services, and branded microsite offerings. Operating geographies span Australia, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, and the legal entity is domiciled in Australia under Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) compliance.

Name

Industry Events

Legal name

Industry Events Worldwide

Website

https://industryevents.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Industry Events operates a global B2B event discovery marketplace listing 10,000+ conferences, summits, and trade shows across 180+ countries, monetising through paid Event Pro subscriptions, newsletter placements, and press release distribution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Discovery and Directory Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade Shows & Industry Expos (B2B) (MPAGAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Association Conferences (MPAGAGAB), Executive Summits & Invitation-Only Forums (MPAGAGAK)

Keywords

• B2B event directory
• Conference discovery platform
• Event listing services
• Trade show promotion
• Press release distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Listing Services: Free basic event listings for organizers, with paid Event Pro tiers offering enhanced visibility, priority placement, and richer event pages. Premium organiser profiles and branded microsites available for additional fees.
2. Press Release Services: Press release publication and distribution to external media outlets, publishers, online news sites, journalist databases, newsroom platforms, search engines, and social media platforms.
3. Newsletter and Promotional Placements: Newsletter placements and promotional email campaigns delivered to subscriber base of industry professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Industry Events operates a global B2B event discovery directory where event organisers list conferences, exhibitions, summits, and trade shows for free, with paid Event Pro upgrades offering enhanced visibility and richer event pages. The platform also generates revenue from press release publication and distribution services and from featured placements in a weekly curated Industry Insights newsletter sent to 50,000+ verified professionals.

Product overview

Industry Events is a global B2B event discovery, listing, and promotion platform architected as a directory-plus-services model. The core offering consists of a free event listing directory supplemented by a tiered paid upgrade system. Free Event Listings form the foundational directory, allowing organisers to submit conferences, summits, trade shows, and exhibitions across 27 industry sectors and 180+ countries. Event Pro provides paid subscribers with enhanced visibility, priority placement, and richer event pages. Complementary paid services include Organiser and Company Profiles (branded microsites), Press Release Publication & Distribution (to external media outlets and journalist databases), Newsletter & Promotional Placements (featured placements in the weekly Industry Insights newsletter sent to 50,000+ subscribers), and Event Performance Analytics (reporting on listing performance, impressions, and campaign engagement). An Organiser Dashboard enables account management, listing submission, analytics access, and billing. The platform does not offer a public API, developer integrations, or SDK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Free Event Listings Free event listing service allowing event organisers to submit and publish B2B conferences, exhibitions, summits, webinars, and trade shows to the Industry Events directory.
• Event Pro Paid upgrade tier providing event organisers with enhanced visibility, priority placement in search results and featured listings, and richer event pages designed to convert attendees.
• Organiser and Company Profiles Branded organiser profiles and microsites that allow event organising entities to showcase company information, event history, and promotional content to a professional audience.
• Press Release Publication & Distribution Paid service enabling organisations to publish and distribute press releases through external media outlets, online news sites, journalist databases, newsroom platforms, search engines, and social media channels.
• Newsletter & Promotional Placements Email-based promotional placements delivered to the platform's subscriber base of verified industry professionals, with options for editorial and featured placements within the weekly Industry Insights newsletter.
• Event Performance Analytics Analytics dashboard providing organisers with data on event listing performance, including page views, clicks, impressions, engagement activity, referral sources, and newsletter or campaign performance metrics.
• Organiser Dashboard Account dashboard enabling event organisers to submit, manage, and track event listings, view analytics, process payments, manage billing records, and handle customer relationships and support requests.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Townscript: Event registration and ticketing platform with strong discovery features across professional events, primarily serving India and Southeast Asia — relevant regional/marketplace peer for the organizer side.

Direct peers

• 10times: Global B2B conference, trade show, and expo directory covering 50+ industries with searchable listings, organizer tools, and newsletter reach — almost identical product surface and audience to Industry Events.
• EventsEye: Conference and trade fair directory with filters by industry, country, and city, plus newsletter subscriptions and organizer promotional upgrades — direct competitor in B2B event discovery.
• Conference Alerts: Conference discovery platform with paid organizer listings and a free professional subscriber base, addressing the same B2B attendee-acquisition pain point for event organizers.
• Trade Show Calendar: Listing directory focused specifically on trade shows and expos by industry and region — narrower than Industry Events but directly comparable on catalog and directory mechanics.
• AllConferences: Long-standing global conference, seminar, and workshop directory used by professionals to find relevant events by industry and geography — competes head-on with Industry Events' directory.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Major consumer and B2B event marketplace with ticketing, registration, and organizer self-serve tools. Overlaps with Industry Events on event discovery and organizer promotion at much greater scale.
• Bizzabo: B2B event experience platform offering registration, engagement, and analytics for organizers. Competes for organizer wallet share and offers its own event directory as part of a broader solution.
• Cvent: Enterprise event management platform with venue sourcing, registration, and attendee engagement. While broader in scope, it serves the same B2B event organizer buyer and overlaps in event promotion and attendee acquisition.
• LinkedIn Events: Event discovery surface embedded in LinkedIn's professional network of 1B+ users, posing a structural threat to standalone event directories by capturing professional event search within an existing workflow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/industryevents
• Facebookfacebook.com/industryeventsworldwide
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/industryevents

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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