Makerhoods

What Makerhoods does

Makerhoods operates a Newark, New Jersey-based maker community from the Krueger-Scott Mansion, offering apartment, commercial space, and business support services to microbusiness owners. The organization serves local artisans, craftspeople, and makers through a vertically integrated community model: prospective makers apply via the website, join a professional community with networking resources, and can participate in a Live & Work program that combines residential and workspace access. It also positions itself as a new economic-development model focused on building neighborhoods of makers rather than using traditional approaches, and monetizes its venue through event hosting.

The product surface is primarily physical and community-based rather than technology-driven. Its digital infrastructure is a Squarespace-hosted website (makerhoods.org) that serves as the central information hub — featuring maker profiles, community information, upcoming events, an application pathway for prospective makers, a "Shop Our Makers" commerce page, a professional community section, and an email newsletter signup, supplemented by organic social media channels. There is no proprietary software platform, no mobile app, no public API or SDK, and no disclosed integrations or technology stack beyond the website CMS.

The business model is not transparently disclosed in available sources: no pricing, fee structure, revenue mechanics, or financial figures are reported, and no funding rounds or investor relationships are documented. The organization operates with 1-10 employees and a single regional footprint in Newark, and ownership commentary in the source data ambiguously describes it as either an independent for-profit or a community-development/nonprofit-style entity. Revenue, if any, is most plausibly derived from a mix of live-work program fees, event venue rentals, maker commerce, and/or grants and donations, but this cannot be confirmed from the available data.

Name

Makerhoods

Legal name

Makerhoods Newark

Website

https://www.makerhoods.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Makerhoods operates a Newark, New Jersey-based maker community from the Krueger-Scott Mansion, offering live-work housing, commercial space, professional networking, and event hosting to local artisans, craftspeople, and microbusiness owners seeking economic development opportunities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maker Space and Live-Work Community Hub

akta.pro primary industry

Community Arts, Culture & Creative Placemaking Enterprises (BPAGALAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Crafts & Maker Arts (Ceramics, Textiles, Jewelry, Mixed Media) (EDAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Maker community space
• Live-work program
• Artisan live workspace
• Microbusiness support
• Maker residencies

Headquarters

HQ city

Newark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Makerhoods provides apartment, commercial space, and business support services to microbusiness owners at the Krueger-Scott Mansion in Newark. It runs a live-and-work program that combines housing and studio space, hosts maker events, and maintains a professional community network connecting local makers. The platform enables artisans and craftspeople to apply for residency and participate in an in-person maker community centered at the historic Newark mansion.

Product overview

Makerhoods Newark operates as a single, unified community offering rather than a modular platform. The organization provides a neighborhood development model for economic growth through maker communities, encompassing maker workspace, professional community networking, live/work housing options, event hosting capabilities, and application pathways for prospective makers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live-and-Work Program Combined apartment housing and commercial studio space program for microbusiness owners at the Krueger-Scott Mansion in Newark. Participants live and work in an integrated maker community and apply through the Makerhoods website.
• Maker Community Network Professional community platform connecting local makers in Newark for networking, collaboration, and peer support. Members access the network as part of the Makerhoods community.
• Maker Events and Event Hosting
• Business Support Services Business support services provided to microbusiness owners as part of the Makerhoods offering, supplementing the live-and-work residency with practical assistance for running a small maker business.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Artspace: National nonprofit developer of affordable live/work space for artists, including maker and creative production space. Highly comparable to Makerhoods because it directly combines residential and workspace for makers/artisans in a community-development framework.
• NextFab: Membership-based maker and innovation space offering workshops, tools, and a creative community of makers and entrepreneurs. Comparable to Makerhoods in providing curated maker workspace, professional community, and programming under one roof.
• Artisan's Asylum: Community maker space that hosts artisans, craftspeople, and small-batch manufacturers with shared tools, studios, and events. Directly comparable to Makerhoods in mission — supporting a community of makers with shared workspace and educational programming.
• The Crucible: Industrial arts education and maker facility offering workshops, studio access, and community events for makers, welders, and craftspeople. Comparable in serving a hands-on maker community with shared facilities, classes, and event programming.
• Maker's Row: Online platform and community connecting independent makers with manufacturers and production resources. Comparable to Makerhoods in targeting the same independent maker/creative microbusiness segment, though operating in a marketplace rather than physical-space model.

Broad incumbents

• Etsy: Large online marketplace connecting independent makers and artisans with buyers. While purely digital and far broader in scale, Etsy serves essentially the same underlying maker microbusiness customer segment that Makerhoods is building a physical community around.
• WeWork: Global co-working incumbent offering shared workspace, event programming, and community to members. Comparable at a category level (community-driven shared workspace), but operates at vastly larger scale and serves a broader corporate/SMB audience rather than a curated maker niche.
• Industrious: Premium flexible-workspace operator offering shared and private offices with hospitality-style programming. Comparable as a community-emphasizing workspace operator, but targets enterprise and SMB tenants rather than a curated maker community.
• Soho House: Members-only club and hospitality brand offering workspace, event venues, and a curated creative community. Comparable in pairing a membership-curated creative community with workspace and event programming, though at much larger scale and with a hospitality-first model.

Emerging players

• Betaworks Studios: Studio and venture platform that operates a curated community of creative and technical founders in shared space. Comparable in concept — curated creative community, shared working space, event programming — though oriented toward tech rather than crafts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Makerhoods
• Facebookfacebook.com/Makerhoods
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/makerhoods

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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