SPIN Toronto

What SPIN Toronto does

SPIN Toronto is a ping pong-themed bar and social entertainment venue operating at 461 King Street West (Lower Level) in Toronto's entertainment district between Portland and Spadina. The venue features 12 ping pong tables with flexible configurations, a full-service bar offering craft cocktails and premium spirits, on-site catering prepared by executive chefs, a semi-private VIP lounge, an audio/visual system, house DJs, and professional ping pong pros who lead tournaments and social play. Operating hours run Tuesday through Saturday with the kitchen open until 10 PM daily, and the venue is closed Sunday and Monday.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model with four principal streams: hourly table rentals ($48/hour Tuesday–Thursday and Saturday; $25/hour Friday), food and beverage sales from a scratch kitchen and full bar, private event bookings (corporate events, team building, holiday parties, conferences, social parties), and pre-packaged party packages for groups up to 20 on weekends. Customer segments include corporate/enterprise groups seeking unique event venues, social event organizers planning celebrations, and casual walk-in customers seeking recreational ping pong play. The venue sells custom-branded paddles, balls, and table decals for corporate personalization.

SPIN Toronto is part of SPIN Global Holdings LLC, a privately held Delaware LLC that operates the broader SPIN chain across at least nine North American locations: Boston, Chicago, New York (Flatiron and Midtown), Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, and Toronto. The parent is the legal issuer of gift cards redeemable at all chain locations. Community partnerships include STIGA (table tennis equipment), AYTTO (table tennis organization), and PingPongParkinson (charitable initiative), positioning SPIN as a niche activity-based hospitality concept rather than a generic bar or restaurant chain.

Name

SPIN Toronto

Legal name

SPIN Global Holdings LLC

Website

https://toronto.wearespin.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Entertainment Venue

NAICS

Amusement Arcades (713120), Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAFALAD

Gaming Café/Bar Hybrid Venues (Food & Beverage + Competitive Play)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Gaming & Interactive Entertainment (Video Games, Esports)/Competitive Gaming Venues & LAN Centers

SECONDARYTHAFAEAA

Neighborhood & Sports Bars

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Bars, Pubs & Nightlife Venues

SECONDARYHSACACAJ

Party Games, Activities & Interactive Entertainment

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Party & Social Event Services

SECONDARYTHAAAAAD

Family Entertainment Centers & Indoor Amusement (Arcades, Trampoline Parks, Indoor Play)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/Amusement Parks & Theme Parks

Keywords

• Ping pong venue
• Social entertainment venue
• Table tennis bar
• Corporate event hosting
• Private event space

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Table Rentals: Hourly table rental fees for ping pong play, with rates varying by day of week. Standard rate of $48/hour on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday; discounted rate of $25/hour on Friday.
2. Food and Beverage Sales: Full-service bar with craft cocktails, premium spirits, and beverages. On-site catering with shareable food menu prepared by executive chefs. Kitchen open until 10PM daily.
3. Private Event Bookings: Revenue from corporate events, holiday parties, team building activities, conferences, social parties, and other private event bookings. Includes semi-private lounge and VIP spaces.
4. Party Packages: Bar packages for groups up to 20 friends, available on most weekends. Pre-packaged offerings for social gatherings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SPIN Toronto operates a physical ping pong-themed bar and social entertainment venue at 461 King Street West, Toronto, offering hourly table reservations (up to 10 guests per table, 12 tables on site), private and corporate events, weekend party packages for groups up to 20, and on-site food and beverage service including a full bar with craft cocktails and catering prepared by executive chefs. The venue also offers gift cards redeemable across SPIN's multi-city footprint and runs community programming in partnership with STIGA, AYTTO, and Ping Pong Parkinson.

Product overview

SPIN Toronto is a ping pong bar and social entertainment venue offering hourly table reservations (up to 10 guests), private events for corporate team building and holiday parties, and weekend party packages for groups up to 20. The venue features on-site catering, a full-service bar, and semi-private lounge spaces. The offering is a single unified venue service model rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Table Reservations

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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 minor.

• STIGAminorOthersTable tennis equipment partner listed in the partners section of the website. STIGA is a recognized table tennis equipment manufacturer.
• AYTTOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization. AYTTO appears to be a table tennis-related organization with potential community or programmatic alignment.
• PINGPONGPARKINSONminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable/community partnership focused on ping pong and Parkinson's disease awareness. Shows community engagement beyond commercial operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Flight Club (social darts): Social darts venue chain with multiple US/UK locations offering interactive gaming, full bar, and food menu. Highly comparable "activity + bar + events" experiential model targeting similar demographics and corporate event buyers, just with darts instead of ping pong.
• Puttshack: Tech-enabled mini golf + bar concept operating across US and UK. Comparable social entertainment + premium bar + corporate event positioning, though activity is mini golf versus SPIN's ping pong. Same target customer and use cases.
• Bounce Sporting Club: Pioneering ping pong social club concept in NYC and London offering table tennis, full bar, food, and event programming. Closest direct competitor to SPIN's hybrid ping pong + bar + events format with comparable premium positioning and corporate event focus.
• Swingers (Crazy Golf Club): Upscale indoor crazy golf + cocktail bar venue with locations in NYC, London, and Las Vegas. Directly comparable experiential entertainment + bar + corporate events format, premium price point, and target demographic of adults seeking group outings.
• Kings Dining & Entertainment: Multi-game entertainment venue featuring bowling, ping pong, billiards, shuffleboard, full-service restaurant and bar. Closest concept overlap with SPIN in combining active recreation + premium F&B + private event space for corporate and group bookings.
• SPIN Global Holdings (parent brand): The parent brand operating 8 additional US venues with identical ping pong + bar + catering format. Most direct comparator for unit economics, brand standards, and operational playbook since SPIN Toronto is one node within this multi-venue chain.

Broad incumbents

• Topgolf: National golf-based entertainment venue with food, beverage, and event spaces. Large incumbent operator of social activity + dining experiences targeting similar group/corporate event customers at a broader scale and price point than SPIN.
• Dave & Buster's: National arcade + sports bar chain combining games, food, and private event spaces. Adjacent incumbent competing for discretionary entertainment dollars and corporate event budgets with a more family/casual orientation than SPIN's adult-focused format.
• Bowlero (Lucky Strike): National bowling entertainment chain with full bar, arcade, and event programming. Larger incumbent in the social entertainment space with broader family/casual positioning but overlapping corporate event business and F&B-heavy operating model.

Emerging players

• PingPod: Tech-enabled automated ping pong venue with NYC locations offering self-service table booking. Emerging direct competitor focused exclusively on ping pong with lower-overhead format, potentially pressuring SPIN's premium table rental economics over time.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wearespin
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wearespin689
• Facebookfacebook.com/wearespin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spin-toronto
• Instagraminstagram.com/wearespin
• TikToktiktok.com/@wearespin

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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