The Trevor Romain

What The Trevor Romain does

The Trevor Romain Company is a privately held, founder-led children's media and educational publishing company established in 2007 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded by best-selling author, award-winning illustrator, and professional speaker Trevor Romain, the company produces and distributes a portfolio of content targeting children, educators, parents, caregivers, and military families on emotional wellness topics including bullying, divorce, homework stress, moving, cliques, fears, and physical health. Its core offerings are published books (over 50 titles), an award-winning animated series originally broadcast on PBS, a multi-platform podcast, and a library of free video e-books.

The company's signature asset is the 'With You All the Way!' school presentation tour, launched in 2010, which has reached over one million children across 16 countries through in-person and virtual engagements. It also operates the Comfort Crew for Military Kids program in partnership with a military-family nonprofit, and a 'Connecting With Kids' mini-course aimed at adult caregivers. Distribution is multi-channel: a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront for books, DVDs, and digital downloads; field sales for school and conference speaking engagements; major podcast platforms for audio content; and bulk purchase orders for institutional buyers.

Revenue is generated through four streams: one-time product sales, paid speaking engagements (quote-based pricing), podcast sponsorships, and tour-location sponsorships. The company offers a 15% newsletter-subscriber discount and free video content as a freemium acquisition layer. The business is entirely founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investment, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity on record. The operating model is highly dependent on the continued personal brand and physical availability of Trevor Romain, which is the central identifiable asset and key-person risk.

Name

The Trevor Romain

Legal name

The Trevor Romain Company

Website

https://trevorromain.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Trevor Romain Company is a founder-owned Austin-based children's media and educational publishing company producing books, a PBS animated series, a podcast, and the 'With You All the Way!' school tour serving schools, educators, parents, and military families with emotional wellness content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Educational Media and Publishing

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Educational Support Services (611710), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s & Youth Educational Entertainment (Edutainment) (EDAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Children’s News & Current Affairs Programming (MPABAKAK)

Keywords

• Children's educational publishing
• School presentation programs
• Children's media content
• Emotional wellness education
• Family educational resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Direct sales of books, DVDs, digital downloads, and merchandise through the company's online shop. Products include over 50 published books and video content.
2. Speaking Engagements: Trevor Romain charges for speaking opportunities at schools, conferences, and events, both in-person and virtually. The flagship tour program offers schools the opportunity to host Trevor for presentations.
3. Podcast Sponsorships: Opportunities for companies, brands, products or services to be featured on the Trevor Romain Podcast.
4. School Tour Sponsorships: Organizations can sponsor tour locations for the 'With You All the Way!' school presentation program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Trevor Romain Company is a children's media and educational publishing business that creates and sells books, an award-winning PBS animated series (DVD and digital download), a podcast, video e-books, and a 'Connecting With Kids' mini course, while also operating the paid With You All the Way! school presentation tour. Offerings target children's social-emotional topics including bullying, divorce, homework, moving, cliques, facing fears, and staying healthy, and are sold directly to consumers through an online shop and to schools and organizations as paid speaking engagements.

Product overview

The Trevor Romain Company is an award-winning children's media and educational publishing company founded in 2007 and based in Austin, TX. The company offers a portfolio of products including Trevor Romain's children's books (over 50 published), an award-winning animated PBS series available via DVD and digital download, the 'With You All the Way!' school presentation tour (impacting over 1 million children across 16 countries since 2010), a podcast series distributed across major platforms, video e-books, and a 'Connecting With Kids' mini course. The company also partners with The Comfort Crew for Military Kids on programs promoting peer-to-peer support and emotional wellness for children.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• With You All the Way! Tour Paid school presentation program in which Trevor Romain delivers in-person or virtual presentations to elementary and middle school audiences on social-emotional topics; schools book the program via the website contact form with quote-based pricing.
• Trevor Romain Books Children's books written and illustrated by Trevor Romain covering emotional wellness topics such as bullying, divorce, and coping with life challenges; the catalog includes over 50 published titles sold directly through the company's online shop.
• Trevor Romain Animated Series Award-winning animated series by Trevor Romain originally broadcast on PBS, distributed as Digital Download or DVD through the company's online shop.
• Trevor Romain Podcast Original podcast hosted by Trevor Romain, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, Luminary, Deezer, Stitcher, and TuneIn; monetized through podcast sponsorships.
• Connecting With Kids Mini Course Standalone educational mini course designed to teach adults techniques for effectively connecting with children, sold via a dedicated page on the Trevor Romain Company website.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million children impacted since 2010
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Comfort Crew for Military KidscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Trevor Romain Company has created a program with The Comfort Crew for Military Kids to help kids become happier, healthier, and more confident. The program promotes peer-to-peer support, addresses tough topics in children's own language (bullying, divorce, homework, moving, cliques, facing fears, and staying healthy), provides life-long strategies to help kids manage and express their feelings, provides a safe environment for kids to share, and offers follow-up materials and support to ensure continued success.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Free Spirit Publishing: Independent publisher specializing in social-emotional learning, bullying prevention, and life-skills books for children and teens — directly comparable to Trevor Romain's core catalog of SEL-focused children's books.
• Rachel's Challenge: School presentation and assembly program focused on kindness, bullying prevention, and social-emotional wellness — a direct functional peer to the 'With You All the Way!' school tour model.
• Sandy Hook Promise: Runs school-based violence prevention and SEL programs (e.g., 'Start With Hello', 'Say Something') with trained presenters — closely comparable to Trevor Romain's school-assembly-based emotional wellness delivery.
• National Center for Youth Issues (NCYI): Publishes school counseling and SEL resources and runs related school programs — comparable publisher-plus-program operator focused on children's emotional wellness.
• Captain Planet Foundation: Delivers in-school presentations and educational content on environmental and social topics — comparable as a school-assembly-based educational content provider with similar GTM motion.

Broad incumbents

• Scholastic: The largest children's book publisher with school-channel distribution — a broad incumbent competing for the same school budget dollars, but at vastly greater scale and catalog breadth.
• Highlights for Children: Long-established children's content brand spanning books, magazines, and educational products — a broad incumbent in children's media and educational publishing similar to The Trevor Romain Company's positioning.
• PBS Kids: Children's educational broadcasting and digital platform that originally aired Trevor Romain's animated series; represents a broad incumbent in children's educational media and content distribution.
• Sesame Workshop: Creator of Sesame Street and adjacent children's emotional learning content — a broad incumbent producing award-winning educational media for children across books, TV, and digital.

Emerging players

• Trudy Ludwig: Children's book author specializing in bullying, cliques, and social-emotional topics — a niche, author-led brand comparable to Trevor Romain's individual-author-driven publishing model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TrevorRomainco
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCF-DnMEKOPTImnduSNRPnIg
• Facebookfacebook.com/TrevorRomainCo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-trevor-romain-company
• Instagraminstagram.com/TrevorRomainCo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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