Scott Brothers Entertainment

What Scott Brothers Entertainment does

Scott Brothers Entertainment (SBE) is a privately held, Emmy-nominated unscripted television and digital content production company founded in 2012 in Toronto by twin brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott. Operated under the legal entity Scott Brothers Global, LLC (Nevada-governed), the company develops and produces original programming for major broadcast and streaming buyers, with a foundational focus on home renovation, real estate, lifestyle, and increasingly automotive and kids content. SBE produces nearly 100 hours of original content annually and has an active slate exceeding 20 titles, including the Property Brothers franchise (Property Brothers: Forever Home, Brother vs. Brother), Celebrity IOU / Celebrity IOU: Joyride, The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project, The Great Giveback with Melissa McCarthy, Don't Hate Your House, Chasing the West, Backed By the Bros, Breaking New Ground (OWN/Max), Truck Dynasty, the animated preschool series Builder Brothers Dream Factory, and documentary work such as Jonathan Scott's Power Trip.

The company's core technology is traditional unscripted and animated content production — physical production, development, casting, location work, and post-production — rather than a software platform. Output is distributed across HGTV (the primary broadcast partner under Warner Bros. Discovery, reaching 68-77M U.S. households), discovery+, Max, OWN, TLC, and internationally through partners including Nelvana/Corus Entertainment and Treehouse/STACKTV, with claimed reach in 160+ countries. SBE has built an expanding franchise architecture around the Drew and Jonathan Scott brand, supported by a dedicated Scott Brothers Global Kids division with consumer products (including a mobile game) and links to the broader Scott Brothers lifestyle/home products ecosystem (Scott Living).

Commercially, SBE operates a B2B sales-led model: it develops, finances, and produces original content and licenses it to networks and streamers in exchange for production fees, licensing royalties, and where applicable talent-and-production fees under long-form deals. Its most material commercial commitment is a renewed three-year talent deal with HGTV/Warner Bros. Discovery (2022) covering headline Drew/Jonathan-hosted formats, supplemented by co-productions with OWN and distribution agreements with Corus/Nelvana. The company is led operationally by a 14+ person team headquartered in Toronto with a U.S. production office in Nashville and is actively scaling production hires across line producing, production accounting, editing, and showrunning roles. Revenue and ownership structure are privately held and not publicly disclosed.

Name

Scott Brothers Entertainment

Legal name

Scott Brothers Global, LLC

Website

https://sbentertainment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scott Brothers Entertainment is a privately held, Emmy-nominated unscripted television producer founded by Drew and Jonathan Scott, producing nearly 100 hours of home renovation, real estate, lifestyle, and animated content annually for HGTV/Warner Bros. Discovery, OWN/Max, and global distribution partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Television Production Services

akta.pro primary industry

Live-Action Kids & Family Production (MPADABAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Kids’ General Entertainment Channels (Ages 6–11) (MPABAKAB)

Keywords

• Unscripted television production
• Home renovation programming
• Animated children series
• Lifestyle reality shows
• Television content licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. TV Production & Licensing: Production company that creates original content for TV, film, and digital platforms. Revenue generated through production fees, licensing deals with networks (HGTV, Discovery+, OWN), and content sales. The company produces nearly 100 hours of content annually across multiple shows and platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scott Brothers Entertainment develops, produces, and licenses original unscripted television programming and animated children's series, most of which star or are executive produced by co-founders Drew and Jonathan Scott. The company's catalog is dominated by home renovation, real estate, and lifestyle formats sold to cable networks, broadcast channels, and streaming platforms in the U.S. and internationally, with a stated output of nearly 100 hours of original content per year.

Product overview

Scott Brothers Entertainment (SBE) is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning production company that produces cutting-edge entertainment with global appeal. The company operates as a multi-platform content production studio, producing nearly 100 hours of content annually. SBE's portfolio includes home renovation and real estate series (Property Brothers: Forever Home, Don't Hate Your House with the Property Brothers, The Nate and Jeremiah Home Project), celebrity-driven renovation shows (Celebrity IOU, Celebrity IOU Joyride), competition formats (Brother vs. Brother, Top of the Block), lifestyle and organization series (Life is Messy, The Great Giveback), automotive content (Drew's Dream Car, Truck Dynasty), documentary projects (Jonathan Scott's Power Trip, Breaking New Ground), animated children's programming (Builder Brothers Dream Factory), and various specials across TV, film, and digital platforms. The company was founded by Drew and Jonathan Scott and serves HGTV, Max, discovery+, and other major networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scott Brothers Global Kids: Division focused on providing content for the Scott Brothers' youngest fans across multiple platforms and categories, overseeing the Builder Brothers brand franchise and kids mobile game.

Products and services

• Property Brothers (home renovation series)
• Property Brothers: Forever Home Unscripted home renovation series where the Scott brothers help families transform their current home into their ideal living space; produced for HGTV.
• Property Brothers: Double Trouble / Brother vs. Brother Competitive unscripted renovation series in which Drew and Jonathan Scott compete in head-to-head home renovation challenges; distributed on HGTV and related platforms.
• Celebrity IOU Unscripted renovation and lifestyle series in which the Scott brothers team up with celebrity friends to deliver high-impact home renovations; licensed to HGTV and Discovery+.
• Dream Home Makeover Lifestyle and design series produced for the Scott brothers' own design brand; produced for and distributed on streaming platforms.
• Brother vs. Brother (competition format) Competitive home renovation series starring the Scott brothers; distributed on HGTV.
• Animated children's series (e.g., Property Brothers-themed kids' animation) Original animated children's programming leveraging the Scott brothers' brand, distributed via children's networks and family streaming platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Celebrity IOU premiere featuring Brad Pitt drew record ratings for HGTV
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Nelvana / Corus EntertainmentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 26 March 2023Nelvana, a division of Corus Entertainment, serves as the global distributor for Builder Brothers Dream Factory animated series (40x11 min). Treehouse and STACKTV are Canadian broadcast platforms for the show. This is a distribution partnership with a major Canadian media company.
• HGTV / Warner Bros. DiscoverycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 14 September 2022HGTV is SBE's primary broadcast partner. Drew and Jonathan Scott signed a new three-year talent deal with HGTV in 2022. SBE produces Property Brothers franchise shows, Celebrity IOU, Brother vs. Brother, and other renovation programming exclusively for HGTV and its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming platforms.
• Sinking Ship EntertainmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2021Sinking Ship Entertainment co-produces Builder Brothers Dream Factory with SBE. Sinking Ship is a globally renowned production, distribution, VFX and interactive studio specializing in children's content. The partnership combines SBE's Property Brothers brand with Sinking Ship's animation expertise.
• OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOWN co-produces Breaking New Ground with Robert Hartwell, SBE's Max series about renovating a 200-year-old Massachusetts home. This is a co-production partnership between SBE and Oprah Winfrey's network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Magical Elves: Magical Elves produces high-profile unscripted competition and lifestyle television (Nailed It!, Top Chef, The Big Bake) for major US networks and streamers. Directly comparable to SBE in format, buyer relationships (Netflix, Food Network), and reliance on a tight slate of prestige unscripted IP.
• Wall to Wall Media: Wall to Wall Media (a Warner Bros. Discovery Television Group label) produces unscripted factual and lifestyle programming globally. Comparable as a similarly structured independent-to-network production house operating inside the same buyer ecosystem as SBE.
• Propagate Content: Propagate Content (Ben Silverman) produces unscripted and scripted programming (Fixer Upper: Welcome Home involvement, The Toy Box, Inhumans) for networks and streamers. Comparable as a similarly sized independent unscripted producer with multi-buyer slate strategy.
• High Noon Entertainment: High Noon produces unscripted TV including Fixer Upper: Welcome Home, competition formats, and lifestyle content for networks and streamers. Closely comparable to SBE's unscripted renovation/lifestyle focus and distribution patterns.
• Authentic Entertainment: Authentic Entertainment produced Magnolia Network's flagship Fixer Upper with Chip and Joanna Gaines, alongside other lifestyle and home programming. Highly comparable to SBE due to home renovation focus, celebrity-host-led format, and HGTV/Magnolia network buyer relationships.
• Spoke Studios: Spoke Studios (an ITV Studios label) produces unscripted entertainment for streamers and networks including Netflix and Discovery+. Comparable as a focused unscripted production label serving the same major buyers as SBE.
• Sinking Ship Entertainment: Sinking Ship Entertainment is SBE's actual co-production partner on Builder Brothers Dream Factory and a leading children's production studio (Odd Squad, Endlings). Comparable as a North American production house specializing in family/kids content for global broadcasters.
• Cineflix Productions: Cineflix is a major Canadian-based independent producer of unscripted and scripted content for global broadcasters (Mayday, Property Brothers distribution history). Comparable as a Canada-rooted production company selling internationally.

Broad incumbents

• Endemol Shine North America: Endemol Shine produces global unscripted franchises (MasterChef, Big Brother, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) across many buyers. Comparable as a broader, larger incumbent in unscripted TV producing adjacent formats including home renovation.
• Fremantle: Fremantle produces global unscripted and scripted content (American Idol, Got Talent, Family Feud) across major US and international networks. Comparable as a larger incumbent unscripted producer operating across similar buyer relationships.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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