Essentially Group

Name

Essentially Group

Legal name

THE.TEAM: SME, LLC

Website

https://essentiallygroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Essentially Group operates THE·TEAM, a privately held sports, music, and entertainment agency platform providing talent representation across 12+ sports disciplines, music, entertainment, and creators, alongside marketing, live events, rights sales, and premium access services for enterprise clients globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Essentially Group, operating as THE·TEAM, is an integrated sports, music, and entertainment agency that provides talent representation across 12+ sports disciplines plus music, entertainment, and creator verticals, alongside marketing services for brands, live event management, and sales of sponsorship/naming/front-of-kit rights. The firm monetizes via commissions on representation, retainers for marketing and brand partnerships, fees for live event production, and revenue from premium access experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sports & Media Talent Representation

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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.

• The CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal research division partnership providing industry insights and studies. Global study from The Collective and THE·TEAM's Music Group showed women are shaping live music's next growth opportunity.
• LIVE·TEAMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal division focused on live events. Acquired Desert Roots, a branding and signage business. Manages mass participation events and major events.
• Premium AccessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeparate entity focused on premium access experiences. Referenced as a partner in sales channel offerings.

Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• Excel Sports Management: Sports talent agency representing athletes across golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, and other sports; directly comparable to THE·TEAM as a focused sports talent representation competitor with significant overlap on the athlete-representation side of the business.
• Roc Nation: Talent management, sports representation, and entertainment firm with deep presence in music and sports; directly comparable to THE·TEAM as a multi-vertical talent representation agency covering athletes, artists, and entertainment figures.
• United Talent Agency (UTA): Major global talent and entertainment agency representing artists, athletes, and creators across film, TV, music, sports, and digital content; directly comparable to THE·TEAM as a multi-disciplinary representation firm with overlapping client segments.
• Paradigm Talent Agency: Talent agency representing artists in music, film, television, and digital media with a notable literary and creator roster; comparable to THE·TEAM as a talent representation firm with overlapping entertainment and music verticals.
• Endeavor (WME): Global entertainment, sports, and content company whose WME talent agency competes head-to-head with THE·TEAM across representation, marketing, and live events; directly comparable as the largest integrated agency platform spanning the same sports, music, and entertainment verticals.
• TKO Group Holdings (IMG): Sports and entertainment holding company operating IMG, a global sports talent representation, events, and rights business; directly comparable to THE·TEAM as a sports-tilted representation and marketing agency with comparable global scale and rights-sale capabilities.
• Octagon: Global sports marketing agency representing athletes and providing rights consulting, sponsorships, and event services; directly comparable to THE·TEAM as a sports-focused talent representation and marketing firm with overlapping rights-sales capabilities.
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA): One of the world's largest talent agencies representing artists, athletes, and entertainers across film, television, music, sports, and digital media; directly comparable to THE·TEAM as a multi-vertical talent representation and marketing platform serving an overlapping blue-chip client base.

Emerging players

• Range Media Partners (M88): Emerging full-service management firm representing creators, athletes, artists, and entertainers across digital and traditional media; comparable to THE·TEAM as a multi-vertical talent representation firm targeting creators and entertainers.

Regional players

• Independent Talent Group: UK-based talent agency representing artists, writers, directors, and entertainers in film, TV, and theater; comparable to THE·TEAM as a comprehensive talent representation firm operating in the UK market that THE·TEAM also serves.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the%C2%B7team-co/posts/?feedView=all
• Instagraminstagram.com/the.team.co
• Xx.com/essentially_grp
• Facebookfacebook.com/EssentiallyGroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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