What Incubus does

Incubus is an American rock band headquartered in Calabasas, United States, founded in 1991. Its offering, as described in the firmographic data, consists of concerts (live performance), music production (recorded catalog and releases), and streaming distribution of its music to listeners. The band serves a global consumer fan base that engages with its recorded output, live shows, and branded merchandise.

The band's digital footprint is centered on its official website (incubushq.com) and an owned e-commerce merchandise storefront at store.incubushq.com, which sells band-related apparel and products directly to consumers worldwide. The site also includes an email newsletter signup form for fan updates, representing a first-party owned audience channel. No additional product lines, technology platforms, or digital services are disclosed in the source data.

The business model combines live performance revenue, recorded-music royalties and streaming income, and direct-to-consumer merchandise sales through the owned online store. Distribution is global in scope for the merchandise channel. The corporate footprint visible in the data is small (1-10 employees), and there is no disclosed information on leadership, management team, ownership structure, funding history, or financial performance.

Name

Incubus

Legal name

Incubus

Website

https://incubushq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Incubus is an American rock band founded in 1991, offering concerts, recorded music production, and streaming distribution to a global fan base, with direct-to-consumer merchandise sold through an official online storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music & Entertainment

NAICS

Musical Groups and Artists (71113)

akta.pro primary industry

Recorded Music Retail & D2C Merch Bundles (MPAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Music recordings
• Live concerts
• Band merchandise
• Music streaming
• Concert tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Calabasas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Incubus is a rock band that produces and releases recorded music, performs live concerts and tours, distributes its catalog through music streaming services, and sells band-branded merchandise through an official online storefront.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Store Official e-commerce storefront selling band-branded merchandise and apparel to fans and individual consumers worldwide.
• Live Concert Performances Live concert and tour performances delivered to fans as ticketed events.
• Music Recordings Original recorded music produced by the band and released for listener consumption.
• Music Streaming Catalog distribution of the band's recordings on streaming platforms for individual listeners.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Sugar Ray: Late-1990s alt-rock band still actively touring and releasing music, with similar catalog-driven revenue streams and a comparable small-band corporate footprint.
• The Offspring: Veteran punk-rock/alt band still actively touring, releasing, and selling merch at a similar scale and with a comparable 1990s catalog foundation.
• 311: Long-running American rock band from the same era with a parallel business model spanning touring, recorded music, streaming, and a dedicated merch store — directly comparable in scale, genre, and revenue mix to Incubus.
• Third Eye Blind: Established alt-rock act with a multi-decade catalog, ongoing touring, and merch operations — a near-twin comparable in audience, era, and operating model.
• Stone Temple Pilots: Veteran 1990s alt-rock band with deep catalog, continued touring activity, and direct-to-fan merch channels — directly comparable along business model and target audience.
• Sublime: Iconic alt-rock/reggae-rock band with deep catalog appeal, active touring, and merchandise operations at very similar scale and audience to Incubus.
• Fuel: Rock band from the same alt/post-grunge era with a comparable profile of touring, streaming, and merch revenue — a close scale and genre comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Foo Fighters: Larger, broader incumbent in the rock space with significantly higher scale but overlapping revenue model (touring, streaming, merch), serving as an upside benchmark for what a successful legacy rock catalog can compound into.
• Pearl Jam: Hallmark legacy alt-rock band with comparable business model (touring, streaming, merch, catalog licensing) but materially larger scale, illustrating the upside trajectory for established 90s acts.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: Major incumbent rock act from the same era with a much larger enterprise but directly comparable revenue mix across recorded music, touring, and merch — useful as a scale benchmark.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/incubusband
• Facebookfacebook.com/Incubus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/incubus-store

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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