Colortone Staging & Rentals

What Colortone Staging & Rentals does

Colortone Staging & Rentals is a privately held B2B live event production company headquartered in Solon, Ohio (Cleveland metropolitan area), founded in 1994 by Bob Leon, who remains President. The company provides audio-visual production services for corporate events, delivering staging, lighting, audio, video, and related equipment rental alongside on-site production crew support. Its service portfolio covers three delivery formats: live events, virtual events, and hybrid events that combine in-person and remote audiences, allowing it to address the full spectrum of modern corporate gathering formats.

The core offering is end-to-end event production rather than modular software or productized tooling. Services are delivered through a sales-led, quote-based go-to-market model in which prospective clients request pricing via the company's website; the company does not publish rates or standard pricing. Customer segments are anchored in corporate and enterprise organizations hosting annual meetings, sales summits, and high-profile conferences, with named engagements spanning higher education (Oberlin College and Conservatory), technology conferences (Black Tech Week), financial services (MarshBerry), and nonprofit/leadership development (Cleveland Leadership Center). The company positions itself within the top tier of North American event producers as a founding member of the Event Production Network (EPN), an invitation-only alliance.

The business model is professional services revenue: each engagement is project-based, with revenue tied to event count, production complexity, equipment deployed, and crew days. The company operates from a single warehouse facility (5401 Naiman Pkwy) that supports equipment inventory and staging logistics. With a headcount in the 11–50 range, Colortone functions as a small-to-mid-sized regional event production specialist with claims of multi-country service reach, though no specific financial, headcount-growth, or geographic-distribution disclosures are publicly available to validate scale.

Name

Colortone Staging & Rentals

Legal name

Colortone Staging & Rentals

Website

https://csrav.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colortone Staging & Rentals is a Cleveland-area B2B live event production company providing AV staging, lighting, audio, and video services for corporate, education, and nonprofit clients across live, virtual, and hybrid event formats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819), Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design & Rental (MPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Event Rentals (Furniture, Staging, Tents) (HSACADAI), Camera, Grip & Lighting Equipment Rental (MPADAFAB)

Keywords

• Event production services
• Audio visual rental
• Live event staging
• Hybrid event production
• Corporate event AV

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Event Production Services: Colortone generates revenue through providing AV production services for events including staging, audio, video, and lighting equipment rental along with production support. Services are project-based, typically for corporate events such as annual meetings, summits, and conferences.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Colortone Staging & Rentals provides end-to-end audio-visual production for live, virtual, and hybrid events, including staging, lighting, audio, and video equipment rental along with on-site technical production support. The company serves corporate and institutional clients hosting annual meetings, sales rallies, summits, commencement ceremonies, and other high-profile events, delivering seamless production from concept through final cue.

Product overview

Colortone Staging & Rentals is a live event production company that provides audio-visual (AV) production services for events. The company offers a unified service portfolio centered on AV staging and rental solutions for live, virtual, and hybrid events. Their core offering encompasses event production from concept to execution, including staging equipment rental, professional AV setup, and on-site production support. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a modular software platform, serving clients hosting annual meetings, sales rallies, summits, and other corporate events. They are a founding member of the Event Production Network (EPN), an alliance of North American event production companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Event Production Services

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Event Production Network (EPN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColortone is a founding member of the Event Production Network (EPN), an invitation-only alliance of North America's premier event production companies. Together, the members set the North American standard for AV excellence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AV Concepts: AV Concepts provides audio-visual production services, staging, and event technology for corporate meetings, conferences, and live events. It is directly comparable to Colortone in service scope and enterprise customer focus.
• AVFX: AVFX is a corporate event AV production company offering staging, lighting, video, and audio services for meetings and conferences. Its service portfolio and customer base closely mirror Colortone's enterprise event production focus.
• LMG: LMG is a national provider of audio, video, lighting, and staging rental for live events and corporate productions. Like Colortone, it serves enterprise clients with full-service AV production and equipment rental, making it a directly comparable mid-market peer.
• Bluewater Event Production: Bluewater provides audio-visual production, staging, and event technology for corporate events, conferences, and live experiences. Its mid-market positioning and B2B event production focus make it a direct comparable to Colortone.
• SmartSource Rentals: SmartSource Rentals provides audio-visual equipment rental and event technology services for corporate meetings, conferences, and live events. It directly overlaps with Colortone's equipment rental and AV production offerings for enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• PRG (Production Resource Group): PRG is one of the largest global providers of entertainment and event technology solutions, including lighting, video, and audio production. It competes with Colortone for corporate live-event AV production but operates at vastly greater scale across entertainment, sports, and corporate markets.
• Encore Global: Encore Global (formerly PSAV) is the largest dedicated event technology and venue-services provider in North America, offering AV production, staging, and rental at massive scale. It competes with Colortone in the corporate event AV segment but operates as a broad incumbent across thousands of venues.
• Freeman: Freeman is a global leader in experiential marketing and event production, providing AV, staging, and design services for large-scale conventions and corporate events. It competes with Colortone for high-end corporate event work but at significantly greater scale and broader service scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/csr_av
• Facebookfacebook.com/colortonestagingandrentals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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