Ten Fifty Entertainment

What Ten Fifty Entertainment does

Ten Fifty Entertainment is a US-based, privately held professional services firm founded in 2016 by Austin Whitney, specializing in accessibility, guest services, and event operations for live event producers. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, employs 51–100 staff, and operates nationwide across music festivals, sporting events, conventions, and trade shows. Its service portfolio is delivered as a turnkey, on-site offering rather than a software platform, and includes Accessibility & Inclusion Programs, Information and Lost & Found, Ticketing and RFID Resolutions, Staff Procurement and Management, Staff Services, and Environmental/Greening Initiatives.

The firm's core technical differentiation is human rather than software-based: it claims to be the only event accessibility provider whose coordinators hold the ADA Coordinator Training Certification Program (ACTCP) credential, with the program administered by the University of Missouri College of Human and Environmental Sciences and the Great Plains ADA Center. Services are customized per engagement and quoted on an event-by-event basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Customer relationships are direct enterprise sales into major US live event producers and promoters, including Goldenvoice (Coachella), AEG Presents, Live Nation, Insomniac, C3 Presents, as well as marquee sports and entertainment properties such as Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, PGA Championship, Ryder Cup, and Star Wars Celebration.

Revenue mechanics are professional-services-based, with no software/SaaS component, no app store presence, no disclosed API, no integration ecosystem, and no disclosed funding rounds or external investors. The ownership structure is founder-controlled and the company appears to have grown organically since founding.

Name

Ten Fifty Entertainment

Legal name

Ten Fifty Entertainment Inc.

Website

https://tenfiftyent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Ten Fifty Entertainment is a US professional services firm that provides turnkey accessibility, ADA compliance, guest services, RFID/ticketing, staffing, and sustainability programs for live event producers across music festivals, sports, conventions, and trade shows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Event Accessibility Services

NAICS

Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (7139)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Catering, Staffing & Guest Services (F&B, Security, Ushers) (MPAGAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

VIP, Hospitality & Premium Experiences (MPAGAAAK)

Keywords

• Event accessibility services
• ADA compliance consulting
• Live event staffing
• Guest relations management
• Festival accessibility programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Accessibility & Inclusion Services: Provides turnkey accessibility and inclusion programs for festivals, corporate events, conventions, and trade shows. Revenue derived from service contracts with event producers.
2. Guest Services: Information booths, lost & found, onsite prize fulfillment, recycling initiatives, and mobile activation management services.
3. RFID & Ticketing Resolution: Onsite staff for RFID replacements, troubleshooting, backend coordination with RFID providers, and cash management.
4. Event Staffing: Recruiting, interviewing, training, and managing event staff including payroll and compliance paperwork.
5. Staff Procurement & Distribution: Equipment procurement, lodging accommodations, and logistical support for event staff and artists.
6. Environmental/Green Initiatives: Environmental footprint mitigation and sustainability consulting for events.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ten Fifty Entertainment provides turnkey guest-facing operations for live events, anchored by Accessibility & Inclusion Programs staffed by ACTCP-certified ADA coordinators. Its service portfolio also covers Guest Services (information booths, lost & found, prize fulfillment), RFID & Ticketing Resolution, full-cycle Event Staffing (recruiting, training, payroll), Procurement & Distribution for staff and artists, and Greening/Environmental Initiatives.

Product overview

Ten Fifty Entertainment is a service-based company offering turnkey solutions for guest-facing operations at live events, operating as a unified service portfolio rather than a software platform. The core offerings include Accessibility & Inclusion Programs (the flagship service with ACTCP-certified ADA coordinators), Guest Services, RFID & Ticketing Resolution, Event Staffing, Procurement & Distribution, and Greening Initiatives. These services work together as an integrated package for event producers, with Accessibility Live serving as a related brand for accessible services information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accessibility & Inclusion Programs

Named customers15 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Accessibility LivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate partner providing accessible services information. Ten Fifty directs clients to Accessibility Live for more information on accessible services.
• FOH Event SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate partner in the events industry.
• LocknRockminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate partner in the events/accessibility space.
• Accessible FestivalsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliate partner focused on accessible festival experiences.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GES (Global Experience Specialists): GES is a large established event services firm serving trade shows, conventions, and corporate events with general event staffing and operations. Comparable on staffing and on-site services for large events but at far broader scale and across multiple verticals beyond accessibility.
• Freeman: Freeman is a leading brand experience and event-services firm delivering staffing, production, and on-site operations for trade shows, conventions and corporate events. Comparable on enterprise event services scale, though broader and less specialization in accessibility.
• Allied Universal Event Services: Allied Universal is a large security and event services provider offering event staffing, guest services, and crowd management for stadiums, festivals, and conventions. Overlaps with Ten Fifty on guest services and crowd-related staffing at major live events.

Direct peers

• The TEAM Companies: The TEAM Companies provides event staffing, brand ambassadors, and guest services for large-scale live events and festivals. Directly comparable on the staffing/guest-services dimension with overlapping festival and corporate-event clients.
• LocknRock: LocknRock is an event-services firm operating in the same accessibility/guest-services adjacency and is listed as a Ten Fifty affiliate. Provides comparable on-site event staffing and access management, making it a directly comparable specialist peer.
• Showpro Staffing: Showpro Staffing provides event staffing and crowd management for concerts, festivals, and live events. Directly comparable on the staffing dimension and overlaps in target customer base (major festivals and venues).
• FOH Event Solutions: FOH Event Solutions is a direct competitor in event front-of-house staffing and hospitality services, and is publicly listed as a Ten Fifty affiliate on its own website. Overlap in festival staffing and guest services makes it the closest peer.

Others

• PeopleReady (TrueBlue): PeopleReady is a large staffing supplier that provides event and hospitality labor. Not a direct competitor on accessibility specialty but competes adjacently for the same pool of event-day labor that Ten Fifty recruits.
• Accessibility Live: Accessibility Live is Ten Fifty's listed affiliate providing accessible-services information to clients. They're an adjacent/ecosystem partner in accessibility advisory rather than direct event-services competition.

Emerging players

• Accessible Festivals: Accessible Festivals is a niche accessibility-advocacy organization working in the same accessible-festivals space (listed as a Ten Fifty affiliate). Partial overlap — they are more advocacy/media-focused but share accessibility-as-a-service adjacency to Ten Fifty's core offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TenFiftyEnt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ten-fifty-entertainment

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 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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