The World Bar

What The World Bar does

The World Bar is an Australian hospitality venue established in 2001, headquartered in Kings Cross, New South Wales, with a headcount of 27 employees. Operating from the Kings Cross precinct in Sydney — a historically significant entertainment and nightlife district — the business is presented as a single establishment trading under the "The World Bar" brand, consistent with a bar/nightlife operator rather than a multi-venue hospitality group. The company maintains a public web presence at theworldbar.com, although the available source content consists almost entirely of tracking pixels and a cookie consent banner, yielding no substantive disclosure of operating hours, product mix, capacity, or commercial terms.

The business model is not documented in the source material. There is no disclosure of revenue, pricing structure, product/service list, customer segmentation, management team, ownership, funding history, partnerships, certifications, or technology stack. As such, the revenue mechanics cannot be inferred from the data — they are presumed to follow standard Australian on-premises hospitality economics (beverage-led sales, cover charges, events, and ancillary food revenue) but this is not stated in the input. The company's stated headcount of 27, combined with over two decades of continuous operation, suggests a mature, stably-staffed single-site operator rather than a growth-stage venue roll-up.

Given the absence of disclosed financials, strategic actions, or capital structure, the analytical record is necessarily thin. The Kings Cross location is the only asset-level datum of clear economic relevance, given the precinct's footfall profile and licensed-venue density. Investors evaluating this entity should treat the lack of disclosed revenue, ownership, and management information as the primary diligence gap, and should verify trading status, lease terms, and licensing directly before drawing conclusions on enterprise value.

Name

The World Bar

Website

https://theworldbar.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The World Bar is a 2001-founded hospitality venue in Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia, operating with 27 employees as a single bar/nightlife establishment serving local and tourist footfall in the Sydney entertainment district.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bar and Hospitality Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars (THAFAEAI), Rooftop Bars & Outdoor Nightlife Venues (MPAGAIAF)

Keywords

• Bar hospitality services
• Nightlife venue operations
• Food and beverage service
• Licensed venue hospitality
• Consumer entertainment venue

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Core offering

The World Bar is a hospitality venue located in Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia, founded in 2001 and operating with approximately 27 employees. The firm's actual product/service offerings are not documented in the available source data — the company's website (https://theworldbar.com/) contains only tracking pixels and a cookie consent banner with no substantive content describing its menu, services, or commercial offering. Based on the firm's name and Kings Cross (a Sydney nightlife precinct) location, the venue is consistent with a bar/hospitality operation, but this cannot be confirmed from supplied materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Hemmesphere / Merivale group venues: Sydney's dominant hospitality operator running dozens of bars, pubs, and clubs (including heritage CBD and Kings Cross-style venues). Comparable as a Sydney bar operator with vastly greater scale and portfolio breadth.
• Solotel group venues: Major Sydney pub and bar portfolio (e.g., Hard Rock Cafe Sydney, Opera Bar-adjacent venues) operating the same on-premise alcohol-and-hospitality model at larger scale, including late-night CBD and harbourside locations.
• QT Sydney Hotel Bar: Design-led Sydney hotel and bar combining boutique accommodation with a cocktail bar — comparable as a higher-end cocktail/lounge venue targeting similar premium CBD clientele.

Direct peers

• Jekyll & Hyde Club: Large multi-level cocktail bar and nightclub in Kings Cross with a comparable cocktail-led, late-night format, themed rooms, and shared Kings Cross clientele.
• The Lobo Plantation: Inner-Sydney (Surry Hills/Central/Rushcutters Bay) cocktail and rum-focused bar serving a similar 25-40 cocktail crowd, illustrative of the same Sydney cocktail-bar category.
• The Roosevelt Hotel & Bar: Iconic Kings Cross pub/bar that competed directly with The World Bar during the same peak era and targets the same late-night cocktail-and-music crowd in the same micro-market.
• Bulletin Place: Small, award-winning Sydney CBD cocktail bar with a similarly cocktail-led single-venue model, comparable in size, product focus, and target customer to The World Bar.
• Sweethearts Rooftop Bar: Long-running rooftop cocktail bar operating in Kings Cross / Potts Point, Sydney, with a similar late-night cocktail-led offering, dual-level rooftop format, and overlapping target market to The World Bar.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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