INSPIRATIE OP LOCATIE

What INSPIRATIE OP LOCATIE does

Inspiratie op Locatie (operating brand of Event Inc) is a Dutch venue-booking marketplace that aggregates 800+ event and meeting locations across the Netherlands and lets users search, request quotes from, and book venues for corporate events, private parties, conferences, weddings, team building, film and photo shoots, and accommodation needs. The platform is built as a web-based self-serve product with structured filtering by occasion, city, guest capacity, room setup and price tier, a multi-venue quote-request system, and a personal dashboard for comparing offers; an assisted expert-consultation channel (phone and email) is layered on top for corporate bookings.

The business is monetised through commission and referral economics on bookings routed through the platform, with venues paying for visibility and lead generation. Distribution is digital-first: organic search via hundreds of city-level landing pages drives top-of-funnel traffic, with mid-funnel conversion supported by direct phone and email consultation. The company self-positions as the "#1 location platform" in the Netherlands, but operates with a 1–10 person team out of Rotterdam and has no disclosed funding, M&A, or revenue figures in the input data.

Strategically, the brand is a country-level implementation of parent Event Inc's broader European venue-portfolio strategy. There is no evidence of recent product launches, geographic expansion under the Dutch brand, or AI/ML capability investment; product surface and category breadth (12+ occasion types) appear stable since the 2014 launch, with the parent group representing the primary locus of any platform-level strategic activity.

Name

INSPIRATIE OP LOCATIE

Legal name

Event Inc

Website

https://inspiratieoplocatie.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inspiratie op Locatie is a Dutch online marketplace that aggregates 800+ event and meeting venues across the Netherlands, enabling corporate and private customers to search, compare and book locations for conferences, weddings, parties, meetings and film/photo shoots, operated as a trading brand of Event Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Venue Marketplace

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Party Venue Sourcing & Booking Services (HSACACAL)

Keywords

• Venue booking platform
• Event venue marketplace
• Conference venue search
• Wedding venue booking
• Corporate event spaces

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Venue Booking Commission: Platform earns commission on venue bookings made through the platform. The company states locations are often cheaper when booking through them, suggesting negotiated rates with venues.
2. Quote Request Services: Free quote request service for customers; venues pay for visibility and lead generation through the platform

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Inspiratie op Locatie operates an online venue marketplace that lets users search, filter, and request quotes from over 800 event venues across the Netherlands for occasions including corporate events, meetings, conferences, weddings, birthdays, and private parties. The platform aggregates competing quotes from multiple venues into a personal dashboard, enables direct booking at negotiated rates, and provides an expert consultation service for corporate event planners.

Product overview

Inspiratie op Locatie is a venue booking platform operated under Event Inc, Europe's largest portfolio of event venues. The platform provides a marketplace for finding and booking event venues across the Netherlands, organized by occasion types including conferences, corporate events, meetings, team building, dinners, and various party categories. The service offers search functionality with filtering options (guest capacity, price range, venue type), quote request capabilities, and a personal dashboard for managing booking requests and comparing offers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inspiratie op Locatie Venue Marketplace Web-based venue marketplace platform that allows users in the Netherlands to search, filter, request quotes from, and book event venues across categories including corporate events, meetings, conferences, team-building, weddings, birthdays, and private parties. Serves both individual consumers (self-service) and corporate event planners (with expert consultation).
• Expert Venue Consultation for Corporate Events Assisted advisory service where Inspiratie op Locatie's team of experts helps business customers find available venues for corporate events, including meetings, conferences, team-building, and PR/marketing events, available via phone and email.

Quantifiable outcome

• Save time by selecting multiple locations and receiving quotes without contacting venues individually

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Event InccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Event Inc is the parent company and operator of Inspiratie op Locatie. The company leverages Event Inc's infrastructure and venue network, claiming to be part of Europe's largest portfolio of event venues. Event Inc also operates similar platforms across multiple European countries.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Venueloket.nl: Leading Dutch venue booking platform focused on meeting and event locations. A direct in-country competitor to Inspiratie op Locatie serving the same customer base and venue supply.
• Headbox: UK-headquartered venue and meeting room booking marketplace with a similar commission-based model. Headbox is a direct competitor operating in adjacent European markets with comparable technology and venue network approach.
• Event Inc: Parent company and operator of Inspiratie op Locatie. Event Inc runs the same venue marketplace model across multiple European countries under different local brands, making it the most directly comparable entity - essentially the same business at group level.
• Tagvenue: Online venue marketplace that allows users to search and book event spaces for meetings, parties, and conferences. Operates across multiple European markets with a similar self-serve + assisted booking model.
• MeetingPackage: Hotel and venue booking platform specializing in meetings and group bookings with software for venue operators. Operates across Europe and is a comparable marketplace-plus-software play targeting similar customers.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Global event ticketing and management platform with venue discovery capabilities. While primarily focused on ticketed events rather than venue sourcing, Eventbrite is a broad incumbent whose expansion into venue marketplace features represents competitive overlap.
• Cvent: Market-leading enterprise event management platform owned by Blackstone, offering venue sourcing as part of a broader event tech suite. Cvent serves as the incumbent competitor in the meetings and events space and represents the long-term competitive threat to regional players like IoL.

Emerging players

• Bizzabo: Event experience and management platform for corporate events. While focused more on event registration and engagement, Bizzabo competes for the same corporate event planner budget that IoL serves.
• Peerspace: Online marketplace for booking hourly venue rentals for events, productions, and meetings. Peerspace operates primarily in North America but represents the emerging global marketplace model that Inspiratie op Locatie follows.
• Splacer: Venue marketplace focused on unique and non-traditional event spaces. Splacer overlaps with IoL's positioning around distinctive venues (castles, industrial spaces, museums) but operates in different geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Inspiratieoplocatie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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