Burleigh Bears

What Burleigh Bears does

Burleigh Bears is a private sports and community leagues club operating under the legal entity The Bears Leagues Club (ABN 61939523290) from a single primary venue at 80 Pacific Avenue, Miami, Queensland 4220, Australia. The organization serves local residents and sports enthusiasts in the Gold Coast area, providing rugby league sports participation, community entertainment, dining, and hospitality services, with daily operations from 10am to 2am across all seven days. Its product set is centered on three affiliated properties — Burleigh Leagues Club (hospitality venue), Burleigh Bears Rugby League Football Club (competitive sports team), and Burleigh Sports Club (sports club facilities) — all of which are linked through a shared digital presence at burleighbears.com.au. The company is not a technology product business but rather a hospitality and community sports entertainment operator, with a 17-person team and no disclosed revenue, funding, or technology stack.

The business model is a physical venue-based hospitality and entertainment operation, monetized through on-premise food and beverage, sports viewing, social events, and club membership/community engagement. The go-to-market is purely local and walk-in driven, with no published pricing models or digital sales channels. Distribution is a single retail/physical storefront targeting SMB/individual/consumer patrons. The primary customer segment is local community members and sports participants in the Burleigh/Miami catchment, with a horizontal segmentation approach and no enterprise or B2B customer relationships disclosed. Ownership structure, institutional backing, and detailed financials are not provided in the available source material, which constitutes a material data gap for any prospective investor or acquirer.

Name

Burleigh Bears

Legal name

The Bears Leagues Club

Website

https://burleighbears.com.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Burleigh Bears, trading as The Bears Leagues Club, is a private Gold Coast community sports and hospitality club operating a single venue in Miami, Queensland, offering rugby league, dining, and entertainment services to local residents seven days a week.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Club & Hospitality Venue

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Amateur & Grassroots Sport Associations (Community/Youth Governing Orgs) (MPAKAFAF), Sports Bars (CRANACAC)

Keywords

• Leagues club hospitality
• Rugby league club
• Sports club operations
• Venue dining beverages
• Community sports entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Burleigh Bears (The Bears Leagues Club) operates a physical leagues club and sports club venue at 80 Pacific Avenue, Miami, Queensland, providing hospitality services including food, beverages, and entertainment from 10am to 2am, seven days a week. The organization also fields the Burleigh Bears Rugby League Football Club in competitive rugby league and supports community-based sports and social gatherings for Gold Coast residents.

Product overview

Burleigh Bears is a sports club/leagues club operating as part of The Bears Leagues Club group. The organization appears to operate multiple club venues (Burleigh Leagues Club, Burleigh Bears RLFC, Burleigh Sports Club) offering hospitality services including food, beverages, and sporting facilities. This is not a technology product company but rather a hospitality and sports entertainment venue.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Burleigh Leagues Club The primary leagues club venue offering hospitality services including food, beverages, and entertainment to local community members and visitors, operating 10am-2am seven days a week.
• Burleigh Bears Rugby League Football Club (RLFC) The Burleigh Bears rugby league football club fielding teams in competitive rugby league competitions for local players and supporters.
• Burleigh Sports Club Sports club facilities and ancillary services operating under the broader Burleigh Bears / The Bears Leagues Club group.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Burleigh Leagues ClubcoreOthersAffiliated club within the same network. Burleigh Bears website links to the Burleigh Leagues Club website. Both appear to be under the same organizational umbrella (The Bears Leagues Club).
• Burleigh Sports ClubminorOthersAffiliated sports club within the Burleigh network. The Burleigh Bears website links to Burleigh Sports Club as a related property.
• Burleigh Bears Rugby League Football Club (RLFC)coreOthersThe primary sporting entity - the rugby league football club that represents Burleigh Bears in competitions. The website links to the RLFC website as the primary sports team.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Southport Sharks: Major Gold Coast leagues and sporting club combining hospitality, gaming, and community sports. Directly comparable as a multi-purpose Gold Coast leagues club with similar operating model and customer base.
• Central Queensland Capras: Queensland community rugby league club participating in state-level competitions. Comparable as a regional rugby league club with associated community and hospitality functions.
• Redcliffe Dolphins: Queensland rugby league club with leagues club operations and significant Gold Coast / Brisbane fan overlap. Comparable as a rugby league club with integrated hospitality and venue operations.
• Surfers Paradise RSL: RSL-affiliated leagues club on the Gold Coast providing food, beverage, entertainment, and gaming. Comparable in venue size, operating hours, and member services.
• Ipswich Jets: Queensland amateur rugby league club with on-premise club facilities. Comparable as a community rugby league club serving a similar member demographic in southeast Queensland.
• Norths Devils: Brisbane-based amateur rugby league club with associated leagues club operations. Comparable as a community rugby league organization with on-premise hospitality and sports programming.
• Wynnum Manly Seagulls: Queensland community rugby league club participating in the same competitions as Burleigh Bears RLFC. Comparable as a peer amateur rugby league entity with similar fan base profile.
• Easts Tigers: Brisbane-based amateur rugby league club with leagues club affiliation. Comparable as a community rugby league organization operating in similar Queensland competitions.
• Tweed Heads Seagulls: A nearby Gold Coast / Northern NSW amateur rugby league club operating its own leagues and sports club facilities. Directly comparable as a community rugby league club with on-premise hospitality in the same regional catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Brisbane Broncos: Professional NRL franchise based in Brisbane. Broadly comparable as a Queensland rugby league brand, though at a much larger professional scale and competing for the same supporter base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/burleigh-bears

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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