Name

Speakers Corner

Legal name

Speakers Corner (London) Ltd

Website

https://speakerscorner.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speaker Bureau Services

akta.pro primary industry

Public Lectures & Speaker Series (MPAGACAI)

Keywords

• Speaker bureau services
• Keynote speaker booking
• Corporate event speakers
• Event speaker agency
• Conference speaker matching

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Speaker Booking Commission: The primary revenue stream comes from commissions on booked speakers. Speaker fees vary widely depending on experience, profile, and availability. The bureau acts as intermediary between clients and speakers, earning a margin on each booking.
2. Event Management Services: Post-booking event management including contract coordination, logistics, travel arrangements, and speaker briefings are handled by dedicated event managers, which may be bundled into the overall booking service.
3. Book Sales: As a registered bookseller, Speakers Corner coordinates book sales for events including bulk orders and book signings, potentially generating revenue through margin on book sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Speakers Corner is a UK-based speaker bureau that operates a curated platform connecting organisations with keynote speakers, comedians, facilitators, hosts, and after-dinner speakers for corporate events. The bureau provides consultative speaker recommendation, availability checking, fee negotiation, contract management, and post-booking event coordination including logistics and travel arrangements across a network of 12,000+ speakers spanning 50+ countries.

Product overview

Speakers Corner operates as a full-service speaker bureau platform offering curated access to over 12,000 speakers across 50+ countries. The core product is the speaker booking service, which provides speaker identification, recommendation, availability checking, fee negotiation, contract management and logistics coordination. Speakers are organised into speaker type categories (After Dinner, Comedy & Cabaret, Conference Facilitators, Keynote, Motivational, Workshop, Personal Appearances, Awards Hosts) and topic specialisations (including AI/Technology, Business, Leadership, Mental Health, Diversity, Sustainability, Sport, Adventure, and many others). Supplementary services include speaker briefing and customisation, virtual event delivery, bookseller services for speaker publications, and a video content library featuring 'In Conversation With' interview series. The platform serves organisations ranging from global conferences to leadership workshops, awards evenings to boardroom roundtables, offering both in-person and virtual event formats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Speaker Booking Service Full-service speaker bureau offering speaker identification, availability checking, fee negotiation, contract management and logistics coordination for corporate, public sector, and association events worldwide.
• Speaker Briefing Service Consultative process connecting event objectives with speaker content through briefing calls and customisation discussions, ensuring speakers deliver tailored messages aligned with the audience and event goals.
• Speaker Books Sales Registered bookseller service coordinating bulk book orders, sales, and signings for speaker events, complementing the speaker booking engagement.
• Virtual Events and Webinars Virtual event hosting capabilities including video platforms such as Zoom for remote speaker engagements, online showcases, and virtual masterclasses featuring multiple speakers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 events supported each year with consistent service quality
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Future VoicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFuture Voices is a partner company specializing in training and coaching for both experienced and aspiring professional speakers. Speakers Corner refers potential speakers interested in developing their speaking skills to Future Voices for professional development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JLA: One of the UK's largest speaker bureaus, providing a directly comparable speaker booking and event support service to UK and international corporate clients. Closest head-to-head competitor in the UK bureau market.
• Chartwell Speakers: Established UK speaker bureau offering keynote, motivational, and after-dinner speaker booking to corporate and association clients. Direct competitor with similar target customers and speaker categories.
• Sternberg Clarke: UK-based speakers bureau representing a roster of business and motivational speakers. Comparable in business model (commission-based booking) and target corporate client base.
• The Speakers Agency: UK-focused speaker agency providing keynote and motivational speakers to corporate events. Directly comparable offering with similar consultative sales approach.
• BigSpeak: US-based speakers bureau booking keynote, motivational, and business speakers for corporate events. Directly comparable business model and consultative booking process.

Broad incumbents

• Harry Walker Agency: Long-established US-based speakers bureau representing high-profile political, business, and celebrity speakers. Larger and more established incumbent operating in a broader premium tier.
• Greater Talent Network: US speakers bureau with a broad roster of business, motivational, and celebrity talent. Established incumbent in the North American corporate speaker market with overlapping customer base.
• Keppler Speakers: Established US speakers bureau representing business, motivational, and thought-leadership talent. Broader incumbent serving similar enterprise customer profile with deep roster.
• All American Speakers: Large US-based speaker bureau with extensive roster across business, sports, entertainment, and politics. Comparable breadth of categories and similar corporate client focus.

Emerging players

• The Motivational Speakers Agency: UK-focused speaker agency with a narrower specialisation in motivational and business speakers. Comparable consultative model but smaller scale and more limited category breadth than Speakers Corner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/speakers_corner
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCmHmb4nfs9Dy_VPR88zl6Rw
• Facebookfacebook.com/SpeakersCornerBureau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/speakers-corner
• Instagraminstagram.com/speakerscornerbureau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 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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