Hatch Show Print

What Hatch Show Print does

Hatch Show Print is a historic letterpress print shop founded in 1879 in Nashville, Tennessee, and currently owned and operated by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (legally Country Music Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit). The shop produces custom letterpress posters and runs a retail merchandise business, a tourism and education program, and a gallery exhibition space. Customers span touring musicians, music venues, brands, sports teams, and individual consumers of art prints and Americana memorabilia.

The shop's underlying technology is a traditional letterpress operation built around vintage wood and metal type, hand-carved wood and linoleum image blocks (some dating to the founders), and historic printing presses. Production runs through a distinctive designer-printer workflow in which a single designer-printer executes the entire job from concept through printing to packing and shipping. The shop maintains an ever-expanding physical archive of carved imagery and type that has accumulated over 145 years, with no automation or digital pre-press pipeline disclosed. Seven full-time designer-printers execute 500 to 700 custom jobs annually, with lead times of ten weeks or longer.

Hatch Show Print generates revenue across four streams: (1) custom poster design and printing priced by number of colors for entertainers, venues, and businesses; (2) e-commerce retail sales of posters, prints, stationery, home goods, apparel, accessories, books, and gifts through a Shopify storefront with free shipping over $100; (3) ticketed experiences including guided shop tours, Block Party workshops, and Family Block Parties at $75 per person, sold through the Country Music Hall of Fame ticketing system; and (4) wholesale distribution through the Faire marketplace under a "Become a Retailer" program. Custom orders are accepted only via fax, mail, or in-person drop-off. The business operates as a nonprofit-owned working museum, with no external venture funding disclosed.

Name

Hatch Show Print

Legal name

Country Music Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://hatchshowprint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1879

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hatch Show Print is a historic Nashville letterpress print shop founded in 1879 and owned by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It produces custom posters for touring musicians and brands, sells retail merchandise, and offers ticketed tours and workshops to 100,000+ annual visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750)

akta.pro primary industry

Large-Format & Specialty Printing (Signage, Posters, Displays) (MPAJALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Art & Drafting Supplies Retail (CRALABAG)

Keywords

• Letterpress printing
• Custom poster design
• Print shop services
• Letterpress workshops
• Music show posters

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Poster Design and Printing: The shop designs and prints 500-700 custom letterpress posters per year for entertainers on tour, venues, and businesses. Pricing is based on the number of colors used in the poster. Turnaround time is typically ten weeks or longer.
2. E-commerce Retail Sales: Online storefront selling posters, prints, greeting cards, home goods, apparel, accessories, books, and gifts. Products include large art prints, framed posters, playing cards, mugs, socks, aprons, calendars, and limited-edition items.
3. Experiences and Tours: Hands-on Block Party workshops ($75 per person), Family Block Parties ($75), and guided shop tours (approximately one hour, available daily 10am-4pm). Tickets sold through the Country Music Hall of Fame ticketing system.
4. Wholesale/Retail Partnership: Become a Retailer program through Faire wholesale marketplace, allowing other retailers to carry Hatch Show Print merchandise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hatch Show Print operates a working letterpress print shop that designs and prints custom posters for entertainers, venues, and businesses using vintage wood and metal type and hand-carved imagery blocks. The shop produces 500-700 custom print jobs annually, each managed end-to-end by a single designer-printer. It also offers guided tours, hands-on Block Party workshops, family-friendly printing experiences, gallery exhibitions, and a retail merchandise line sold through its own e-commerce store and physical showroom.

Product overview

Hatch Show Print is a working letterpress print shop founded in 1879, now owned by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The company offers a portfolio of products and services centered on traditional letterpress printing using vintage wood type and hand-carved imagery. The core product is Custom Prints & Design, producing 500-700 custom letterpress poster jobs annually for entertainers, venues, and businesses. Supporting services include guided tours and hands-on Block Party workshops at the Nashville shop. The company operates the Haley Gallery for exhibits of historic restrikes and contemporary monoprints. A retail merchandise line includes posters & prints, greeting cards & stationery, home goods, apparel & accessories, books, and specialty gifts. Educational offerings include paid internship programs and the Field Forward stipend for underrepresented students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Prints & Design Custom-designed letterpress posters for entertainers, venues, and businesses using the shop's vintage wood and metal type alongside hand-carved imagery. Each job is managed end-to-end by a single designer-printer. Pricing is based on the number of colors used in the poster, with photoplate fees additional for logos and photographs. Typical turnaround is ten weeks or longer.
• Guided Tours Hour-long sensory and educational tours of the letterpress print shop, including hands-on printing experiences in the Universal Music Group Space for Design. Available daily 10am-4pm. Tickets sold through the Country Music Hall of Fame ticketing system.
• Block Party Workshops Hands-on letterpress printing workshops where participants hand-ink and print using hand-carved blocks on paper and fabric. Adult workshops cost $75 per person.
• Family Block Party Family-friendly version of the Block Party workshop open to participants aged 13 and older accompanied by an adult, at $75 per person.
• Haley Gallery Exhibits Gallery space featuring historic restrikes of iconic posters from the Hatch collection, as well as contemporary monoprints by Master Printer Jim Sherraden and visiting artists. Participates in Nashville's First Saturday Art Crawl events.
• Posters & Prints Letterpress-printed posters and art prints featuring music entertainment themes, including large art prints and framed posters. Available through the e-commerce store and physical showroom.
• Stationery & Greeting Cards Holiday cards, greeting cards, and stationery products featuring letterpress printing. Available through the e-commerce store and physical showroom.
• Home Goods Home decor items including pillows, mugs, tumblers, oven mitts, potholders, tea towels, and calendars featuring Hatch Show Print designs. Available through the e-commerce store and physical showroom.
• Apparel & Accessories Branded apparel including Hatch Western Socks, Hey Good Lookin' Socks, Instrument Socks, aprons, and accessories. Available through the e-commerce store and physical showroom.
• Books Books about letterpress printing and the Hatch Show Print history, including 'Hatch Show Print: Letterpress Print and Design Since 1879' and 'A 21st-Century Guide to the Letterpress Business.' Available through the e-commerce store and physical showroom.
• Gifts & Accessories Gift items including playing cards, cornhole sets, wine napkins, tote bags, enamel pins, keychains, buttons, patches, stickers, and e-gift cards. Available through the e-commerce store and physical showroom.
• Internship Program Paid internship sessions (6 or 8 weeks in length) teaching traditional letterpress printing, with up to 4 interns per session across four annual sessions. Also offers a 2-week unpaid professional development program for working professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500-700 custom print jobs designed and printed annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Country Music Hall of Fame and MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1992Hatch Show Print became a historic property of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 1992. The museum provided a new purpose-built home for the shop as part of their 2013 expansion. The shop operates as a working museum providing educational experiences with a focus on preservation through production. The Country Music Foundation, Inc. (d/b/a Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum) owns and operates the shop.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aesthetic Apparatus: Minneapolis-based letterpress and poster art studio producing custom posters, prints, and gig artwork for musicians and brands. Closely comparable artisan letterpress business model serving similar music/entertainment customers.
• Hammerpress: Kansas City letterpress printing studio producing posters, stationery, and limited-edition prints using vintage equipment and handcraft methods. Directly comparable boutique letterpress operation with similar craft-driven production model.
• Starshaped Press: Chicago letterpress studio specializing in custom invitations, fine art prints, and posters using traditional presses and metal type. Comparable boutique letterpress business with similar custom design and print service offering.
• Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Detroit-based letterpress artist producing posters and prints using vintage wood type and hand-carved imagery. Comparable handmade letterpress aesthetic with focus on socially-engaged poster design and craft authenticity.
• Boxcar Press: Syracuse-based letterpress print shop serving designers, artists, and businesses with custom letterpress printing. Comparable artisan letterpress service offering for design-forward clients.

Broad incumbents

• MOO: Premium online commercial printing platform offering custom business cards, stationery, and marketing materials. Broader incumbent serving overlapping premium print and small-business customer base with digital scale.
• VistaPrint: Mass-market commercial printing platform for small business marketing materials including business cards, flyers, and signage. Broad incumbent competing for the same business customers across the promotional print category.
• Shutterfly: Consumer-focused printing platform producing personalized cards, photo prints, and custom stationery. Broad incumbent serving an overlapping retail use case for personalized paper goods at consumer scale.

Emerging players

• Spoonflower: Custom digital fabric, wallpaper, and home goods printing platform with a marketplace model. Emerging player intersecting Hatch's custom/print-on-demand and home decor merchandise categories with digital production.

Others

• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Parent organization and strategic partner of Hatch Show Print, providing the museum campus, ticketing infrastructure, and 100,000+ annual visitor traffic that supports Hatch's retail and experience business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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