LIVING MEDIA

What LIVING MEDIA does

LIVING MEDIA is a German corporate events agency founded in 1986 and headquartered in Köln, with an additional Swiss operation branded as Living Media CH based in Zürich. The firm delivers end-to-end event production services for corporate clients, operating across seven defined service categories: product presentations, galas and anniversaries, trade shows and experience worlds, incentives, conferences and congresses, specials, and motivation events. It claims an accumulated track record of approximately 3,000 completed projects over its roughly four-decade history, indicating a long-running operations base within the DACH-region event production market.

The company is a small, owner-managed-style services business with headcount reported in the 1–10 employee range, supplemented by what appears to be an affiliated partner network that includes entities such as Living Dolls and Bogenlust. There is no evidence of proprietary technology, software platforms, or digital products underpinning the offering — the value proposition rests on creative conception, staging, and project execution for live corporate events rather than on any technology layer.

The business model is professional-services based: revenue is generated through fees for event conception, planning, and execution, with each project treated as a discrete engagement rather than a recurring subscription. Go-to-market is via direct client relationships in the corporate segment, supported by the firm's longevity and portfolio depth. No pricing model, customer logos, contract structures, or financial disclosures were available in the input to further characterize revenue mechanics, and no certifications, awards, patents, or named reference customers were referenced.

Name

LIVING MEDIA

Legal name

Living Media Communication

Website

https://livingmedia.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LIVING MEDIA is a German corporate events agency founded in 1986 in Köln, with Swiss operations in Zürich, serving corporate clients across the DACH region with event production across product launches, galas, trade shows, incentives, and conferences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Event Management Services

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Meetings & Conferences (Internal/External Business Events) (MPAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Celebrations & Milestone Events (Anniversaries, Holiday Parties) (MPAGAHAC), Incentive Travel Programs & Retreat Events (Offsites) (MPAGAHAH)

Keywords

• Corporate event management
• Event marketing agency
• Trade show services
• Conference organization
• Incentive programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Köln

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Corporate Event Services: Living Media generates revenue through providing corporate event planning and execution services to business clients. As an events agency, they likely earn fees for event management, design, and execution services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Living Media is a corporate event management agency that plans and executes live event experiences for business clients. Its portfolio spans product presentations, galas and anniversary celebrations, trade shows and experience worlds, incentive programs, and conferences/congresses. The firm operates from Köln (Germany) and Zürich (Switzerland) and reports having completed approximately 3,000 projects across these event categories.

Product overview

Living Media is a corporate event management company offering a unified suite of event services rather than a software platform. The core offering encompasses event planning and execution across multiple service modules including product presentations, galas and anniversaries, trade shows and experience worlds, incentives, conferences and congresses, specials, and motivation events. Living Media Communication serves as the primary brand operating from Köln and Zürich with demonstrated expertise through approximately 3,000 completed projects. The portfolio functions as an integrated service offering where clients can engage individual event types or comprehensive event programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Event Services End-to-end corporate event planning and execution services for business clients, covering product presentations, galas, trade shows/experience worlds, incentives, conferences/congresses, and special/motivation events. Delivered as a unified service offering from offices in Köln and Zürich.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Living Media CHcoreOthersSwiss entity of Living Media operating in Zürich. The company lists Living Media CH as a partner link, indicating a close working relationship or subsidiary structure across German-speaking markets.
• Living DollsminorOthersRelated entity or partner listed in the Partnerlinks section of Living Media's website. Located at livingdolls.de.
• BogenlustminorOthersPartner mentioned in the Partnerlinks section with tagline 'Bogenlust - ein Köcher voller Möglichkeiten' (Bogenlust - a quiver full of possibilities).

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Messe Frankfurt: Germany-headquartered global trade fair organizer headquartered in Frankfurt; a regional DACH peer with overlapping trade show capabilities relevant to Living Media's Messe/Erlebniswelten offering.
• Koelnmesse: Cologne-based trade fair and exhibition operator sharing Living Media's home city and overlapping with its trade show / experience world service line, though its scope is venue and trade-fair management rather than corporate events.

Broad incumbents

• Live Nation Entertainment: Global live events and experiential entertainment company; a relevant broad incumbent for any corporate-event agency given its scale, vendor relationships, and ability to anchor large event productions.
• Cvent: Major meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with an in-house event services arm; comparable to Living Media as a full-stack events supplier for enterprise customers, though led by a software/SaaS model.
• MCI Group: Global association, event, and conference management agency headquartered in Geneva with strong DACH presence; directly comparable to Living Media in conferences, congresses, and corporate events, but operating at significantly larger scale.
• GL events: French-headquartered global live events and exhibitions operator covering trade shows, congresses, and corporate events; comparable to Living Media across Messe/Erlebniswelten and conferences service modules.
• BCD Meetings & Events: Worldwide corporate meetings and events agency serving enterprise clients with meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions; competes with Living Media for the same corporate event budgets in the DACH region.
• Maritz Global Events: Long-established US-headquartered incentive travel, meetings, and corporate events company; relevant peer for Living Media's incentive programs and conferences service modules.

Emerging players

• Onomi / Bizzabo: Event experience platforms enabling hybrid and virtual corporate events; an emerging adjacent player that competes for portions of the corporate event budget Living Media traditionally manages.

Direct peers

• Caterham Events (Caterman Eventproduction): Germany-based corporate event and live communication agency offering product launches, galas, and incentive events — a directly comparable boutique competitor to Living Media in the German corporate events market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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