Name

Benjamin Media

Legal name

Benjamin Media Inc.

Website

https://benjaminmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brecksville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions: Revenue from print and digital magazine subscriptions across seven brand publications serving vertical B2B markets.
2. Event Management Services: Turnkey conference management services including marketing, advertising sales, logistics, exhibit management, and attendee recruitment for industry events.
3. Website Display Advertising: Digital advertising inventory across brand websites including standard banners, leaderboards, skyscrapers, interstitials, and background skins.
4. Newsletter Advertising: Banner ads and advertorial placements in branded email newsletters including weekly newsletters, buyer's guides, and custom newsletter campaigns.
5. Content Marketing and Sponsorships: Monthly theme sponsorships, innovation spotlights, thought leadership columns, sponsored content, and lead generation programs.
6. Third-Party Email Campaigns: HTML email blast services for third-party advertisers to reach Benjamin Media's industry audience.
7. Custom Publishing: Publishing services for industry associations including NASTT's Trenchless Today, NUCA's Utility Contractor, and NASTT Canadian chapters.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Benjamin Media is a B2B media company that publishes a portfolio of vertically focused trade magazines serving construction, infrastructure, water/wastewater, tunneling, solar, and oil & gas markets. The company also operates industry conferences, short courses, and trade exhibitions, and provides custom publishing services for industry associations such as NASTT and NUCA. Revenue is generated through advertising sales, subscriptions, event sponsorships, exhibitor fees, and custom publishing partnerships.

Product overview

Benjamin Media Inc. (BMI) is a multi-faceted business-to-business media company operating a portfolio of industry-specific magazine publications and conferences. The company's publishing arm includes six core magazines covering construction equipment (Compact Equipment), solar installation (Solar Builder), tunneling (TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine), underground construction (Trenchless Technology), utility contracting (Utility Contractor), and water infrastructure finance (Water Finance & Management). The events division manages multiple professional conferences including the Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course, Microtunneling Short Course, Horizontal Directional Drilling Academy, Water Finance Conference, and HDD Rodeo competition. BMI also provides custom publishing services for industry associations such as NASTT and NUCA, and manages digital marketing specifications including advertising packages, newsletters, and content sponsorship programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Compact Equipment: Magazine focusing on small and versatile construction equipment for construction and landscape professionals.
• Solar Builder
• TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine
• Trenchless Technology
• Utility Contractor
• Water Finance & Management
• North American Oil & Gas Pipelines
• Pipe Cleaning Pro
• NASTT's Trenchless Today
• Trenchless Technology Canada

Products and services

• Compact Equipment Magazine focused on small and versatile construction equipment including skid steers and mini excavators, targeting construction and landscape professionals.
• Solar Builder Quarterly magazine for contractors, installers and developers building solar PV projects across North America.
• TBM: Tunnel Business Magazine Leading tunnel industry publication covering the North American market for over 20 years.
• Trenchless Technology Worldwide leader and premier communications vehicle for the trenchless technology industry, dedicated to the underground construction market for over 30 years.
• Utility Contractor Official magazine of the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), covering water, sewer, gas, electric, telecommunications, and site work industry segments.
• Water Finance & Management Publication providing executive-level water and wastewater utility managers, consultants and elected officials with information on finance and management of water infrastructure.
• Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course Intensive program providing real-world solutions to tunnel construction challenges, offering insights on methods to minimize risk for contractors, insurers, consultants, and owners involved in underground construction.
• Horizontal Directional Drilling Academy Classroom instruction covering pre-construction, design and material selection, and construction and operations for directional drilling professionals.
• Microtunneling Short Course Three-day intensive course covering emerging microtunneling technologies and the latest technical information to ensure successful projects.
• Water Finance Conference Two-day conference focused exclusively on water finance led by notable experts in the water industry.
• HDD Rodeo High-energy competition bringing together directional drilling operators and industry leaders for precision challenges showcasing drilling technology.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NASTT Canadian ChapterscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2019Retained in 2019 to launch and manage the first No-Dig North Show for NASTT's Canadian chapters, expanding conference management portfolio internationally.
• National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2005Began custom publishing Utility Contractor magazine in 2005 as the official publication of NUCA, representing contractors in water, sewer, gas, electric, telecommunications, and site work sectors.
• North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2002Retained in 2002 to manage NASTT's No-Dig Show, one of the premier trenchless technology events. Relationship expanded in 2011 to include custom publishing of NASTT's Trenchless Today magazine.
• Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Partnered with CATT to host the first Trenchless Technology Road Show in Ontario, Canada in 1998, expanding international presence.
• Microtunneling, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Co-founded the Microtunneling Short Course in 1994 with Ozdemir & Associates. The three organizations continued their partnership to launch the Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course (2008) and Risk Management in Underground Construction Course (2016).
• Ozdemir & AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Co-founded the Microtunneling Short Course in 1994 with Microtunneling, Inc. Long-standing partnership for industry education programs including tunneling short courses.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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