Kildare Street and University Club

What Kildare Street and University Club does

Kildare Street and University Club is a private members' club operating from a single site at 17 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. The club offers a suite of hospitality and recreational amenities to its members, their guests, and members of affiliated reciprocal clubs worldwide. Facilities comprise dining rooms, bars, private function rooms, a gym, a squash court, a steam room, and a billiards room, all housed within an early Georgian building originally constructed in 1776 for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown.

The club was formed upon the amalgamation of the Kildare Street Club, founded in 1782, and the Dublin University Club, founded in 1850. The Dublin University Club acquired the St. Stephen's Green building in 1851, and it has been continuously operated as a club ever since — representing over 170 years of unbroken operation at the same address and over 240 years of combined institutional heritage. Target members are described as affluent professionals, academics, and alumni seeking exclusive social, dining, and fitness amenities in Dublin's city centre, alongside reciprocal members of affiliated international private clubs.

The business model is a traditional private membership model: prospective members are sponsored or approved through the existing membership base, with no publicly disclosed pricing, dues, or fee structure. The club operates without a marketing function, relying on word-of-mouth referrals and member recommendations. The website is powered by Jonas Club Software, a third-party club management vendor. The firm has 11-50 employees, is privately held, has no disclosed parent company, and no evidence of external venture, private equity, or institutional ownership. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Kildare Street and University Club

Legal name

Kildare Street and University Club

Website

https://ksuc.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1782

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kildare Street and University Club is a private members' club in Dublin 2, Ireland, operating from a historic Georgian building at 17 St. Stephen's Green. It provides dining, bars, private function rooms, and fitness amenities to individual members and reciprocal club affiliates worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Members Club

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAFACAL

Supper Clubs & Dinner-Theater Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

SECONDARYTHAFAEAI

Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bars, Pubs & Nightlife Venues

Keywords

• Private members club
• Dining facilities
• Social club
• Fitness amenities
• Reciprocal club access

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Kildare Street and University Club is a private members' club housed in a historic Georgian Dublin building (built 1776, continuously operated as a club since 1851). It provides members, their guests, and reciprocal club members with dining rooms, bars, private function rooms, and recreational amenities including a gym, squash court, steam room, and billiards room.

Product overview

Kildare Street and University Club is a single private members club offering a unified suite of hospitality and recreational services. The club provides dining rooms, bars, private function rooms, and fitness amenities including a gym, squash court, steam room, and billiards room, all housed within a historic Georgian building at 17 St Stephen's Green in Dublin.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Members Club Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• White's: Oldest surviving private members' club in London, offering dining and social facilities in a single heritage townhouse — analogous to KSUC's model of exclusivity, single-location heritage, and member-only access.
• The Stephen's Green Hibernian Club: Dublin private members' club providing dining, accommodation, and function facilities to professional members — a close Irish peer given shared geography, heritage positioning, and private-club structure.
• The Carlton Club: London private members' club with dining, function, and bar facilities for a professional membership base — comparable in private-club hospitality positioning and amenity scope.
• The Athenaeum: Long-established London private members' club offering dining, accommodation, library, and event facilities to professional and academic members — directly comparable in heritage, exclusivity, and amenity mix to KSUC.
• Boodle's: Historic London gentlemen's private members' club offering dining, bar, and event facilities — comparable as a centuries-old, single-location, members-only social club with strong brand heritage.
• University Club of New York: Prestigious private city club with dining, accommodation, library, and athletic facilities for academic and professional members — directly comparable in concept, amenity mix, and target member profile.
• The Reform Club: Pall Mall private members' club founded in 1836, offering dining, library, and function facilities — closely comparable as a heritage private club serving professional and intellectual members.
• The Arts Club: Historic London private members' club with dining, bedrooms, gym, and cultural programming — operates a similar multi-amenity private-club model aimed at established professional members.

Broad incumbents

• Soho House: Global operator of private members' clubs with restaurants, bars, gyms, and events — operates the same private-membership hospitality model at much larger scale, representing the modern, expanded analogue of the KSUC concept.

Regional players

• Royal Dublin Society: Irish members' institution offering hospitality, event, and cultural facilities from a heritage Dublin campus — comparable as a long-established Dublin private-membership venue, though broader in mission.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kildare-street-and-university-club

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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