Made By You

What Made By You does

Made By You is a privately held, multi-location retail operator of paint-your-own ceramics and pottery studios serving individual consumers seeking creative leisure experiences. The company runs 12 physical studio locations across five European countries: three in Austria (two in Vienna plus Baden), six in Germany (Chemnitz, two in Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, and Leipzig), and one each in Budapest (Hungary), Warsaw (Poland), and Bucharest (Romania). Each location is operated under the "Made By You" brand with country-specific web domains and localized contact points, suggesting a coordinated but locally executed go-to-market rather than a centralized franchise.

The core offering is an in-person, walk-in experience in which customers visit the studio to select ceramic pieces and decorate them on-site. There is no apparent e-commerce, mobile app, online booking system, or digital product layer; the company's digital presence is limited to a marketing website (madebyyou.com) and a Dribbble portfolio link. The technology stack, if any, is not disclosed and there are no proprietary software components, APIs, or AI capabilities referenced. Revenue is generated through in-studio ceramics painting sessions, likely a combination of studio time fees and ceramic-piece purchases, though no pricing is publicly disclosed.

The company appears to be a privately operated small business. The firmographics report 6 employees (likely a central management or owner-operator headcount not inclusive of per-location studio staff), no parent company, no institutional investors, no disclosed funding rounds, no acquisitions, and no public listing. Ownership, governance, management team, founding year, and revenue figures are all absent from the source data, materially limiting due-diligence visibility into the legal entity and financial profile behind the studio network.

Name

Made By You

Website

https://madebyyou.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Made By You operates a chain of 12 paint-your-own ceramics and pottery studios across five European countries (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania), serving individual consumers seeking in-person creative leisure experiences through walk-in ceramic painting sessions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pottery Painting Studios

NAICS

Paint and Wallpaper Retailers (444120)

SIC

Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945)

akta.pro primary industry

General Arts & Crafts Supplies Retail (CRALACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fine Art Materials Retail (Paint, Canvas, Drawing) (CRALACAB)

Keywords

• Ceramics painting studios
• Paint your own pottery
• Creative leisure activities
• DIY ceramic crafting
• Walk-in craft studios

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. In-studio ceramics painting sessions: Customers visit physical studios to paint ceramics and pottery. Revenue likely generated from studio time fees and/or purchase of ceramic pieces to paint.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Made By You operates physical retail studios where individual customers visit in person to paint and decorate blank ceramics and pottery pieces as a creative leisure activity. The service is delivered exclusively through walk-in studios at 12 locations across Austria (Vienna, Baden), Germany (Chemnitz, Dresden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig), Hungary (Budapest), Poland (Warsaw), and Romania (Bucharest). Customers select ceramic blanks on-site, paint them with provided materials, and take home personalized handmade items; there is no online sales channel or e-commerce component.

Product overview

Made By You is a chain of paint-your-own ceramics studios with multiple locations across Austria (Vienna, Baden), Germany (Chemnitz, Dresden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig), Hungary (Budapest), Poland (Warsaw), and Romania (Bucharest). The company operates physical studio locations where customers paint and decorate ceramic items. Based on the website content, there are no distinct named digital products or modules mentioned—the offering consists of in-person ceramic painting services at studio locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In-studio ceramics painting sessions Walk-in, in-person ceramics and pottery painting experiences offered across 12 physical studio locations in Austria (Vienna, Baden), Germany (Chemnitz, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig), Hungary (Budapest), Poland (Warsaw), and Romania (Bucharest). Customers visit a studio, select blank ceramic items such as mugs, plates, or figurines, decorate them with paints and tools provided on-site, and take home the finished personalized pieces.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Pottery Barn: Large home-goods retailer with ceramics and home décor product lines. Overlaps at the ceramic-products level but does not operate the paint-your-own experience model.
• Brico Depôt: European home-improvement retailer that sells paints/coatings in-store. Comparable only at the level of retailing paint-related products, not the studio experience.
• Hobbycraft: UK's largest arts-and-crafts specialty retailer. Broad incumbent in the same hobby/creative-supplies space, but sells materials DIY rather than operating a painting-studio experience.

Direct peers

• Painting with a Twist: Paint-and-sip franchise offering guided painting classes in studios with a similar experiential/creative-leisure positioning and brick-and-mortar studio retail model, though the medium is canvas rather than ceramics.
• Wine and Design: Paint-and-sip studio chain providing in-studio guided painting experiences. Comparable leisure/experience retail format targeting similar adult group occasions.
• As You Wish: US-based paint-your-own-pottery chain with multiple studios. Same DIY ceramic-painting experience, similar walk-in retail format and birthday/party programming.
• Color Me Mine: Largest global paint-your-own ceramics studio franchise. Directly comparable in offering (walk-in ceramic painting), target customer (creative leisure), and revenue model (studio fees + piece pricing).

Regional players

• The Clay Cafe: UK-based paint-your-own-pottery studio operator. Directly comparable service offering (walk-in ceramic painting) but focused on the UK market rather than Continental Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/made-by-you

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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