Lipstick Lounge

Name

Lipstick Lounge

Legal name

The Lipstick Lounge

Website

https://thelipsticklounge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bar and Nightlife Entertainment

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Karaoke Bars & Entertainment Bars (THAFAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Karaoke Bars & KTV Lounges (MPAGAIAG)

Keywords

• LGBTQ bar
• Karaoke venue
• Sports bar
• Drag show entertainment
• Brunch restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

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. Food and Beverage Sales: Serving signature cocktails, beer (including their own branded Lipstick Lounge beer with Half Batch Brewing), and bar food/brunch. Primary revenue stream from on-site consumption.
2. Private Event Reservations: Booking private events for celebrations and special occasions, contact via [email protected]
3. Merchandise Sales: Swag line featuring t-shirts, hoodies, tanks, bags, stickers, patches, sweatpants, phone cases, backpacks, glasses, and tumblers sold through Prideboxco.com partnership
4. Branded Beer: Collaboration with Half Batch Brewing for their own Lipstick Lounge branded beer in lager style

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Lipstick Lounge is a lesbian-owned LGBTQ+ bar and entertainment venue in East Nashville serving signature cocktails, beer (including a branded lager with Half Batch Brewing), bar food, and weekend brunch. The venue hosts nightly karaoke, weekly trivia, drag shows, live music, and sports viewing at its Chapstick sister space with 39 TVs and a video wall. Supplemental offerings include private event bookings and a branded merchandise line.

Product overview

The Lipstick Lounge is an LGBTQ-friendly bar and entertainment venue in East Nashville operating as a single unified brand with multiple venue offerings. The flagship Lipstick Lounge (the main bar) provides cocktails, live music, karaoke, trivia, and drag shows, while Chapstick serves as the sports-focused sister venue with extensive TV coverage. The business also offers co-branded products including a proprietary beer with Half Batch Brewing, collaboration candles with My Cluck Hut, and branded merchandise through Prideboxco. Food service (brunch and bar food) is provided on-site. Entertainment programming includes nightly karaoke, weekly trivia, drag shows, and pool tournaments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chapstick: The bar's sports-focused venue within the same location, featuring 39 TVs and a video wall, pool tournaments, and trivia events. Chapstick Hours offer half-price beers and wells.

Products and services

• The Lipstick Lounge (Main Bar) East Nashville's LGBTQ-friendly flagship bar offering signature cocktails, live music, karaoke, trivia, drag shows, and community events in an inclusive 'Bar For Humans' environment.
• Chapstick (Sports Bar) Sports-focused sister venue featuring 39 TVs and a video wall, hosting 'Sportsball for All' viewing events, pool tournaments, trivia nights, and Love Island viewing parties, with 'Chapstick Hours' offering discounted beers and wells.
• Bar Food & Brunch Menu On-site bar food and weekend brunch service described as the finest quality bar food and brunch in town, served during operational hours.
• Karaoke Service Nightly karaoke entertainment service where patrons sign up online via SongbookDB with one song per person at a time and required real-name signups.
• Lipstick Lounge Branded Beer A proprietary lager co-developed with Half Batch Brewing featuring the Lipstick Lounge logo and branding, served at the venue.
• Lipstick Lounge Merchandise (Swag Line) Branded merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, tanks, bags, stickers, patches, sweatpants, phone cases, backpacks, glasses, and tumblers sold through Prideboxco.com partnership.
• Flame-Boyant Collaboration Candle An 8 oz organic soy wax collaboration candle with My Cluck Hut featuring bergamot, leather, lavender, geranium, cypress, and sandalwood notes, with proceeds benefiting Launch Pad Nashville.
• Private Event Bookings Reserved event space and custom arrangements for private celebrations and group events at the venue, booked by direct contact.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple Nashville Scene Best of Nashville awards including Best LGBTQ Bar, Best Karaoke, and Best Bartender

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Half Batch BrewingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Half Batch Brewing to create their own branded Lipstick Lounge beer. A representative from Half Batch approached the bar to create a custom beer featuring their logo and branding. The beer is a lager with great taste, refreshing and tasty. Half Batch Brewing was founded on bringing people together to enjoy great beer brewed in Sumner County.
• Prideboxco.comcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnered with Prideboxco.com T-shirt company to sell Lipstick Lounge branded merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, tanks, bags, stickers, patches, sweatpants, phone cases, backpacks, glasses, and tumblers. The company helps small businesses with merchandise production and shipping.
• My Cluck HutminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration candle 'Flame-Boyant' with My Cluck Hut featuring notes of bergamot, leather, lavender, geranium, cypress, and sandalwood. Made with organic soy wax, 2-week cured, recyclable packaging. A portion of proceeds from every sale goes directly to Launch Pad Nashville.
• Launch Pad NashvilleminorOthersCharitable beneficiary receiving a portion of proceeds from My Cluck Hut collaboration candle sales. Launch Pad Nashville does extremely important work supporting the community.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Play Dance Bar: Nashville LGBTQ+ nightclub and bar with drag shows and themed nights. Closest local competitor for LGBTQ+ nightlife and entertainment-driven revenue.
• Big Sloppy's: Long-running Nashville LGBTQ+ bar operating in a similar community-driven, entertainment-led format. Directly comparable on geography, target audience, and live-event programming model.
• Tribe: Nashville LGBTQ+ bar serving a similar community-focused, entertainment-rich use case. Comparable on geography, customer segment, and bar-led programming.
• Henrietta Hudson: West Village lesbian bar with a long operating history and similar small-format, community-led, entertainment-rich positioning. Strong model peer for a lesbian-owned bar with awards and programming density.
• Cubby Hole: Long-running West Village lesbian bar in NYC. One of the closest comparables in terms of lesbian-owned identity, small footprint, and community-driven programming model.

Regional players

• Mary's: Nashville bar and restaurant with live entertainment. Comparable as a Nashville-based, locally owned venue combining food, drinks, and entertainment programming.
• The Basement East: East Nashville live-music venue and bar. Comparable as an independently operated East Nashville entertainment-and-drinks venue with overlapping neighborhood foot traffic.

Others

• Half Batch Brewing: Sumner County craft brewery and the bar's co-branded-beer partner. Relevant because they enable Lipstick Lounge's merchandise/beverage IP strategy and represent the kind of small-cap strategic partner comparable to a small bar's growth-stage ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Stonewall Inn: Historic LGBTQ+ bar in NYC's West Village. Comparable as an iconic, community-anchored LGBTQ+ venue with strong brand recognition and event programming, though in a different market.
• Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Iconic Nashville honky-tonk on Lower Broadway with live music and bar service. Comparable as a Nashville single-location entertainment bar relying heavily on tourism and brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lipstick_lounge
• Facebookfacebook.com/thelipsticklounge
• Instagraminstagram.com/the_lipstick_lounge/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lipstick-lounge

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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