festix & bars

What festix & bars does

festix & bars GmbH is a privately held, family-owned Swiss event management and infrastructure company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Mettendorf, canton of Thurgau. The company operates with a small team of approximately eight members across owners, project management, carpentry, warehouse, and technical roles, and serves a regional client base spanning corporate event organizers, private event hosts, and trade show exhibitors. Its go-to-market is sales-led, conducted through direct phone consultation, website contact, and office visits, with an emphasis on accompanying clients from initial concept through planning and execution.

The company is vertically integrated across the event services value chain. It provides full-service event planning and on-site supervision, custom event and trade show construction executed in its own wood and metal workshops, and a rental inventory spanning bar counters, stages, tents, furniture, lighting, and technical equipment. Proprietary modular building systems support temporary chalets and double-decker event structures, alongside in-house fabricated stairs and rotating bar designs. A separate subsidiary, Dorfalm GmbH, operates the company's own event venue in Mettendorf with capacity for 50–200 guests and on-site catering, extending the business from services provider into venue operator.

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements for event management, project-based construction contracts, transactional rental fees against downloadable price lists, and venue/catering revenue from Dorfalm. Pricing is largely quote-based and dependent on custom specifications. The firm operates entirely on private capital, with no external investors, no funding rounds, and no disclosed financials, and serves customers primarily within the Thurtal region of northeastern Switzerland.

Name

festix & bars

Legal name

festix & bars GmbH

Website

https://festix.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

festix & bars GmbH is a family-owned Swiss event management and infrastructure company in Mettendorf that provides event planning, custom wood and metal construction, equipment rental, and operates the Dorfalm event venue for corporate and private clients in the Thurtal region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Management Services

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Venue-Owned/Operated Event Organizers (In-House Promoters) (MPAKADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural & Community Festivals (Ticketed) (THAJAFAI)

Keywords

• Event management services
• Trade fair construction
• Event equipment rental
• Custom event fabrication
• Event venue hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Mettendorf

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Management Services: Full-service event planning and organization from initial concept through execution, including consulting, 2D/3D planning, and on-site event supervision.
2. Event and Trade Show Construction: Custom manufacturing of event structures in wood and metal, including temporary buildings, chalets, multi-story constructions, and stairs. Includes consultation, 2D/3D planning, production, logistics, setup/dismantling, storage, and maintenance.
3. Rental Materials: Rental of event equipment including bar counters, stages, catering supplies, tents, heating, technology, furniture, lighting, and entertainment items. Customers can download rental price lists.
4. Dorfalm Event Location: Operation of own event venue 'Dorfalm' in Mettendorf, offering catering and venue rental for weddings, celebrations, birthdays, and corporate events. Venue accommodates 50-200 guests with multiple spaces.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

festix & bars GmbH is a Swiss event-services company that plans and runs events, designs and builds custom event and trade-fair installations (including chalets, double-decker structures, bars, and stairs from its own wood and metal workshops), rents out event materials, and operates the Dorfalm event venue with catering near Mettendorf in the canton of Thurgau.

Product overview

festix & bars GmbH is a Swiss event management and infrastructure company based in Mettendorf, offering a unified portfolio of event services. Its core offerings consist of Eventmanagement (full-service event planning and coordination), Event-/Messebau (custom temporary construction for events and trade fairs, including own workshop capabilities in wood and metal), and a Vermietung (rental materials) division providing equipment from bar counters and stages to tents, furniture, and technology. The portfolio also includes named sub-products — Temporäre Bauten/Chalet/Doppelstock-Bauten (modular temporary structures), Treppen (stairs for temporary builds) — and the Dorfalm event venue and catering operation in Mettendorf. The company handles the full value chain from concept and planning to production, logistics, on-site setup, and operation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dorfalm: Eventlocation & Catering - A trendy event venue located in the idyllic Mettendorf in the Thurtal valley, offering spaces for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and corporate events.

Products and services

• Eventmanagement
• Event-/Messebau Custom design, fabrication, and assembly of event and trade-fair installations, including chalets, double-decker structures, bars, and staircases, produced in the company's own wood and metal workshops.
• Temporäre Bauten & Chalet-/Doppelstock-Bauten Modular temporary structures, chalets, and double-decker buildings custom-built for events and trade fairs.
• Treppen (Stairs) Custom-fabricated event and trade-fair staircases built in-house.
• Mietmaterial (Rental Materials) Rental of event equipment and furniture, including the proprietary High Bar / High Lounge collection, available for events and trade-fair stands.
• Dorfalm – Eventlocation & Catering Operated event venue in Mettendorf offering hosted events and catering services.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nüssli Group: Swiss-headquartered specialist in temporary event structures, grandstands, and modular construction for trade shows and live events. Highly comparable to festix & bars' Event-/Messebau division, including chalet and multi-story temporary builds.
• PRG (Production Resource Group): Global provider of event production services including staging, lighting, and custom fabrication. Comparable to festix & bars on the integrated event infrastructure + technical services model.

Broad incumbents

• MCI Group: Geneva-headquartered meetings, events, and association management firm. Comparable as a larger Swiss-based incumbent offering end-to-end event management services to corporate clients.
• GL events: French-listed group offering venue management, event organization, and temporary/exhibition infrastructure worldwide. Comparable as a much larger, full-stack operator covering the same event-services value chain as festix & bars.
• MCH Group: Swiss operator of major exhibition venues (Messe Basel, Messe Zurich) and live-marketing services. Comparable as a venue-owning event organizer active in the same Swiss market as festix & bars.
• Stage Entertainment: European live entertainment producer operating theaters and staging large-scale productions. Comparable as a venue-based event organizer with bundled event infrastructure, though focused on theater productions rather than trade shows/private events.

Regional players

• Messe Frankfurt: One of the world's largest trade fair organizers with extensive event and venue operations. Comparable in trade-show and event infrastructure scope, though operating at a much larger scale and outside Switzerland.
• Koelnmesse: German trade fair and exhibition organizer operating large venues and event infrastructure. Comparable in event/exhibition operations but focused on DACH-region markets rather than competing directly in Mettendorf/Thurgau.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/festix-bars-GmbH-408808629261556

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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