Tap Series

What Tap Series does

Tap Series (TAP Series®), founded in 1999 and headquartered in Westlake Village, California, is a cloud-based online training and certification platform serving food service, hospitality, food manufacturing, and corporate employer customers. The company delivers regulatory and compliance training through four core products — Food Safety Manager certification, Sexual Harassment prevention, HACCP training, and Active Shooter training — built on the proprietary TAP-TRAC learning management system, which tracks student progress, issues certificates, and manages test center scheduling. Over one million individuals have been trained globally and more than 200,000 have passed the Food Safety Manager certification exam using the platform, with major enterprise customers including McDonald's, Subway, Marriott, Starbucks, Domino's, Pizza Hut, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and Aramark.

The underlying technology is a cloud-hosted LMS with course content optimized by subject matter experts and delivered through interactive, real-life scenario-based modules designed to improve knowledge retention. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time course purchases and certification exam fees sold via a self-serve e-commerce storefront, supplemented by enterprise distribution through physical test centers for proctored assessments. Go-to-market is a hybrid of self-serve product-led growth for individual and SMB buyers and a field sales motion for large enterprise accounts. The company maintains a 11-50 person headcount, operates as a private entity with no disclosed institutional funding, and has secured partnerships with the International HACCP Alliance, American Culinary Federation, American Society of Culinary Engineers, the Ohio Department of Health, and Jackson County, Missouri to validate curriculum and enable state-mandated certifications.

Name

Tap Series

Legal name

TAP Series

Website

https://tapseries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tap Series is a cloud-based compliance training and certification platform founded in 1999, serving food service, hospitality, and corporate employers with online courses in Food Safety, Sexual Harassment prevention, HACCP, and Active Shooter training delivered via its TAP-TRAC LMS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Compliance Training

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFALADAK

Training & Competency Programs (HACCP, PCQI, GMP)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Safety, Testing & Certification/Regulatory Compliance Testing & Consulting (FDA/USDA/EFSA, HACCP)

SECONDARYAFALAAAC

Food Safety Certification Bodies (ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, BRCGS, SQF)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Safety, Testing & Certification/Food Testing Laboratories (Microbiological, Chemical, Allergen)

SECONDARYAFALADAC

Regulatory Consulting & Compliance Program Management (FDA/USDA/EFSA)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Safety, Testing & Certification/Regulatory Compliance Testing & Consulting (FDA/USDA/EFSA, HACCP)

Keywords

• Online compliance training
• Food safety certification
• Workplace harassment training
• Learning management system
• HACCP training

Headquarters

HQ city

Westlake Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Online Course Sales: One-time purchase model for individual training courses including Food Safety Manager, Sexual Harassment, HACCP Training, and Active Shooter courses. Customers purchase courses through the online shop and complete them at their own pace.
2. Certification Programs: Certification exam fees for Food Safety Managers and other professional certifications, with over 200,000 students having passed the certification exam.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TAP Series provides 100% online compliance and certification training courses — including Food Safety Manager, Sexual Harassment, HACCP, and Active Shooter training — delivered through its proprietary TAP-TRAC cloud-based Learning Management System. The platform enables students and enterprise workforces to complete regulatory and workplace compliance training without travel, tracks progress, issues printable certificates, supports test center examinations, and offers a public certificate verification portal. Over one million individuals have been trained globally and more than 200,000 students have passed the Food Safety Managers Certification Exam.

Product overview

TAP Series is a unified online training and cloud solutions platform offering multiple distinct course products including Food Safety Manager (100% online certification), Sexual Harassment Training, HACCP Training, and Active Shooter Training. The core products are delivered through the TAP-TRAC LMS platform, which enables student progress tracking, certificate printing, and test center management. Courses utilize interactive, real-life scenarios and are optimized by subject matter experts for engagement and knowledge retention. Over one million individuals have been trained globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TAP-TRAC LMS: Learning Management System referenced on the website

Products and services

• Food Safety Manager 100% online food safety manager certification course designed to prepare students to pass the Food Safety Managers Certification Exam. Targeted at food service, hospitality, and food industry employees and managers who need regulatory food safety certification, including Ohio Level 2 certification (ODH approved).
• Sexual Harassment Training 100% online workplace sexual harassment prevention and compliance training course. Designed for corporate employers that must meet sexual harassment prevention training requirements and create a safer workplace, with a free course demo available online.
• HACCP Training 100% online Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Manager training for food safety management and compliance. Built for food manufacturing and processing organizations and food safety professionals who need HACCP-aligned certification, with curriculum validated through the International HACCP Alliance partnership.
• Active Shooter Training
• TAP-TRAC LMS Proprietary cloud-based Learning Management System platform that powers TAP Series' course delivery, tracking student progress, managing training programs, enabling certificate printing, and supporting test center management for enterprise customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million trained individuals worldwide
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• International HACCP AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial partnership and recognition by the International HACCP Alliance, validating TAP Series' HACCP training curriculum and ensuring alignment with industry food safety standards.
• American Society of Culinary Engineers (ASCE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional culinary engineering association partnership, validating TAP Series' food safety training for culinary professionals.
• American Culinary Federation (ACF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the American Culinary Federation, the premier professional culinary organization, to provide accredited food safety training for culinary professionals.
• Ohio Department of Health (ODH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOhio Department of Health approved provider for Ohio Level 2 Food Safety Course, enabling TAP Series to provide state-mandated food safety certification in Ohio.
• Jackson County, MOregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional government partnership with Jackson County, Missouri for approved food safety training programs serving local food service establishments.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ServSafe (NSF): ServSafe, operated by NSF, is the dominant U.S. provider of Food Protection Manager certification and food handler training. It directly competes with Tap Series' core Food Safety Manager product in the same restaurant and hospitality customer base.
• 360training: 360training is an online compliance training marketplace covering food safety, OSHA, sexual harassment, and HACCP — a near-direct overlap with Tap Series' catalog, sold via a similar self-serve e-commerce model to enterprise and individual learners.
• StateFoodSafety: StateFoodSafety delivers state-specific online food handler and food manager certification courses. It targets the same SMB and multi-unit restaurant customers as Tap Series with a comparable course-by-course purchase model.
• eFoodHandlers: eFoodHandlers offers online food handler certification cards accepted across many U.S. jurisdictions. It overlaps with Tap Series on food safety training but skews more toward lower-cost food handler cards rather than Food Safety Manager certification.
• National Registry of Food Safety Professionals: NRFSP is an ANSI-accredited provider of Certified Food Safety Manager examinations and training, directly competing with Tap Series' Food Safety Manager certification pathway for the same enterprise and regulatory customers.
• Learn2Serve (by 360training): Learn2Serve is 360training's food-and-alcohol safety training brand, offering Food Handler, Food Manager, and alcohol server certification online. It competes head-to-head with Tap Series in the same foodservice certification buyer.

Broad incumbents

• Trainual: Trainual is an employee onboarding and training platform used by franchise and multi-unit operators. It overlaps with Tap Series' compliance training use cases (including sexual harassment and food safety modules) but is positioned as a broader HR/training system rather than a compliance certification specialist.
• TalentLMS: TalentLMS is a cloud LMS that hosts compliance course catalogs including food safety and harassment training. It competes with Tap Series at the LMS layer (vs. TAP-TRAC) rather than at the certification content layer.
• Skillsoft: Skillsoft is a large enterprise learning platform with compliance, food safety, and HR-mandated training content. It overlaps with Tap Series' compliance training categories but targets large enterprises with broad L&D budgets rather than food-service specialists.
• ClickSafety: ClickSafety (an Ascensus company) provides online OSHA, workplace safety, and environmental compliance training. It overlaps with Tap Series' Active Shooter and HACCP offerings as a broader compliance e-learning provider for enterprise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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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