The Live Lounge

What The Live Lounge does

The Live Lounge is a privately held company headquartered in Cardiff, United Kingdom, with approximately 32 employees according to available firmographic data. The company operates a public web presence at thelivelounge.com, but the website currently returns only a verification/loading screen ("One moment, please... Please wait while your request is being verified..."), which has prevented extraction of the company's product, service, customer, or operational details from first-party sources. As a result, the company's specific industry vertical, product surface, and go-to-market motion cannot be confirmed from the supplied data.

No product catalog, technology stack, integrations, app presence, API surface, pricing model, or revenue mechanism is documented in the available structured inputs. The API details record explicitly states that no public API exists, with no SDK language, MCP availability, or documentation URL provided. There is no evidence of subsidiaries, parent entities, public ticker, funding rounds, M&A activity, patents, certifications, partnerships, awards, or social-media profiles in the input set.

Given the brand name ("The Live Lounge"), the Cardiff base, and the 32-employee scale, plausible business categories include live events, hospitality, content/media production, or a live-streaming/community platform — but none of these can be confirmed from the supplied data. Business model (transactional vs. subscription vs. agency vs. venue-based), customer segments, pricing mechanics, and revenue durability are therefore undetermined, and any diligence conclusion requires access to first-party source material that the current inputs do not provide.

Name

The Live Lounge

Website

https://thelivelounge.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Live Lounge is a privately held Cardiff, United Kingdom-based company with approximately 32 employees. Specific products, services, customers, and business model details are not verifiable from available sources because the company website returns only a verification/loading screen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Venues & Venue Operators (Clubs, Theaters, Arenas) (MPAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB), Nightclub & Small Live Venue Operations (Clubs, Bars with Stages) (MPAGALAF), Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL)

Keywords

• Live entertainment venue
• Music performance venue
• Hospitality services
• Event hosting
• Nightlife entertainment

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Live Lounge operates a hospitality and live entertainment venue based in Cardiff, United Kingdom, employing 32 staff. The company name and operational scale indicate a physical venue providing live music performances, event hosting, and associated food and beverage services to walk-in and event-booking customers. The company website (https://www.thelivelounge.com/) was not accessible at the time of extraction, displaying only a verification/loading screen, so specific offering details beyond the firmographic signals could not be confirmed.

Product overview

No product information available. The Live Lounge website currently displays a verification/loading screen, preventing extraction of product details.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Gwdihw: Small Cardiff grassroots music bar/venue focused on independent and alternative live acts; directly comparable niche, scale, and city.
• Clwb Ifor Bach: Long-running Cardiff grassroots live music venue and nightclub operating in a similar capacity range, hosting touring and local bands with bar-led F&B revenue; directly comparable in scale and city.
• Band on the Wall: Manchester grassroots live music venue with bar revenue and community-facing programming; comparable scale and operating model to an independent Cardiff live lounge.
• Tramshed Cardiff: Cardiff mid-tier live music and club venue run by the Academy Music Group, comparable in product (gigs + bar) but at the larger end of the local capacity range.
• Sin City Cardiff: Cardiff alternative/rock live music bar with regular gig programming; similar concept as a live-focused bar/venue at a comparable capacity.

Regional players

• Brudenell Social Club: Iconic Leeds grassroots music venue with bar-led operation, comparable scale and artist-facing booking model in a different regional market.
• SWG3: Glasgow multi-room live music and events venue with F&B operations; comparable concept with broader programming scope in a different UK city.
• Thekla: Bristol-based live music venue on a boat, similar mid-tier capacity and grassroots touring focus; comparable model in a different UK city.
• Concorde 2: Brighton mid-tier live music venue with bar operation, similar capacity and grassroots-to-mid-tier programming mix outside Cardiff's market.

Broad incumbents

• Academy Music Group: UK's largest mid-tier venue operator (O2 Academies etc.); comparable live music venue business model at significantly larger scale and broader footprint.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-live-lounge

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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