What Eventure does

Eventure Nederland B.V. is a Dutch temporary staffing agency that supplies hospitality and operational personnel to festivals, concerts, cultural venues, and event organizers across the Netherlands. Founded around 2008 and headquartered in Nijmegen with a presence in Amsterdam, the company operates a worker pool of approximately 5,000 individuals deployed across more than 200 events and 12,000+ shifts per year, cumulatively staffing 4,000+ events over its history. Service categories include bar staff, cash register operators, food service workers, ticket scanners, site crew, safety hosts, and hostess roles, supplemented by supervisory positions (bar heads, cash supervisors), on-site field management, and roster/pool management consulting.

The company operates two principal technology assets: the Eventure App, a mobile application for staff shift viewing, check-in/out, carpooling groups, clothing/briefing distribution, and push notifications, and CashOut, an instant wage payout system (1.75% transaction fee, €0.75 minimum) that allows staff to receive 50–75% of earned wages immediately after shifts at events with an Eventure basecamp. Payroll is outsourced to Fooks Payrolling under a 0-hour (flex) contract structure, with staff onboarding, ID/bank capture, and pay slip access managed through the Fooks app.

Eventure's business model is a B2B staffing markup on gross wages, with billing structured around Dutch youth/adult hourly rate brackets (€9.00–€14.71 gross per hour, plus 8% vacation pay). The company is privately held, founder/owner-operated (Rob as owner, Kim as Operations Director), with no disclosed external funding, and serves enterprise event buyers (festival producers, venue operators, ticketing/cash partners such as Pay Systems and LOC7000) via direct sales relationships. Staff recruitment is driven by organic social media (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn), the company website, and the Eventure App.

Name

Eventure

Legal name

Eventure Nederland B.V.

Website

https://eventure.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Eventure is a Dutch event staffing agency supplying bar, cash register, food, ticket scanning, and site crew personnel to festivals, concerts, and cultural venues across the Netherlands, drawing on a pool of 5,000+ workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Staffing Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (722310), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Onsite Operations & Event Staffing Management (THAHACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Stagehands & Production Support Crew (HSACAEAJ), Event Registration & Check-In Staff (HSACAEAB), Event Culinary Staffing & Back-of-House Services (Chefs, Servers, Bartenders) (THAHAKAN)

Keywords

• Event staffing services
• Festival personnel supply
• Hospitality event staffing
• Temporary event workforce
• Festival crew management

Headquarters

HQ city

Nijmegen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staffing Services: Eventure provides temporary staffing solutions to event organizers and festivals. They supply bar staff, cash register operators, food service workers, ticket scanners, site crew, and safety hosts. Revenue is generated through the markup on staff wages charged to event organizers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Eventure is a Dutch event staffing agency that supplies temporary personnel — bar staff, cashiers, ticket scanners, site crew, safety hosts, hostesses, and food service workers — to festivals, concerts, and events across the Netherlands. The company manages a pool of 5,000+ pre-screened workers, delivers on-site field management and rostering optimization, and serves 200+ events per year for organizers including Lowlands, Pinkpop, Defqon.1, Down the Rabbit Hole, and Mysteryland.

Product overview

Eventure is a Dutch event staffing agency providing comprehensive personnel services for festivals and events across the Netherlands. The company operates a staffing pool of approximately 5000 workers and manages over 200 events per year. Their core offering consists of staffing services across multiple service categories: Bar, Kassa (cash register), Food, Ticketscan, Site Crew, Safety Host, Hostess, and Horeca (hospitality). These services are delivered through two interconnected components: (1) staffing and recruitment services for hiring and deploying qualified personnel, and (2) the Eventure App platform for employee scheduling, briefings, and coordination. Additional service modules include Fieldmanagement for on-site personnel optimization and Poulemanagement for workforce pool administration. Supporting features include CashOut for instant wage access, training programs, and Eventure Moments for staff engagement. The company partners with Fooks Payrolling for payroll administration and offers roles ranging from entry-level staff to supervisory positions such as bar heads and cash supervisors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bar Services Staffing and deployment of bar personnel for festivals and events, including qualified bar staff (barmedewerkers) and bar heads (barhoofden/supervisors) for bar operations at Dutch festivals and venues.
• Kassa (Cash Register) Services Cash register staffing including cashiers (kassamedewerkers), supervisors, and coaches for handling transactions, cash management, and counterfeit detection at events.
• Food Services Food service personnel staffing for event catering and food preparation operations at festivals and events.
• Ticket Scanning Services Ticket scanning and entry management personnel for event access control at festivals, concerts, and other ticketed events.
• Site Crew Services General site crew personnel for event setup, logistics, and operations support at festivals and events.
• Safety Host Services Safety host personnel for crowd management and event security support at festivals, concerts, and large gatherings.
• Hostess Services Hostess personnel for visitor reception, wayfinding, and event guest services at festivals and events.
• Horeca (Hospitality) Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ events per year served
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pay SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Long-standing partnership since 2006. Eventure provides cash crew (kassamedewerkers, supervisors and coaches) for Pay Systems at various major Dutch events including Paaspop, Bevrijdingspop Haarlem, Pinkpop, Defqon.1, Down the Rabbit Hole, Dreamfields, Lowlands, and Mysteryland. Originally LOC7000 and Pay Systems formed one enterprise, now they maintain an intimate collaboration.
• LOC7000coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLOC7000 stands at the basis of Eventure's origin and is a very reliable partner. Eventure has gained extensive knowledge and experience through their collaboration, providing cash and hospitality services at festivals, concerts and other events.
• Fooks PayrollingcoreTechnology or IntegrationFooks is the payroll company that ensures the 0-hour contract is ready for signing and handles all salary-related matters. Employees receive registration links from Fooks to upload ID and bank details. The Fooks app allows viewing pay slips and year statements.
• Carpool Facebook GroupminorOthersFacebook page where staff can offer or find rides to events. Additionally, carpool WhatsApp groups are available for staff coordination.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Festileaks: Dutch festival discovery and media platform that lists events Eventure staffs; functions as an ecosystem partner (referral channel per Eventure's marketing data) rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Olympia Uitzendbureau: Large Dutch general staffing agency with event and hospitality verticals; competes with Eventure for the same flex/youth worker pool and festival/event clients in the Netherlands.
• Randstad Nederland: Netherlands arm of global staffing giant Randstad, with broad hospitality and event staffing offerings; potential competitor and/or acquirer of specialized event-staffing players like Eventure.

Direct peers

• Pay Systems: Long-standing strategic partner (since 2006) of Eventure providing cash-handling and payment systems for major Dutch festivals including Pinkpop and Defqon.1; operates in the adjacent event-cash-services category.
• Par-T: Dutch festival production company and Eventure client that bundles hospitality production at festivals — comparable in that it operates in the same Dutch festival ecosystem and frequently partners with or competes for the same staffing budgets.
• TSC Crowd Management: Dutch event personnel and crowd management provider; Eventure has previously supplied personnel to TSC events, and they overlap directly in crowd/staffing services for Dutch festivals and events.
• HP-Events: Dutch hospitality staffing agency for events, supplying bar staff, bar heads and supervisors for football matches and events — directly competing with Eventure in the same Dutch market and use cases.
• LOC7000: Foundational partner and predecessor of Eventure, providing cash and hospitality services at Dutch festivals. Operates in the same festival cash-handling and horeca staffing niche.

Regional players

• Arc Hospitality: UK event and hospitality staffing specialist serving festivals, sport and corporate events — analogous service offering to Eventure's bar and hospitality staffing but focused on the UK.
• Sygma Event Staffing: UK-based event staffing agency providing bar, hospitality and promotional staff for events; comparable business model and service mix to Eventure but operating in the UK market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtiktok.com/@eventurenl
• Facebookfacebook.com/EventureNL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eventure-pd
• Instagraminstagram.com/eventurenl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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