Tri Sports

What Tri Sports does

Tri Sports (TRI SPORTS, LLC) is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based organizer of adult recreational sports leagues and social events, founded in August 2001 by Danny Lefebvre. The company operates primarily in the Triangle market (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill), running leagues across 16+ sports including volleyball, kickball, soccer, softball, flag football, cornhole, dodgeball, basketball, bocce, and bowling. Its served base consists of approximately 30,000 active participants with roughly 5,000 unique individuals participating weekly, drawn predominantly from a young-professional demographic (ages 21-45, median 30, 50/50 male-female, 85% single, 93% college graduates).

The company's product surface comprises three core lines: consumer sports leagues (registration-fee model, self-serve sign-up via the LeagueLab platform), corporate events (custom team-building, field days, picnics, archery tag, tournaments, and wellness challenges with budgets from $500 to $75,000), and ticketed social events such as the St. Pat's Pub Crawl. Supporting infrastructure includes a custom iOS/Android mobile application for standings, chat, scheduling, and RSVPs, and The MAC, a wholly-owned sports complex near RDU airport that enables hosted events with fewer venue restrictions than public parks. Distribution is primarily direct-to-consumer via the website and mobile app for individuals, and direct sales for corporate engagements.

The business model is transaction-fee driven at the consumer level and professional-services style at the corporate level. Go-to-market is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth among young professionals, post-game socials at sponsor bars, organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube), and email newsletters. The company is privately held, founder-controlled, has no disclosed institutional funding, and has operated continuously for 23+ years, accumulating multiple SSIA industry awards including three consecutive Champions Awards for customer satisfaction (2015-2017).

Name

Tri Sports

Legal name

TRI SPORTS, LLC

Website

https://trisportsnc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tri Sports organizes adult recreational sports leagues across 16+ sports and social events in North Carolina's Triangle area, serving approximately 5,000 unique participants weekly, complemented by corporate team-building events and an owned sports complex near RDU.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sports League Registration Fees: Fees charged to individuals and teams for participation in adult recreational sports leagues across 15+ sports including volleyball, kickball, soccer, softball, flag football, cornhole, dodgeball, basketball, and bar sports.
2. Corporate Events & Team Building: Custom-tailored corporate events including field days, picnics, archery tag, tournaments, brain games, wellness challenges, and fundraisers. Event planner has experience with $500-$75,000 budgets.
3. Social Events & Pub Crawls: Ticketed social events including St. Pat's Pub Crawl and other social gatherings open to the general public.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tri Sports organizes and operates adult recreational sports leagues across 16+ sports (volleyball, kickball, soccer, softball, flag football, cornhole, dodgeball, basketball, bocce, bowling, bar sports) played six days a week in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle area, with no membership required and post-game socials at sponsor bars. The company also delivers custom corporate team-building events and ticketed social events (pub crawls, trips), supported by a custom mobile app and a third-party registration platform.

Product overview

Tri Sports operates a unified sports and social platform combining adult recreational sports leagues with corporate events and social activities. The core offering consists of Sports Leagues (16+ sports including volleyball, kickball, soccer, softball, flag football, cornhole, dodgeball, basketball, bocce, bowling, and bar sports) played 6 days a week in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, complemented by Corporate Events services (field days, picnics, archery tag, tournaments, team building) delivered at their sports complex near RDU, and a Mobile App providing standings tracking, team chat, scheduling, and RSVP functionality. The company also organizes Social Events including pub crawls and trips, all managed through the LeagueLab registration platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MEETandCOMPETE.com: Parent brand under which TRI SPORTS, MAC Sports & Entertainment, Hi-5 Sports, and MAC Events operate collectively.

Products and services

• Adult Recreational Sports Leagues Adult recreational sports leagues offering 16+ sports (volleyball, kickball, soccer, softball, flag football, cornhole, dodgeball, basketball, bocce, bowling, bar sports, and others) played six days a week in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle area. Open to the general public with no membership required; individuals can sign up as free agents or form full teams, with multiple skill divisions for recreational and competitive players. Post-game food and drink specials hosted at sponsor bars.
• Corporate Events & Team Building Turnkey corporate team-building and event services including field days, company picnics, archery tag, tournaments, brain games, health and wellness challenges, kids events, and fundraisers. Hosted at Tri Sports' owned sports complex (The MAC) near RDU airport, allowing fewer restrictions than public parks. Event planner has 10+ years of experience with budgets ranging from $500 (small activities) to $75,000 (large-scale corporate events).
• Social Events (Pub Crawls, Parties & Trips) Professionally organized ticketed social events for adult professionals, including pub crawls (e.g., St. Pat's Pub Crawl, Boogeyman Bar Crawl), parties, day trips, and weekend getaways. Open to the general public and designed to facilitate social connection through recreational activities.
• TRI SPORTS Mobile App (iOS and Android) Custom TRI SPORTS mobile app available on the App Store (id6758159367) and Google Play providing standings and rosters tracking, built-in team chat with polls/photos/videos/GIFs, league discovery with personalized recommendations, instant weather and game alerts, schedule management with calendar sync, and game RSVP functionality for league participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000+ members served since founding in 2001
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• The MAC (Meet and Compete Sports Complex)coreOthersTRI SPORTS operates their own sports complex near RDU airport called The MAC. This facility enables them to host corporate events, picnics, and field days with fewer restrictions than public parks. The facility includes space for inflatable attractions and various sports activities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• TeamSnap: Team management and communication platform widely used by recreational sports leagues. Comparable as the technology/operations backbone that competes with LeagueLab for TRI SPORTS' registration, scheduling, and team communication workflows.
• Eventbrite: Ticketing platform used by TRI SPORTS for social events like the St. Pat's Pub Crawl. Comparable as an enabling/distribution platform rather than a direct competitor, but illustrates the broader ticketed-events ecosystem in which TRI SPORTS monetizes its community.
• LeagueApps: Software platform powering recreational league registration, scheduling, and operations for thousands of sports organizations. Comparable as the underlying technology layer that TRI SPORTS uses (via LeagueLab, a related platform) — an enabler/competitor depending on go-to-market direction.

Direct peers

• Volo Sports: Adult recreational sports league operator running kickball, volleyball, soccer, and other leagues in multiple cities with a strong social/community angle. Closely comparable to TRI SPORTS in target customer (21–45 young professionals), sport mix, and bar-sponsor post-game programming.
• Zogsports: National adult recreational sports league operator (volleyball, kickball, dodgeball, etc.) with a similar post-game social bar model. Directly comparable to TRI SPORTS in product offering, target demographic (young professionals), and revenue model, but operating across multiple U.S. markets rather than a single metro.
• City Sports Group: Multi-city adult social sports league operator offering similar sport mix (kickball, volleyball, softball) with bar-sponsored post-game socials. Directly comparable in product, customer segment, and operational structure to TRI SPORTS.
• NZone Sports: National adult recreational flag football and multi-sport league operator with a similar community-led, bar-sponsored model. Comparable in offering (multi-sport leagues, social gatherings) and customer demographic, though with stronger franchise/affiliate geographic expansion than TRI SPORTS.
• Stranger Sports: Adult recreational sports league operator targeting young professionals with similar sport offerings and a community/social angle. Comparable to TRI SPORTS on customer persona, sport portfolio, and league-based recurring participation model.
• Underdog Sports: Adult social sports league operator in multiple U.S. markets offering kickball, volleyball, bowling, and similar sports with a bar-pub crawl social component. Directly comparable business model and target demographic to TRI SPORTS.

Regional players

• Dynamic Sport & Social Club: Silicon Valley-based adult social sports club founded by TRI SPORTS' own Weekday Sports Director Brandon Hummel before it was sold to a larger competitor. Highly relevant precedent demonstrating both the geographic-comparable model and the M&A exit pathway for a single-market social sports operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/meetandcompete
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/meetandcompete
• Facebookfacebook.com/TRISPORTSNC
• Instagraminstagram.com/meetandcompete
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trisportsnc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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