Espresso Mobile

Name

Espresso Mobile

Legal name

Espresso AS

Website

https://espressomobile.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Coffee Bar / Event Catering Services

NAICS

Mobile Food Services (722330), Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Beverage Service (Coffee/Tea/Juice) & Refreshment Stations (HSACAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bar & Beverage Catering (Mobile Bar, Bartending) (HSACAGAF), Espresso Bars & Coffee Bars (THAFADAD)

Keywords

• Mobile coffee service
• Event barista service
• Corporate event catering
• Mobile bar rental
• Specialty coffee catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Oslo

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mobile Coffee Bar Rental with Barista Service: Providing mobile coffee bars with skilled baristas for corporate events, trade shows, conferences, and brand activations. Revenue generated through service fees for the mobile bar setup, professional barista labor, and coffee/equipment provision. Customers can also request custom branding on cups and bars.
2. Bakery/Pastry Supply: Adding fresh pastries including croissants, cinnamon buns, and quality baked goods from partner bakeries to the mobile coffee service offering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Espresso Mobile provides mobile coffee bar service for events, supplying professional baristas, Italian espresso machines, and bar modules that can be deployed at corporate events, trade shows, conferences, weddings, and brand activations across Norway. The offering is complemented by fresh pastries from partner bakeries and, through sister brand Gelato Mobile, mobile ice cream service, allowing customers to add branded cups and bar units for promotional use.

Product overview

Espresso Mobile operates as a mobile coffee bar service provider, offering a single unified service of professional barista-operated coffee stations for events and corporate gatherings. The company also encompasses its sister brand Gelato Mobile, which provides mobile gelato/ice cream services. Together, these complementary offerings enable the company to deliver comprehensive food and beverage experiences at events ranging from small gatherings to large conference arenas. The core offering includes trained baristas, Italian espresso machines, coffee bicycles, mobile bar modules, and partnered baked goods, all delivered as an integrated event service rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobile Coffee Bar Service Mobile coffee bar service delivering professional baristas, Italian espresso machines, and configurable bar modules to corporate events, trade shows, conferences, store openings, product launches, brand activations, and private celebrations across Norway. Includes optional custom cup and bar branding, and is frequently integrated into exhibition stands in collaboration with exhibition agencies.
• Mobile Gelato Bar Service (Gelato Mobile) Mobile gelato and ice cream bar service for events, parties, weddings, and brand activations, offered under the sister brand Gelato Mobile. Ice cream is sourced from Kulinaris, a small ice cream factory outside Oslo, with rotating flavors including vanilla, chocolate, tiramisu, pistachio, saffron, and others.
• Pastry and Bakery Add-On Service Add-on offering of fresh croissants, cinnamon buns, and quality baked goods supplied from partner bakeries (Obelia, Åpent Bakeri, Skillings Oslo) to complement the mobile coffee bar service at events.

Named customers26 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LippecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoffee roastery partnership. Lippe is one of Norway's quality coffee roasters that Espresso Mobile sources beans from for their mobile coffee bar service.
• Tim WendelboecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenowned Norwegian specialty coffee roaster. Tim Wendelboe is internationally recognized for quality coffee and is a key supplier for Espresso Mobile's mobile coffee service.
• KaffacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorwegian specialty coffee roaster. Kaffa is one of Norway's most respected specialty roasters, supplying beans to Espresso Mobile.
• FuglencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOslo-based specialty coffee roaster and café. Fuglen is known internationally and supplies quality coffee beans to Espresso Mobile.
• KulinariscoreTechnology or IntegrationSmall ice cream factory located outside Oslo. Espresso Mobile's sister company Gelato Mobile sources ice cream from Kulinaris, offering varieties like vanilla, chocolate, tiramisu, pistachio, saffron, and more.
• Messebyrå (Exhibition Agencies)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExhibition agencies who design and build exhibition stands. Espresso Mobile works with these partners to integrate mobile coffee bars into exhibition stands, requiring only standard electrical outlet and handling water supply via containers under the counter.
• Gelato MobilecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company to Espresso Mobile. Gelato Mobile provides mobile ice cream/gelato bars for events, allowing Espresso Mobile to offer a complete beverage service covering both coffee and ice cream for celebrations, corporate events, and brand activations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Way Out Coffee: Swedish specialty coffee roaster and café operator with event/catering capability. Comparable mobile coffee service ethos but operating primarily in Sweden rather than Norway.
• Caffè Mobile: Italian mobile espresso service providing professional barista coffee at events, fairs, and corporate functions. Comparable concept but operating in Italy rather than Norway.

Others

• Tim Wendelboe: World-renowned Oslo-based specialty roaster and café, and a supplier partner of Espresso Mobile. Functions as both an indirect upstream enabler of Espresso Mobile's coffee quality and a potential adjacent event-coffee alternative.
• Fuglen Coffee: Oslo-based specialty roaster and café; supplier partner of Espresso Mobile. Indirect enabler of Espresso Mobile's premium positioning while also competing for event coffee opportunities in Oslo.

Direct peers

• CoffeeBike: German-origin mobile coffee bike franchise offering on-site barista coffee for events, trade shows, and corporate clients across Europe. Highly comparable mobile-event coffee model with modular bike units, similar to Espresso Mobile's coffee bicycle offering.
• Baristabar: Norwegian mobile barista and coffee bar rental service for corporate events, weddings, and trade shows. Direct overlap with Espresso Mobile's event-driven coffee bar offering in the Norwegian market.

Broad incumbents

• Espresso House: Largest coffee chain in the Nordics (Sweden-founded), operating fixed cafés. Not a direct mobile competitor but a benchmark for Nordic specialty coffee scale and a potential source of in-house event catering substitution in the region.
• Joe & The Juice: Nordic-headquartered global coffee/juice chain with a strong corporate catering and event service layer. Represents larger-scale competition for corporate event coffee contracts in the Nordic region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/espressomobile
• Instagraminstagram.com/espressomobile
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/espressomobile

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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