Live Escape

What Live Escape does

Live Escape BV is a privately held Dutch escape room operator founded in 2016 and headquartered in Rotterdam. The company operates 12 themed, physical escape rooms across four Netherlands locations — Rotterdam, Amersfoort, Utrecht, and Veenendaal — serving consumer groups (friends, families, bachelor/bachelorette parties) and corporate clients seeking team-building experiences. Each room is built around a distinct narrative (Lab 13, The Safe House, Reactor 3, Mission Zero, Cabin 666, The Wizard School, etc.) with theatrical sets, sound/lighting effects, props, and bilingual Dutch/English gameplay, monitored in real time from staff control rooms equipped with safety stop systems.

The underlying operational technology is a mix of physical build-out (atmospheric sets, puzzles, locking mechanisms), live surveillance and intercom systems for game-master monitoring, and a self-serve online reservation platform powering direct bookings. Live Escape is differentiated less by software than by its 12-room content library and 2,500+ cumulative Google reviews (averaging 4.4-4.8 stars across locations). Product taxonomy includes 12 core escape room experiences, add-on packages (basic dinner €65/person, luxury dinner €77.50-€79/person, wine and cocktail workshops, high tea, high wine, coffee with cake), and children's party products. The business is positioned by the operator as 'the most booked escape room in Amersfoort area.'

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time per-session payments (€18-€38 per person depending on location, group size, and time slot), supplemented by bundled dining and beverage packages and gift vouchers redeemable across locations. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via website, phone, and walk-ins, with a franchise offering published as a channel for capital-light geographic expansion. Co-located hospitality partnerships (YouJump in Amersfoort, Grand Café De Kei in Veenendaal) extend operational reach. The company has no disclosed funding, parent company, or management team information, and operates with a small staff base (1-10 employees) across four legal entity branches (Live Escape BV Rotterdam/Veenendaal/Utrecht/Amersfoort).

Name

Live Escape

Legal name

Live Escape BV

Website

https://liveescape.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Live Escape BV is a Dutch escape room operator running 12 themed rooms across four Netherlands locations (Rotterdam, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Veenendaal). It serves consumer groups and corporate clients with 60-minute immersive puzzle experiences and bundled dining packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Escape Room Entertainment

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131), Amusement Arcades (713120), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAAAAAD

Family Entertainment Centers & Indoor Amusement (Arcades, Trampoline Parks, Indoor Play)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/Amusement Parks & Theme Parks

Keywords

• Escape room experiences
• Themed puzzle games
• Team building activities
• Group entertainment venues
• Corporate outing packages

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Escape Room Sessions: One-time payment per group for 60-minute escape room experience. Prices vary by group size (more people = lower per-person cost) and day/time (weekdays/mornings cheaper than weekends).
2. Dinner and Package Arrangements: Add-on packages including dinner arrangements (basic and luxury), cocktail workshops, wine workshops, high tea, and coffee with cake. Combined with escape room experiences.
3. Gift Vouchers: Live Escape gift certificates redeemable at all locations for escape room experiences

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Live Escape operates themed physical escape room experiences where groups of 2-8 players solve puzzles, riddles, and narrative challenges within a 60-minute time limit to escape the room. The company runs 12 distinct themed rooms across 4 Dutch cities, complemented by add-on packages such as dinner arrangements, wine and cocktail workshops, high tea, children's party packages, and gift vouchers redeemable at all locations.

Product overview

Live Escape operates a portfolio of 12 physical escape room experiences across 4 Dutch locations (Rotterdam, Amersfoort, Utrecht, and Veenendaal). The core product consists of themed escape rooms where teams of 3-8 players solve puzzles and unravel mysteries within 60 minutes to escape. The 4 Rotterdam rooms include crime thriller (The Safe House), Soviet lab experiment (Lab 13), suspense (The Boiler Room), and hotel mystery (Room 1409) themes. Amersfoort features 4 rooms including horror (Cabin 666), mortuary mystery (Theft at the Morgue), fantasy (The Wizard School), and art heist (Museum Heist) themes. Utrecht offers 2 rooms: nuclear disaster (Reactor 3) and laundromat mystery (Mike's Laundromat). Veenendaal has 2 rooms: high-tech bank heist (Mission Zero) and laboratory horror (The Cure Experiment). The company supplements core rooms with add-on packages including dining experiences (Dinner Package from €65, Luxury Dinner Package from €77.50), beverage experiences (Wine Workshop, Cocktail Workshop, High Wine, High Tea, Coffee with Cake), and children's party packages (The Philosopher's Stone, The Goblet of Fire). Gift vouchers are also available for all locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Safe House (Rotterdam) A crime-themed 60-minute escape room in Rotterdam where players, who were unexpected witnesses to a reckoning in the Rotterdam underworld, must escape while awaiting a court case. Designed for 2-8 players.
• Lab 13 (Rotterdam) A 1950s Soviet experiment-themed 60-minute escape room in Rotterdam where players investigate experiments that could not bear the light of day. Designed for 2-8 players.
• The Boiler Room (Rotterdam) A suspenseful 60-minute escape room in Rotterdam where players search for Sophie in a mysterious boiler room setting. Designed for 2-8 players.
• Room 1409 (Rotterdam) A mysterious hotel room escape room in Rotterdam centered around room 1409 of the Skyhotel where strange occurrences have been reported. 60-minute experience designed for 2-8 players.
• Cabin 666 (Amersfoort) A horror-themed 60-minute escape room in Amersfoort set in a hiker's cabin in the Austrian mountains where mysterious disappearances have occurred. Designed for 3-8 players.
• Theft at the Morgue (Amersfoort) A 60-minute mystery escape room in Amersfoort where players visit a mortuary to recover stolen high-value objects. Designed for 3-8 players.
• The Wizard School (Amersfoort) A 60-minute fantasy-themed escape room in Amersfoort inspired by Harry Potter where players attend wizard school and search for yearbook pictures. Designed for 3-8 players.
• The Museum Heist (Amersfoort) A 60-minute art theft-themed escape room in Amersfoort where players visit a museum and attempt to steal the centerpiece of an Africa exhibit. Designed for groups of players.
• Reactor 3 (Utrecht) A 60-minute 1980s nuclear power plant-themed escape room in Utrecht where a routine inspection turns into a dangerous situation. Designed for 2-8 players.
• Mike's Laundromat (Utrecht) A 60-minute mystery escape room in Utrecht set in an ordinary-looking laundromat that harbors hidden secrets. Designed for 2-8 players.
• Mission Zero (Veenendaal) A 60-minute high-tech heist escape room in Veenendaal where players join elite hackers to breach an international bank's servers to steal cryptocurrency. Designed for 2-8 players.
• The Cure Experiment (Veenendaal) A 60-minute scientific horror escape room in Veenendaal set in a remote laboratory where researchers worked on a revolutionary medicine that went wrong. Designed for 2-8 players.
• Dinner Package A three-course meal combined with an escape room experience, starting from €65 per person. Minimum 5 persons; Monday evenings for groups under 20 require special arrangement.
• Luxury Dinner Package Premium dining experience combined with escape rooms, featuring a luxury three-course menu from a premium menu, a welcome cocktail, and one drink during dinner. Priced at €77.50-€79 per person; minimum 5 persons.
• Cocktail Workshop Interactive cocktail making workshop combined with an escape room experience (temporarily unavailable at some locations).
• Wine Workshop Wine tasting workshop combining education about wine aromas and tastes with an escape room experience.
• High Wine Upscale drinks experience with savory appetizers combined with multiple glasses of wine, paired with an escape room experience in Rotterdam.
• High Tea Afternoon tea experience with a table full of goodies and socializing opportunities, paired with an escape room experience in Rotterdam.
• Coffee with Cake Coffee and cake arrangement priced at €9.50 per person for a minimum of 2 persons, adding relaxation to the escape room experience before or after the game.
• The Philosopher's Stone (Children's Party) Wizard school-themed children's party package at the Amersfoort location, including party table, rocket ice cream, chips, and lemonade, combined with the escape room.
• The Goblet of Fire (Children's Party) Extended wizard school children's party package at the Amersfoort location, including chips and snacks afterwards, combined with the escape room.
• Gift Voucher Gift certificates redeemable at all four Live Escape locations (Rotterdam, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Veenendaal) for escape room experiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• Groups of 2-8 players can complete escape rooms within 60 minutes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record.

• YouJumpOthersYouJump shares reception space with Live Escape Amersfoort location in Oppidium Shopping Center. YouJump manages the bar in the shared waiting area.
• Grand Café De KeiStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner restaurant located directly below Live Escape Veenendaal. Provides luxury dinner arrangement for escape room customers.
• Partner Restaurants (Amersfoort)Strategic or Co-development PartnerPartner restaurants in Amersfoort vicinity for dinner arrangements. Part of basic and luxury dinner packages combined with escape room experiences.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• 60out Escape Rooms: Los Angeles-based escape room operator running multiple themed rooms with corporate and consumer focus. Comparable in offering immersive themed escape room experiences with group pricing and corporate packages.
• Hint Hunt: London-based escape room operator offering live group puzzle experiences. Comparable in product offering (themed 60-minute escape rooms) and B2C/B2B customer mix.
• Escaperoom.nl: Dutch escape room platform/operator in the Netherlands offering themed group experiences. Direct domestic peer operating in the same geography with overlapping target segments.
• Breakout Games: Multi-location US escape room franchise offering themed adventure rooms for groups of friends, families, and corporate team building. Directly comparable business model with multi-site themed room portfolio.
• The Escape Game: US-based escape room chain operating multiple themed rooms in major cities, offering 60-minute group puzzle experiences. Closest US analogue to Live Escape in terms of multi-room, multi-location model targeting both consumers and corporate groups.
• Escape Hunt plc: UK-listed escape room franchise operator with global locations offering themed puzzle experiences for groups. Direct competitor in the same product category (escape room games) with comparable group experience model and franchise distribution.
• Sherlocked: Dutch escape room chain operating multiple themed rooms in the Netherlands targeting group entertainment and team-building. Direct domestic competitor in the same product category and customer segments.

Emerging players

• JumpXL: Dutch indoor trampoline and active entertainment operator co-located with Live Escape in Amersfoort. Operates in the broader Dutch family entertainment center category, addressing overlapping group entertainment demand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LiveEscapeNL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/live-escape-nl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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