Mystic Scenic Studios

What Mystic Scenic Studios does

Mystic Custom Fabrication, operating publicly as Mystic Scenic Studios, is a full-service custom design and fabrication company founded in 1989 in Norwood, Massachusetts. The company began as a 7,500 square foot scene shop and has expanded to occupy more than 100,000 square feet of production space. It is staffed by an integrated team of project managers, cabinet makers, carpenters, metal fabricators, artists, and designers, and delivers five core product lines: broadcast sets, millwork, exhibits, industrial fabrication, and theatre sets. Notable deliverables include sets for ESPN programs, NBC News election coverage, the 2020 GMC Yukon Reveal event, the Heisman Award Ceremony 2022 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, CCTV 13 in Beijing, and Bloomberg Asharq News in Dubai, among others.

The company's underlying capability is physical fabrication rather than software, with materials expertise spanning wood, metal, scenic painting, and custom cabinetry. Production occurs at the Norwood facility and projects are shipped and installed globally. Mystic engages enterprise clients through direct project-based sales, with a portfolio website and active social media presence (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn) serving primarily as awareness channels rather than transactional ones. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is structured as quote-based project fees, placing the company in a one-time-engagement revenue model tied to each custom build. Customer segments are horizontally diversified across broadcast and media, hospitality and retail, exhibits and museums, theatre and performing arts, and industrial and corporate events, with the broadcast and corporate-event work historically appearing to represent the most visible share of activity.

Name

Mystic Scenic Studios

Legal name

Mystic Custom Fabrication

Website

https://mysticscenic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Norwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Fabrication Services: Project-based custom fabrication services for scenery, exhibits, commercial interiors, events, and art installations. Revenue is generated through one-time project fees for custom-designed and built products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mystic Custom Fabrication (formerly Mystic Scenic Studios) is a full-service custom design and fabrication company that designs and builds broadcast sets, theatrical scenery, commercial millwork/interiors, museum and corporate exhibits, industrial fabrications, and event installations. Operating from a 100,000+ square foot production facility in Norwood, Massachusetts, the company delivers turnkey projects from design through installation for enterprise clients.

Product overview

Mystic Custom Fabrication is a full-service custom design and fabrication company offering five interconnected core product lines: Broadcast Sets (television studio sets for news and sports networks), Millwork (custom cabinetry and commercial interiors for restaurants and retail), Exhibits (museum and corporate exhibit fabrication), Industrial Fabrication (trade shows and manufacturing components), and Theatre Sets (theatrical stage production sets). Founded in 1989 as a 7,500 square foot scene shop, the company now occupies over 100,000 square feet of production space in Norwood, Massachusetts, employing project managers, cabinet makers, carpenters, metal fabricators, artists, and designers. Their work spans events, restaurant interiors, television sets, theatrical productions, and exhibits worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Broadcast Set Fabrication Custom design and fabrication of broadcast studio sets for television networks and sports broadcasters, including sets for ESPN shows (First Take, Get Up, Fantasy Football Now, Around the Horn), CBSN Boston, Golf Channel, NBC News, and Telemundo Boston.
• Commercial Millwork
• Exhibit Fabrication Design and fabrication of museum exhibits (MOS Boston Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, MFA Boston, Draper Labs Hack the Moon Exhibit), corporate exhibits, and visitor center installations including the Walden Pond State Reservation visitor center.
• Industrial Fabrication Industrial and trade show fabrication services including custom machinery components, trade show displays (Toyota Detroit Auto Show, Intel trade shows, Quickrete trade show), and product reveal installations.
• Theatre Set Fabrication Custom theatrical set design and fabrication for dance performances and stage productions, including work for Boston Ballet and the Norwood Theatre, plus ticket booth fabrication.

Named customers30 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Czarnowski: Exhibit and experiential fabrication company building trade show and museum environments, directly comparable to Mystic's exhibits and event fabrication lines.
• Showman Fabricators: Full-service custom fabrication shop producing sets, exhibits, events, and broadcast environments, mirroring Mystic's multi-vertical fabrication model.
• Hudson Scenic Studio: New York scenic fabrication studio building sets for theatre, broadcast, and events; directly comparable in custom scenic/set fabrication and enterprise entertainment clients.

Broad incumbents

• Sparks: Experiential marketing agency with in-house fabrication for trade shows, brand activations, and events, overlapping Mystic's corporate event and exhibit work.
• TAIT: Global staging and scenic technology company for concerts, events, and broadcast; overlaps in scenic fabrication but at far larger, more automation-heavy scale.
• Production Resource Group (PRG): Large entertainment production and scenic technology provider offering staging, lighting, and set fabrication across live events and broadcast, overlapping Mystic's core work within a broader portfolio.

Regional players

• Boston Scenic Company: Boston-area scenic construction and fabrication firm serving theatre, events, and corporate clients in the same New England territory as Mystic.
• Design Communications Ltd (DCL): Boston-based custom fabrication and environmental branding company producing exhibits, interiors, and displays, competing regionally with Mystic.

Others

• Local Projects: Experience design firm creating museum and exhibit environments; adjacent partner/competitor in the exhibits space rather than a direct fabrication competitor.

Emerging players

• All Access Staging & Production: Designs and fabricates custom stages and scenic elements for touring, broadcast, and corporate events, intersecting Mystic's scenic/event fabrication niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mysticcustomfab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mysticcustomfabrication
• Instagraminstagram.com/mysticcustomfab
• Xx.com/mysticscenic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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