Photo-Me International

Name

Photo-Me International

Legal name

Photo-Me International

Website

https://photo-me.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Photo-Me International is a UK-based, publicly listed (LSE: PHTM) manufacturer and operator founded in 1962 that runs a European network of self-service photobooths and end-consumer vending machines, serving individual consumers through per-use transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Self-Service Photobooths

NAICS

One-Hour Photofinishing (812922), Photofinishing Laboratories (except One-Hour) (812921), Consumer Electronics and Appliances Rental (532210)

SIC

Photographic Equipment & Supplies (3861), Services-Photofinishing Laboratories (7384)

akta.pro primary industry

Fixed-Lens Cameras (Compact, Bridge & 360 Cameras) (CRACAPAB)

Keywords

• Photo booth manufacturing
• Self-service vending
• Passport photography
• ID photo solutions
• Consumer vending machines

Headquarters

HQ city

Epsom

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

Photo-Me International manufactures and operates self-service photobooths and other end-consumer vending solutions. Its portfolio includes automated booths for passport and ID photography, entertainment photobooths, and retail/self-service photography services placed in consumer locations across Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Self-service photobooths (passport and ID photography)

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• Fujifilm: Imaging and photofinishing company with Instax instant-print hardware and photobooth-style output products. Comparable as a direct competitor in the photo capture/print and photobooth/photofinishing value chain, serving overlapping consumer use cases.
• Matthews International (OpSec Security): Authentication and brand-protection solutions provider with adjacent ID document and photo capture capabilities. Comparable because it competes in regulated ID document imaging and credentialing workflows that overlap with Photo-Me's passport/ID photo segment.
• PhotoBox: European consumer photo printing, photobooks, and photo merchandise platform. Comparable as a direct competitor on the photofinishing/photo output side of Photo-Me's business, particularly for self-service consumer photo output use cases.
• Kodak Alaris: Provider of photography capture, scanning, and document/ID imaging solutions including passport photo workflows. Comparable due to direct overlap in photofinishing and ID/passport photo capture markets historically contested with Photo-Me's booths.

Broad incumbents

• Nayax: Cashless payment and telemetry platform for unattended vending and self-service machines globally. Comparable as a vendor enabling the same unattended end-consumer vending equipment fleet that Photo-Me operates, providing analogous operator-side economics.
• Diebold Nixdorf: Global provider of self-service kiosks and connected commerce hardware, including self-service checkout and ticketing. Comparable as another broad incumbent in the unattended self-service terminal market sharing field-service and kiosk-deployment mechanics with Photo-Me.
• Crane NXT (CPI): Leading manufacturer of payment kiosks, currency processing, and unattended self-service equipment for retail, transport, and vending. Comparable due to overlap in unattended end-consumer vending hardware, cash-handling infrastructure, and recurring service revenue models.
• NCR Corporation: Major self-service kiosk and ATM vendor with a broad portfolio across retail, hospitality, and financial services. Comparable because it operates the same self-service end-consumer vending model at scale that Photo-Me pursues in photobooths, with similar deployment, maintenance, and field-service economics.

Regional players

• PAX Global Technology: Asian-headquartered provider of payment terminals and unattended self-service hardware. Comparable due to overlapping unattended end-consumer equipment portfolio while primarily serving APAC rather than Photo-Me's European footprint.

Emerging players

• CPI Card Group / Digital Imaging / Identiv: Provider of ID and credentialing infrastructure with photo capture components relevant to ID workflows. Comparable as a more specialized adjacent player in the ID photo/credentialing ecosystem that competes for portions of Photo-Me's regulated-use customer relationships.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/photo_me_uk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/photo-me-international-plc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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