Concert Office

What Concert Office does

Concertbüro Franken - Ballreich, Harasim & Glöckler GmbH, operating under the brand name Concertbüro Franken (CBF), is a Nürnberg-based concert promoter and event organizer serving the Franconia / Northern Bavaria region of Germany. Founded more than twenty years ago and led by three managing directors (Axel Ballreich, Guido Glöckler, and Peter Harasim), the company operates a portfolio of three proprietary venues in Nürnberg — Der Hirsch, Löwensaal, and Gutmann am Dutzendteich — alongside programmed open-air sites including the Serenadenhof Nürnberg, Stadionpark, Burg Abenberg, the Brombachsee (Lieder am See), and Schloss Jägersburg (Shamrock Castle). Its event calendar spans more than twelve music and performance genres (Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Metal, Punk, Jazz, Blues, Classical, Clubbing, Electro, Folk, Country, Indie, Alternative, Musicals, Kabarett, Comedy, Liedermacher), with tickets sold through its own online shop, a dedicated telephone hotline, and the nationwide CTS Eventim pre-sale network.

The company's product surface is anchored by an e-commerce ticket shop integrated with CTS Eventim, a full-service B2B event-organization offering (consultation, promotion, ticket pre-sales, artist booking, and on-site logistics including staffing, security, catering, and stage equipment), and a poster-placement service (Plakatierung). The Plakatierung service has operated under an exclusive contract with the City of Nuremberg since 2000, granting Concertbüro Franken sole rights to use the city's Streugutkästen (grit boxes) as advertising carriers for music events at €0.75 + VAT per poster per day. Distribution and marketing are run through a multi-channel setup including the company website, Facebook (ConcertbueroFrankenGmbH), Instagram (@concertbuero_franken), and a MailChimp-managed newsletter with twelve genre-based subscription preferences.

Revenue is generated primarily through ticket sales and transaction fees on its own and third-party events, complemented by B2B event-organization commissions, artist-booking commissions, and unit-priced poster advertising for external clients. The customer base is a long tail of music consumers across Franconia, with no enterprise customer concentration disclosed. The company is privately held as a German GmbH with no parent company, no disclosed external funding, and no subsidiaries.

Name

Concert Office

Legal name

Concertbüro Franken - Ballreich, Harasim & Glöckler GmbH

Website

https://concertbuero-franken.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Concertbüro Franken is a Nürnberg-based concert promoter and event organizer operating since the early 2000s, serving music fans across Franconia with ticket sales, B2B event organization, and an exclusive city poster-advertising contract.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nürnberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales and Event Management: The company generates revenue primarily through ticket sales for concerts, festivals, and events across various music genres (Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Metal, Punk, Jazz, Blues, Klassik, Clubbing, Electro, Folk, Country, Indie, Alternative, Musicals, Shows, Kabarett, Comedy, Liedermacher). Additional revenue streams include B2B event organization services, ticket pre-sales for third-party events, poster advertising services, and artist booking commissions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Concertbüro Franken is a Nürnberg-based concert promoter that sells tickets for concerts, festivals, musicals, and comedy events across 12+ music genres through its own online shop, a ticket hotline, and the nationwide CTS Eventim network. The company also provides B2B event organization services including artist booking, ticket pre-sales infrastructure, on-site logistics (staffing, security, catering, stage equipment), and exclusive poster advertising on City of Nuremberg-owned grit boxes under a 2000 concession.

Product overview

Concertbüro Franken operates a multi-service entertainment platform centered on concert promotion and event organization across the Franconia region of Germany. The core offering consists of an online ticket shop integrated with CTS Eventim for national ticket distribution, combined with comprehensive event organization services encompassing artist booking, venue management, and logistics. The company operates proprietary venues (Hirsch, Löwensaal, Gutmann) and manages several open-air festival sites. Ancillary services include an exclusive city poster advertising service (Plakatierung) in Nuremberg since 2000 and email newsletter subscription via MailChimp. The portfolio spans over 12 music genres and includes ticketed events ranging from club shows to arena concerts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Ticket Shop E-commerce platform for purchasing concert, festival, musical and comedy event tickets online, integrated with CTS Eventim for ticket processing and nationwide distribution. Targeted at individual consumers interested in live music events across 12+ genres in Northern Bavaria.
• Event Organization Services Full-service B2B event planning and execution including consultation, promotion, ticket pre-sales setup, artist booking, logistics (staffing, security, catering, stage equipment), and on-site management for external event organizers across Germany.
• Poster Placement Service (Plakatierung) Exclusive operation of City of Nuremberg-owned advertising boxes (Streugutkästen) for music event promotion since 2000, offering standardized DIN A1 poster placements with 7–14 day display cycles, minimum 50 to maximum 125 posters per campaign. Priced at €0.75 + 19% VAT per day per poster (€0.50 + VAT for white paper underlay), with general advertising areas in Nuremberg at €0.85 + VAT per day per poster.
• Concert and Festival Programming Curated concert programming across diverse genres (Rock, Pop, Hip-Hop, Metal, Punk, Jazz, Classical, Comedy, Musicals, Clubbing/Electro, Folk/Country, Indie/Alternative) at proprietary venues (Hirsch, Löwensaal, Gutmann) and partner open-air locations in the Franconia region.

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.

• City of Nuremberg (Stadt Nürnberg)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Concertbüro Franken holds an exclusive contract with the City of Nuremberg since 2000 to manage and operate the city's owned 'Streugutkästen' (grit boxes) as advertising carriers for music events. This partnership has successfully replaced illegal fly-posting with a legal, high-quality advertising platform in strategically advantageous traffic locations throughout Nuremberg.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wizard Promotions Konzertagentur: German concert promoter specializing in metal, hard rock, and similar genre programming. Comparable business as a mid-sized German regional promoter working with venues across multiple cities to stage tours.
• BB Promotion GmbH: German concert and event promoter active in rock, pop, and similar genres across multiple German cities. Directly comparable mid-sized regional promoter with similar touring, venue, and ticketing operations.
• Semmel Concerts Entertainment GmbH: German concert and event promoter based in Bayreuth, operating in similar regional German markets with comparable rock/pop/jazz programming. Same promoter archetype as Concertbüro Franken with venue relationships and ticketing distribution.
• Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion: Hamburg-based independent concert promoter with deep artist relationships across jazz, indie, rock, and world music. Highly comparable model: long-established German regional promoter operating own venue programming with similar genre breadth.
• Marek Liebenberg Konzertagentur: Frankfurt-based German concert promoter with similar genre coverage and venue partnerships. Comparable mid-sized German regional promoter competing for similar touring artists in the Rhine-Main and southern German markets.
• DEAG (Deutsche Entertainment AG): German live entertainment company that promotes concerts, tours, and events across multiple genres with venue partnerships. Directly comparable business model as a German concert promoter serving similar artists and audiences at greater scale.

Broad incumbents

• CTS Eventim: Europe's largest ticketing and live entertainment operator, which also acts as a promoter and venue operator. Concertbüro Franken actually uses CTS Eventim for nationwide distribution, so it sits both as infrastructure partner and broad incumbent competitor with significantly larger scale.
• Reservix (Aventus / ADticket): Major German ticketing platform serving regional venues and event organizers. Comparable as the ticketing/distribution layer that competes with the same CTS Eventim infrastructure Concertbüro Franken relies on, though focused on regional rather than national premier accounts.

Regional players

• Köln-Konzept / Köln Concert: Cologne-based regional concert promoter with a comparable venue-and-promotion model serving the Rhineland region. Same operational archetype as Concertbüro Franken but anchored to a different German metropolitan market.
• Reservix / München Ticket: Munich-based ticketing and event services platform for southern Bavaria, structurally similar to Concertbüro Franken's Franconia position. Comparable as a regional Bavarian ticketing/promotion intermediary in an adjacent metro.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ConcertbueroFrankenGmbH
• Instagraminstagram.com/concertbuero_franken

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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