Roskilde Kongrescenter

What Roskilde Kongrescenter does

Roskilde Kongres- og Idrætscenter (Roskilde Kongrescenter) is a privately held Danish multi-purpose event venue operating from a single 13,500 m² site at Møllehusvej 15 in Roskilde, Denmark, approximately 25 minutes from Copenhagen. The facility comprises four halls and eight meeting rooms, four sports halls, configurable exhibition space up to 8,000 m², on-site restaurant and café, integrated audio, lighting, and video production equipment, 750 free parking spaces, and 20 EV charging points. The venue serves corporate clients, Danish public-sector entities, sports clubs and federations, entertainment and cultural promoters, exhibition organizers, and private event hosts, with a stated capacity of up to 2,000 guests in a single hall and more than 600,000 visitors annually.

The company's revenue is generated primarily through venue and facility rental, bundled audio/lighting/video technical services, on-site catering and restaurant operations, and sports facility rental. Pricing is customized per event based on room size, duration, technical requirements, and catering packages; no public pricing is disclosed. Go-to-market is event-driven: a recurring calendar of conferences, trade shows, concerts, sports tournaments, and private celebrations drives both B2B and B2C demand, supported by direct sales outreach for corporate events. Distribution is direct-to-customer, with the venue's website as the primary booking channel and a professional in-house events team managing bespoke program curation. The venue holds SKI (Statens og Kommunernes Indkøbsservice) framework agreement status — renewed three times, most recently in 2025 — providing preferred access to Danish public-sector procurement budgets.

The underlying technology is physical infrastructure rather than software: multi-purpose halls with flexible configurations and telescopic tribunes, professional sound/lighting/video systems, and digital meeting and live streaming equipment for hybrid events. The business is sustainability-positioned through Green Key certification (continuous since 2018), ISO 14001, Økologisk Spisemærke in silver (60–90% organic ingredients in catering), and God Adgang accessibility registration. The company is an independent cultural institution with no parent company, no disclosed funding, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity; a new restaurant and café operator took over on July 1, 2024, under a contractual arrangement that did not change ownership.

Name

Roskilde Kongrescenter

Legal name

Roskilde Kongres- og Idrætscenter

Website

https://rkic.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Roskilde Kongrescenter is a 13,500 m² multi-purpose event venue in Roskilde, Denmark, hosting conferences, trade shows, sports events, concerts, and private celebrations for corporate, public-sector, sports, and consumer clients across Sjælland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Conference and Event Venue Services

NAICS

General Rental Centers (5323), Food Service Contractors (722310)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHAAAC

Hotel & Resort Convention Venues (Convention Hotels)

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Conference & Convention Venues (Convention Centers, Civic Centers)

SECONDARYMPAGALAH

Festival Grounds & Fairgrounds Operations

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Event Venues & Venue Operations (Arenas, Theaters, Halls)

SECONDARYMPAGALAK

Venue Guest Services & Front-of-House Operations (Ushers, Box Office, Accessibility)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Event Venues & Venue Operations (Arenas, Theaters, Halls)

Keywords

• Conference venue rental
• Event management services
• Sports facility rental
• Exhibition hall rental
• Corporate event hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Roskilde

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Venue and Facility Rental: Rental of halls, meeting rooms, and sports facilities for conferences, trade shows, concerts, sports events, and private celebrations. Revenue is event-size dependent, ranging from small meetings to large events hosting up to 2,000 guests. Pricing varies by room size, duration, technical requirements, and catering packages.
2. Catering and Restaurant Services: On-site restaurant and café providing food and beverage services for events. The kitchen operates with 60–90% organic ingredients, certified with the Økologisk Spisemærke in silver. A new operator took over the restaurant and café from July 2024, bringing renewed food concepts.
3. Technical Services: Bundled audio, lighting, and video production services packaged with venue hire for corporate events, galas, and concerts.
4. Sports Facility Rental: Rental of four sports halls and courts for tournaments, training camps, and sports leagues across badminton, basketball, table tennis, handball, and other disciplines.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Roskilde Kongrescenter rents and operates a 13,500 m² multi-purpose venue in Roskilde, Denmark, providing conference and meeting facilities (4 halls and 8 meeting rooms), exhibition and trade show halls (up to 8,000 m²), sports halls and courts, concert/event halls (up to 2,000 guests), corporate event hosting, an on-site restaurant and catering service, and bundled audio, lighting, and video production plus online meeting and live streaming capabilities.

Product overview

Roskilde Kongres- og Idrætscenter is Sjælland's largest conference center outside Copenhagen, operating as a unified venue platform offering multiple interconnected services. The 13,500 m² facility combines conference and meeting facilities (4 halls and 8 meeting rooms), sports and recreation (4 sports halls), exhibition and trade show spaces (up to 8,000 m²), concert and event venues (up to 2,000 guests), corporate event hosting, and restaurant/catering services with organic certification. Additional offerings include online meeting and live streaming capabilities, and extensive parking with EV charging infrastructure. The venue hosts over 600,000 visitors annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conference and Meeting Facilities

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 600,000 annual visitors across all events
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Special Olympics Idrætsfestival 2026 / Roskilde KommuneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Roskilde was the host city for Special Olympics Idrætsfestival 2026. As part of this event, five accessible (wheelchair) parking spaces were established at the venue's existing disabled parking areas, improving accessibility for athletes with disabilities.
• New Restaurant and Café OperatorcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024From July 1, 2024, a new operator took over the venue's restaurant and café, bringing fresh ideas and renewed energy to the food and beverage experience. The venue's kitchen maintains its organic certification (60–90% organic ingredients, Økologisk Spisemærke silver) under the new operator.
• Demenskoordinator Tina Schumacher / Roskilde KommuneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration with Roskilde Municipality's dementia coordinator Tina Schumacher to host the 'Sjælland Synger' community singing program for people affected by dementia. The venue provides the space for this inclusive community initiative.
• Landskabsarkitekt Daria ZharikovaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaboration with Ukrainian landscape architect Daria Zharikova and the venue's operations team to transform approximately 2,000 m² of the front garden at Møllehusvej into a blooming, insect-friendly landscape — a Danish-Ukrainian garden project symbolizing community integration.
• Sommerfuglepartner (Butterfly Partner)minorOthers · 1 January 2022Roskilde Kongrescenter is a Sommerfuglepartner (Butterfly Partner) in an initiative promoting insect-friendly green spaces. The venue's grounds team collaborated with the Sommerfuglepartner organization to enhance the green areas with plants and habitats beneficial for butterflies and other insects.
• SKI (Statens og Kommunernes Indkøbsservice)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2021SKI provides a public procurement framework enabling Danish state and municipal entities to easily procure conference, seminar, and meeting services from Roskilde Kongrescenter. The venue has been approved as a SKI supplier three times, most recently in 2025 for framework agreement 16.07. This relationship gives the venue preferred and direct access to a large volume of public-sector meeting and conference budgets.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bella Center Copenhagen: Denmark's largest conference and exhibition venue in Copenhagen. Directly competes with Roskilde Kongrescenter for Danish conference and event bookings with a similar hall-based, multi-purpose venue model, but at significantly larger scale and with closer proximity to Copenhagen's hotel and transport infrastructure.
• Forum Copenhagen: Copenhagen-based conference and event venue. Competes directly for Danish corporate events, conferences, and entertainment bookings with a similar hall-based flexible-space model under the same owner group as Bella Center.
• MCH (Messecenter Herning): Major Danish exhibition, congress, and event venue in Herning. Operates multiple halls with a comparable conference + trade show + sports + entertainment mix and similar municipal/regional MICE positioning to Roskilde.

Regional players

• Stockholmsmässan: Sweden's largest exhibition and congress facility in Stockholm/Älvsjö. Multi-purpose venue combining conferences, trade fairs, and events under one roof, comparable to Roskilde's diversified offering but operating in the Swedish market.
• Oslo Spektrum: Major Norwegian arena and event venue in Oslo hosting concerts, conferences, exhibitions, and sporting events. Comparable multi-purpose event venue model in the Nordic market.
• Fiera Milano: Italy's leading exhibition and congress operator running multiple venues in Milan and Rho. Comparable integrated exhibition + conference venue model, though operating in a much larger market context.
• CCH – Congress Center Hamburg: Major German conference and convention venue in Hamburg. Operates a comparable hall-and-meeting-room event venue model with public-sector and corporate clientele, but is geographically separate from the Danish market.
• Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre (Tampereen Messu- ja Urheilukeskus): Finnish multi-purpose venue in Tampere combining exhibition halls, conference facilities, and sports arenas. Closely mirrors Roskilde Kongrescenter's combined congress + sports + event model in a Nordic context.

Broad incumbents

• GL Events: Major French-headquartered international event venue operator and services provider managing convention centers, exhibition halls, and event infrastructure across Europe and globally. Wider-portfolio incumbent in the same venue operations sector.
• Reed Exhibitions: Global event organizer and venue operator running trade shows, conferences, and exhibitions worldwide. Operates in the same MICE space as Roskilde Kongrescenter but as a broad incumbent with a portfolio approach rather than a single regional venue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RoskildeKongrescenter

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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