What Avesco Group plc does

Avesco Group plc is a UK-headquartered specialist services provider to the live event industry, founded in 1984 and based in Crawley with a workforce of 501-1,000 employees. The group operates through operating subsidiaries including Creative Technology, which positions itself as a leading technology provider for events, experiential marketing, and installations. Its scope spans music festivals, sporting ceremonies, brand activations, and permanent installations across the UK and international markets.

The company's technical production offering centres on large-format video, projection, lighting, and signal-routing systems deployed at scale. Visible capability stack includes ROE Visual IMAG LED screens and Upstage video panels, Panasonic laser projection (including a 40-unit, 7,140 sqm projection mapping deployment at the Presidents Cup 2024 opening ceremony), Disguise VX4 media servers, 128x128 Black Magic Design routers, and certified Barco Encore 3 control platform expertise. Crew capabilities cover projection mapping, IMAG camera systems, and choreographed lighting for live ceremonies.

Avesco generates revenue through project-based technical services contracts combining equipment rental, engineering labour, and on-site show production for event organisers, sports properties, brand experiential agencies, and broadcast customers. Each event is a discrete engagement, with the asset base supporting reuse across engagements and regional hubs (e.g., Creative Technology Middle East) enabling cross-border delivery. Historical growth has included M&A, exemplified by the 2008 acquisition of Telecast Communications to broaden broadcast video capability.

Name

Avesco Group plc

Website

https://avesco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Avesco Group plc is a UK-based specialist technical services provider to the live event industry, operating since 1984 with 501-1,000 employees. Through subsidiaries including Creative Technology, it delivers large-scale video, projection, lighting, and broadcast production for music festivals, sports ceremonies, and brand activations across the UK and Middle East.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Production Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Event PR & Communications Support (BPAFADAO)

Keywords

• Event technology services
• AV equipment rental
• Live event production
• Video display systems
• Lighting design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Crawley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

Avesco Group plc is a specialist services provider to the event industry. Through its subsidiary Creative Technology (CT Group), the company supplies cutting-edge audio-visual technology, including video systems, LED screens, projection mapping, lighting, and media server solutions, for live events, experiential marketing campaigns, and permanent installations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Creative Technology (CT Group) Event Technology Services
• Telecast Communications

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Freeman: Freeman is one of the largest event experiences and expos services companies in North America, with significant overlap in exhibit production, AV, and brand activations serving similar end clients.
• Encore Event Technologies (formerly PSAV): Encore is a leading provider of event technology, production, and venue services to hotels, meeting planners, and corporate event organizers — overlapping with CT Group's audio-visual and staging offerings.
• Production Resource Group (PRG): PRG is the world's largest provider of event production and AV technology services, directly competing with Avesco/CT Group for concerts, corporate events, sports, and broadcast productions worldwide.
• Christie Lites: Christie Lites is a leading lighting rental and production services company for concerts, tours, and live events — competing directly with CT Group's lighting business at major concerts and tours.
• Hawthorn (The Creative Group UK): Hawthorn is a UK-based creative production and event technology company that, like CT Group, supplies lighting, video, and staging for live events, conferences, and experiential campaigns.
• Solotech: Solotech is a Canadian-headquartered provider of audio, video, lighting, and rigging solutions for live events, tours, and corporate productions, with a comparable equipment-rental-plus-services model.
• Mansion AV / Onstage (UK event services): Onstage is a UK-based provider of audio, video, lighting, and staging for corporate events, exhibitions, and conferences — directly comparable in geography and service scope to CT Group.

Broad incumbents

• NEP Group: NEP is a global broadcast and live events technology provider that, following its acquisition of VER, overlaps with CT Group in video equipment rental and large-scale event production services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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

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