ProShow Systems

What ProShow Systems does

ProShow Systems is a privately held live event production services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1989. The company provides turnkey audio, lighting, video, and backline production solutions to concert tours, festivals, corporate events, private functions, and venue installation clients across the Mid-South region (Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi) with claimed national reach. Its core service offerings span six integrated categories: Live Audio (JBL/EAW/Clair Brothers speaker systems with Midas, Avid, and Yamaha consoles), Event & Stage Lighting (Martin, Elation, and Vari-Lite fixtures), Video (LED walls, projection, multi-camera capture), Backline Gear (instruments and amplification from Fender, Gibson, Marshall, Mesa Boogie, DW Drums, Shure, Yamaha, Zildjian, and Roland), Design & Installation (custom permanent AV system integration for theatres, clubs, schools, and houses of worship), and Corporate Event Production.

The company operates a comprehensive rental inventory of professional-grade equipment supplemented by experienced in-house engineering, lighting direction, and technical crew. Named anchor customers include the Live at the Garden concert series at Memphis Botanic Garden, the C Spire Concert Series at BankPlus Amphitheater in Southaven MS (in partnership with Green Machine Concerts), the Magic Springs Concert Series at Timberwood Amphitheatre in Hot Springs AR, and corporate events at FedExForum for the Memphis Grizzlies.

ProShow generates revenue through usage-based equipment rental and professional services on a custom quote-based pricing model tied to event scope, equipment requirements, and technical personnel needs. Distribution is direct via field sales from its single Memphis facility at 3412 Jackson Ave. The company is bootstrapped and privately held, with no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or ownership changes. Headcount is in the 11-50 range, and its go-to-market is anchored by reputation, event portfolio visibility, and earned media coverage of high-profile concert series partnerships.

Name

ProShow Systems

Legal name

ProShow Systems Memphis

Website

https://proshowsystems.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ProShow Systems is a Memphis-based live event production company providing turnkey audio, lighting, video, and backline services to concert tours, festivals, corporate events, and venue installations across the Mid-South US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Event Production Services

akta.pro primary industry

Backline & Musical Instrument Rental (MPAGAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Sound & Stage Equipment (PA Systems, Amplification, Monitoring) (MPAIAJAD)

Keywords

• Live event production
• Professional audio rental
• Stage lighting services
• Backline equipment rental
• Corporate event production

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Production Equipment Rental: Rental of professional audio, lighting, video, and backline equipment for live events, concerts, festivals, and corporate functions. Equipment is provided with technical support and operators as needed.
2. Design and Installation Services: Custom design and permanent installation of audio and video systems for venues, theatres, clubs, business offices, schools, and houses of worship.
3. Corporate Event Production: Full-service production for corporate meetings, awards ceremonies, trade shows, and private events including staging, audio, lighting, and video.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ProShow Systems provides turnkey live event production services, renting professional audio, lighting, video, and backline equipment bundled with experienced technical staff (engineers, lighting directors, technicians) for concert tours, festivals, corporate events, and private functions. The company also designs and permanently installs custom audio and video systems for theatres, clubs, houses of worship, schools, and business offices across the Mid-South region.

Product overview

ProShow Systems provides unified live event production services as a single integrated offering. The company operates as a production services provider combining six core service areas: Live Audio (professional sound systems and equipment), Event & Stage Lighting (turn-key lighting solutions with effects and installation), Video (LED walls, projection, and recording capabilities), Backline Gear (musical instruments and stage equipment rental), Design & Installation (permanent venue audio/video system design and integration), and Corporate Events Production (comprehensive event coverage across diverse event types). All services operate together under one roof, allowing ProShow to deliver turnkey solutions for concert tours, festivals, corporate events, and private functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Audio Professional audio reinforcement equipment rental and services for events ranging from large concerts to small corporate boardrooms. Features speaker systems from JBL, EAW, and Clair Brothers, driven by digital and analog consoles from Midas, Avid, and Yamaha.
• Event & Stage Lighting Turn-key lighting solutions for events of any scale, from sensational effects to ambient lighting. Utilizes stage lighting and moving fixture products from Martin, Elation, and Vari-Lite.
• Video State-of-the-art video solutions including LED walls for image magnification and pre-produced content, large and small screen projection systems, video recording and capture, and multiple camera setups in standard and high definition.
• Backline Gear Comprehensive rental inventory of musical instruments and backline equipment including percussion, keyboards, guitar and bass amplifiers, personal in-ear monitoring solutions, wireless microphones and instrument wireless systems, and portable PA systems from major manufacturers.
• Design & Installation Custom design and installation of audio and video systems for permanent venues. Services include need assessment, custom solution design, installation and integration execution for theatres, clubs, business offices, schools, and houses of worship.
• Corporate Events Production Full-service corporate and private event production covering corporate meetings, awards ceremonies, political events, sporting events, fashion shows, exhibit booths, trade shows, national conventions, weddings, receptions, film and video shoots, holiday events, school productions, grand openings, and dance concerts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40 years of continuous operation and excellence in event production

Named customers4 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Magic Springs Concert SeriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018ProShow Systems serves as the exclusive production provider for the Magic Springs Concert Series at Timberwood Amphitheatre inside Magic Springs Theme and Water Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. This is a summer-long concert series featuring top musical artists.
• Live at the GardencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018ProShow Systems partners with Live at the Garden, Memphis' premier outdoor concert series held at the Memphis Botanic Garden. The annual event features world-renowned artists across 96 acres of gardens.
• Green Machine ConcertscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017ProShow partners with Green Machine Concerts to produce the C Spire Concert Series at BankPlus Amphitheatre in Southaven, MS. The partnership delivers major touring acts including Chris Stapleton, Journey, and Rascal Flatts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PRG (Production Resource Group): Global leader in entertainment and event production services with integrated audio, video, lighting, and rigging capabilities across concerts, theatrical, broadcast, and corporate — comparable in service breadth but vastly larger scale than ProShow.
• Solotech: Canadian-headquartered global AVL and production services provider serving concerts, corporate events, and broadcast — overlaps ProShow's audio/lighting/video offering but operates at significantly larger international scale.
• Encore (formerly PSAV): Large-scale event technology and production services provider focused on hotels, conventions, and corporate meetings — overlaps with ProShow's corporate events vertical but at enterprise scale across thousands of venues.

Direct peers

• VER (Video Equipment Rentals): Provider of video, LED, projection, and broadcast equipment rental for live events, concerts, and productions — directly comparable to ProShow's Video service line with similar event-driven usage-based revenue model.
• Clair Brothers Audio Systems: Pennsylvania-based manufacturer and rental provider of professional audio systems for live concerts, tours, and events — directly comparable to ProShow's Live Audio line with overlapping concert/tour sound reinforcement work.
• LD Systems: Houston-based event production company providing audio, lighting, video, and staging for concerts, corporate events, and festivals — closely mirrors ProShow's full-stack production service model with broader geographic reach.
• Atomic Lighting: Touring and concert lighting production company offering lighting design, fixtures, and crew to touring artists — directly comparable to ProShow's event lighting services for live entertainment clients.
• Sound Image: Tennessee-headquartered live sound reinforcement company serving concert tours, festivals, and corporate events — directly comparable to ProShow's concert and touring audio production work, with overlap in artist and venue relationships.
• Brown Note Productions: Colorado-based mid-sized concert and event production company offering audio, lighting, video, and staging for tours and festivals — comparable to ProShow in scale, full-service offering, and client mix of touring and corporate.
• Bandit Lites: Knoxville, TN-based concert lighting and production company providing lighting design, equipment rental, and crew for touring artists and festivals — directly comparable to ProShow's lighting and touring production work in the same regional landscape.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/proshowsystems
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/proshow-systems

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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