What Last Call Trivia does

Last Call Trivia is a privately held live entertainment company founded in 2007 in Northern Kentucky that operates weekly hosted trivia nights at bars and restaurants across 13 US states. Its product portfolio centers on three game formats—classic Trivia (six rounds plus bonus, halftime, and wagered final), Feud (a survey-style head-to-head), and Music Bingo (a music-themed bingo variant)—delivered through a network of hundreds of trained local hosts who run shows at partner venues. Player participation is supported by a mobile app that enables in-game answering, scoring, and engagement, while venue partners are onboarded through WOMP, a proprietary launch system that bundles SEO, local outreach, in-bar flyers, staff training, and social graphics to drive attendance. The company also books private events for corporate, education, and nonprofit clients in the same three formats.

The underlying technology combines a proprietary trivia hosting platform with a mobile app, a host application that replaces spreadsheet-driven show management, and the WOMP promotional engine. The company has accumulated a proprietary question database, holds a registered owl-eye logo trademark, and has filed a trademark application for the WOMP name. Integration surface is limited to social login via Google, Facebook, and Twitter; no public API, SDK, or documented AI/ML components are present in the source material.

The business model blends recurring and transactional revenue. Bars and restaurants pay weekly subscription-style fees that start with a $99 kickoff (covering a full WOMP launch plus two free trial nights) and increase in small weekly steps as attendance builds. Private events are quoted per engagement with optional add-ons (themed trivia, PowerPoint presentations) and a 5% credit card processing fee. Go-to-market is sales-led: a Client Success team proactively pitches venue owners, runs structured onboarding, and maintains named-account relationships, while host recruitment operates as a channel-partnership model drawing applicants from existing player and bar-staff communities. The company is bootstrapped and founder-controlled, with no disclosed institutional funding rounds.

Name

Last Call Trivia

Legal name

Last Call Trivia LLC

Website

https://lastcalltrivia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Last Call Trivia operates weekly live trivia nights at bars and restaurants across 13+ US states, offering Trivia, Feud, and Music Bingo formats through trained local hosts and a mobile app. It serves venue owners via subscriptions and books private corporate and community events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Kenton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Weekly Venue Subscription: Bars and restaurants pay weekly fees for ongoing trivia night service. Starting cost is $99 kickoff fee with first two nights free, then weekly rates increase in small steps as the trivia night builds attendance.
2. Private Events: One-time event bookings for corporate team building, school events, fundraisers, and community gatherings. Offered in Trivia, Feud, or Music Bingo formats with professional hosting.
3. Additional Services: Optional add-ons including themed trivia (additional fee), PowerPoint presentations for events (additional fee), and credit card processing (5% fee).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Last Call Trivia provides professionally hosted live trivia entertainment for bars and restaurants on a weekly recurring basis, with venues paying a $99 kickoff fee and ongoing weekly subscription rates. The company also books private trivia events for corporate, school, and community clients in three formats (Trivia, Feud, Music Bingo), and supports live play through a proprietary mobile app.

Product overview

Last Call Trivia operates as a live trivia entertainment company offering three core game products: Trivia (their flagship weekly live game show format), Feud (survey-style competitive game), and Music Bingo (music-themed bingo experience). The company provides these games through weekly bar partnerships nationwide, custom Private Events for corporate and community occasions, a mobile app for player participation, and supports venues with their proprietary WOMP™ promotional system. They also produce a weekly podcast. The portfolio is a unified entertainment platform serving both venue partners (B2B) and individual players (B2C), with services spanning live events, content, and technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weekly Trivia Night
• Feud
• Music Bingo
• Private Events
• Last Call Trivia Mobile App

Quantifiable outcome

• Teams returning at 85-90% rate after first season
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• High Grain Brewing CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient since approximately 2020 with two locations in Silverton and Springfield Township, OH. Marketing Director Austin Neal reported doubling typical Tuesday turnout on Night One. Featured as case study demonstrating cross-demographic appeal of trivia nights.
• Lost Grove BrewerycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpened October 2017 and engaged Last Call Trivia to create unique, engaging atmosphere. Partner venue with multiple locations in Boise, ID including LaPointe and Hyde Park locations. Featured as case study on building trivia night success.
• NikeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise client for corporate mixer event. Host provided engaging entertainment for entire corporate event.
• Cleveland ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare enterprise client for staff team building event. Praised organization and communication throughout planning and event execution.
• Portland State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation client for campus engagement event. Praised questions, host engagement, and overall event process.
• Church of the Saviour UMCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit client for community/fundraising event. Appreciated flexible booking process and adaptive event design.
• Columbia Sportswear & Sorel FootwearminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRetail enterprise client for team event. Team continues talking about trivia experience days later.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NTN Buzztime: Long-established interactive trivia and gaming platform historically deployed in bars and restaurants nationwide. Broader portfolio of games and operator tooling positions it as a larger incumbent in the same in-venue entertainment category.

Direct peers

• Geeks Who Drink: National bar trivia company operating weekly pub trivia nights in hundreds of venues across the US with a similar host-network, subscription-based business model. Directly comparable in target market (bars/restaurants), product format, and customer base.
• Sporcle: Long-running trivia platform offering online and live pub trivia products with a massive question database. Comparable in trivia content depth, audience engagement, and brand recognition in the trivia category.
• Trivia Mafia: US-based live trivia company hosting weekly bar trivia nights with professional hosts. Competes head-to-head in the same B2B venue partnership model and serves overlapping player demographics.
• PubStumpers: Pub trivia company hosting weekly trivia events at bars and restaurants, with a similar format and target venue profile. Directly competitive in the same B2B bar trivia space.
• Challenge Entertainment: Live event and trivia company running weekly trivia nights at bars and restaurants in multiple US markets with a comparable host-network and venue partnership model.

Emerging players

• Trivia Hub: Online trivia content platform and live event tool serving both players and venue operators with question libraries and hosting resources. Partial overlap in content and event tooling categories.
• SpeedQuizzing: Mobile-based live trivia platform enabling pub quiz hosting via smartphone apps. Comparable in mobile-first trivia delivery and real-time player interaction, though primarily UK-based with international expansion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lastcalltrivia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/LastCallTrivia
• Facebookfacebook.com/TriviaLovers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lastcalltrivia
• Instagraminstagram.com/lastcalltrivia
• Pinterestpinterest.com/lastcalltrivia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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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