BuddhaBooth

What BuddhaBooth does

BuddhaBooth (legal entity Portable Meditation, Inc.) designs, manufactures, and installs portable sound-dampening mindfulness booths and immersive themed wellness rooms for K-12 schools, corporate workplaces, and healthcare facilities. Founded in 2015 by Francine Steadman Krulak, the company began manufacturing in New Rochelle, NY, and has since relocated its headquarters to Mt Vernon, NY (256 Washington Street, Suite 1). The core hardware portfolio consists of three booth models — LotusLounge (starting at $7,795, dimensions 60"W x 43"L x 86"H), MindfulModule, and FocusFort — all handcrafted in New York with proprietary sound-dampening materials rated to reduce ambient noise by 15-25 decibels and a modular, portable design. Complementing the booths are custom-designed Wellness Rooms with themed environments (Ocean, Jungle, Galaxy, Garden), a Digital Wellness Platform providing 400+ guided meditations and soundscapes via QR code, and RestShop professionally-led workshops.

The company operates a direct enterprise sales motion with consultation-based selling, custom quotes, and a Client Portal for existing customers. Revenue is generated through four streams: one-time hardware sales (booth units and wellness room installations ranging from ~$25K for a single school booth deployment to ~$150K for a full hospital installation), pay-as-you-go RestShop workshop sessions, custom room design and installation services, and a subscription-style Digital Wellness Platform. Pricing is anchored on documented ROI claims of 180-340% for schools, 367-600% for corporate buyers, and 800-1,450% for healthcare facilities in year one. Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward NYC public schools (200+ installations, self-described '#1 provider of wellness spaces for NYC Schools'), with notable healthcare references including Johns Hopkins, Hackensack Medical Center, Central Memorial Hospital, and corporate references including Meridian Financial Services, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and KIND Snacks. The company has accumulated over 500,000 lives impacted across 25+ cities since founding and holds registered trademarks for buddhabooth® and RestShop™. It remains founder-owned and privately held with 1-10 employees and no disclosed external funding.

Name

BuddhaBooth

Legal name

Portable Meditation, Inc.

Website

https://buddhabooth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BuddhaBooth designs and manufactures portable sound-dampening mindfulness booths, immersive themed wellness rooms, and a digital wellness platform for K-12 schools, corporate workplaces, and healthcare facilities. Founded in 2015, the company complements its hardware with professionally-led RestShop workshops.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wellness Space Solutions

NAICS

Personal Care Services (8121)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Meditation Retreats, Workshops & Immersive Programs (HSADAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Meditation Apps, Digital Courses & Online Communities (HSADAJAH), Mindfulness-Based Coaching & Training (MBSR/MBCT-style) (HSADAJAB)

Keywords

• Portable meditation booths
• School wellness rooms
• Corporate mindfulness solutions
• Healthcare staff wellness spaces
• Mindfulness workshop programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Pelham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Wellness Booths: Sale of portable mindfulness booths including LotusLounge, MindfulModule, and FocusFort models. Booths are customizable with paint, upholstery, and branding options. Starting price at $7,795 for LotusLounge.
2. Wellness Workshops (RestShops): Professionally-led wellness workshops including Self-Care for Teachers, Introduction to Mindfulness, The Mindful Classroom, Mindfulness and Meditation 101, and Half Day Retreats. Scalable from 1-130 participants.
3. Wellness Room Design & Installation: Custom design and installation of immersive wellness rooms for schools, corporations, and healthcare facilities. Transforms existing spaces into themed mindfulness sanctuaries.
4. Digital Wellness Platform: Custom-branded digital wellness platform providing guided meditations, soundscapes, and mindfulness content accessed via QR code. Includes analytics on usage patterns and engagement metrics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BuddhaBooth designs, handcrafts in New York, and sells portable sound-dampening mindfulness booths (LotusLounge, MindfulModule, FocusFort) along with immersive themed wellness rooms for schools, workplaces, and healthcare facilities. The offering is rounded out with a subscription digital wellness content platform (accessed via QR code) and RestShop professionally-led mindfulness workshops delivered on-site or remotely.

Product overview

BuddhaBooth offers a portfolio of portable mindfulness booths and wellness solutions designed for schools, workplaces, and healthcare facilities. The core product line consists of three portable meditation booth models: the LotusLounge (original lotus-shaped design), MindfulModule (versatile customizable space), and FocusFort (compact solution for space-constrained settings). These booths feature sound-dampening technology, portability, and customizable design options. Complementing the physical booths are Wellness Rooms—immersive themed environments (Ocean, Galaxy, Garden, Beach themes) for group wellness activities—and a Digital Wellness Platform offering QR code-based access to 400+ guided meditations and soundscapes. The RestShops workshop program provides professionally-led mindfulness training sessions. The company hand-crafts all products in New York and serves over 200 NYC schools, impacting 500,000+ lives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LotusLounge Signature portable, sound-dampening mindfulness booth with an elegant lotus shape design (60"W x 43"L x 86"H), starting at $7,795. Handcrafted in New York with customizable colors, materials, and finishes for schools, workplaces, and healthcare facilities.
• MindfulModule Versatile, portable sound-dampening meditation booth with customizable features designed to adapt to various environments and user needs across schools, workplaces, and healthcare facilities.
• FocusFort Compact, portable sound-dampening mindfulness booth designed for space-constrained settings (as small as 9 sq ft), preserving core mindfulness and wellness capabilities.
• Wellness Rooms Immersive wellness rooms with themed environments (Ocean, Jungle, Galaxy, Garden, Beach) for group wellness activities, including age-appropriate designs, flexible layouts, and professional support for staff training and curriculum integration.
• Sensory Hallways Specialized sensory corridors for schools featuring immersive environments that support emotional regulation and mindfulness transitions between spaces (documented installations include PS211Q Queens Sensory Hallway).
• Digital Wellness Platform Custom-branded digital wellness platform delivering 400+ guided meditations, soundscapes, and mindfulness content via QR code, with weekly content updates, engagement tracking, and ROI measurement tools for organizations.
• RestShops (Guided Wellness Workshops) Professionally-led mindfulness workshops available on-site or remotely, including Self-Care for Teachers, Introduction to Mindfulness, The Mindful Classroom, Mindfulness and Meditation 101, Sound Bath Enhancement, and Half Day Retreats—scalable from 1–130 participants across education, corporate, and healthcare audiences.
• Event Rentals Short-term booth rentals (2–5 days) for conferences, retreats, festivals, and special events; five-minute assembly documented at Coachella, Wisdom 2.0, Propelify Tech Festival, and corporate events.
• MyndSet Mindfulness Toolkit Mindfulness toolkit created to support essential workers and frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, launched in partnership with Calm City NYC.

Quantifiable outcome

• Schools implementing dedicated sensory and mindfulness spaces saw a 75% drop in disruptive behavior calls and office referrals
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Calm City NYCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership with Calm City NYC to support essential workers during pandemic, resulting in MyndSet mindfulness toolkit launch (2020) for frontline workers.
• American Heart AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with American Heart Association (2019) for heart health and wellness initiatives.
• NYC Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Relationship development with NYC Department of Education (2019) establishing as industry leaders for school wellness spaces.
• KIND SnacksmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership with KIND Snacks expanded nationwide (2018-2019), including nationwide campaign and presence at events and festivals.
• Johns HopkinscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medical Center (2018) for healthcare wellness implementations and research-backed solutions.
• Hackensack Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership with Hackensack Medical Center (2018) for implementing staff and patient wellness spaces.
• MerckcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaboration with Merck (2018) for wellness space implementations at corporate healthcare settings.
• Johnson & JohnsonmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Wellness partnership with Johnson & Johnson in 2017, providing mindfulness booths and wellness solutions for corporate wellness initiatives.
• Centre for Social Innovation Women's LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member of Centre for Social Innovation Women's Lab, embedding purpose into profit through conscious capitalism principles.
• Conscious CapitalismcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoard partner with Conscious Capitalism, supporting social impact initiatives including domestic violence survivors, autism resources, and marginalized communities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Zen Space (and similar pod brands): Zen Space and similar boutique pod manufacturers offer modular, sound-dampening booths for offices and wellness settings. Direct hardware peer to BuddhaBooth at smaller scale, often competing on price for the same corporate and education buyers.
• Wellable: Wellable is a corporate wellness platform offering programs, challenges, and content to employers. Adjacent competitor for corporate wellness budgets that BuddhaBooth targets with its enterprise wellness rooms and workshops.
• Insight Timer: Insight Timer is a large free meditation and mindfulness app with teacher-led content. Comparable to BuddhaBooth's Digital Wellness Platform for guided meditation and soundscape content distribution to enterprise users.

Others

• Movetru / Active Wellness: Corporate wellness solution providers offering on-site or hybrid wellness services (movement, mindfulness, breathwork) to employers. Related to BuddhaBooth's RestShop workshop and Recharge Room offerings, serving the same HR/wellness buyer.

Broad incumbents

• Calm: Calm is a leading consumer meditation and mindfulness app with a B2B Calm Business arm. Competes with BuddhaBooth's Digital Wellness Platform and offers overlapping meditation/soundscape content, though without the physical booth infrastructure.
• Headspace: Headspace provides guided meditation and mindfulness content for consumers and via Headspace for Work to employers. Overlaps with BuddhaBooth's RestShop workshop curriculum and digital platform, and increasingly competes for corporate wellness budgets.
• Office Sound Masking / Steelcase Privacy Pods: Steelcase (and adjacent office-furniture incumbents) sell privacy pods, room dividers, and wellness-oriented furniture. Comparable to BuddhaBooth's wellness-room installations but at a much larger furniture-scale and broader workplace buyer base.
• Limeade: Limeade is an employee experience and well-being platform serving mid-market and enterprise customers. Competes for the same corporate wellness spend that funds BuddhaBooth's enterprise installations and RestShop workshops.

Direct peers

• Framery: Framery manufactures soundproof office pods and booths for workplaces globally. It is a direct competitor in the portable sound-dampening booth category that BuddhaBooth occupies, but skews corporate rather than education/healthcare.
• ROOM: ROOM (formerly ROOM Phone Booths) produces soundproof office phone and meeting booths. Comparable to BuddhaBooth in core hardware technology (sound-dampening modular pods) and B2B sales motion, though focused on offices rather than schools and hospitals.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/buddhabooths

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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