The Offline Club

Name

The Offline Club

Legal name

The Offline Club V.O.F.

Website

https://theoffline-club.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Wellness Events & Retreats

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940), Accommodation (721)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Party & Social Hostels (THAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Detox & Weight-Management Retreats (THAGAMAD), Conference Retreat Hotels (THAGALAG)

Keywords

• Digital detox events
• Offline community experiences
• Wellness retreats
• Phone-free gatherings
• Corporate wellness events

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. City Chapter Memberships: Monthly or annual subscription memberships providing unlimited access to regular offline hangouts, member-only events, priority registration, discounts, and WhatsApp community access.
2. Retreat Tickets: One-time ticket sales for digital detox retreats ranging from 2-5 days in nature locations. Pricing varies by accommodation type (shared vs. private room) and location.
3. City Chapter Licensing: City Leaders operate under official Offline Club licenses and share revenue with the franchisor from ticket sales, sponsorships, partnerships, and merchandise.
4. Merchandise Sales: Official merchandise including hoodies, t-shirts, reusable notebooks (MOYU partnership), and conversation starter games (Vertellis partnership) sold through their Shopify store.
5. Business Events: Curated digital detox experiences and offline events for teams, businesses, and organizations seeking corporate wellness offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Offline Club organizes phone-free in-person events and digital detox experiences for individuals and corporate clients. Its primary offerings are recurring city-based Offline Hangouts hosted in cafes across 16 licensed chapters, multi-day digital detox retreats in the Netherlands, France, and Spain, B2B team-building and corporate wellness events, and a free global 24-Hour Digital Detox Challenge. The company also sells chapter memberships and branded merchandise through a Shopify storefront.

Product overview

The Offline Club operates as a community platform organizing phone-free in-person events and experiences. The portfolio centers on Offline Hangouts in city cafes across 16 chapters, three Digital Detox Retreat locations (Spain, France, Netherlands), Business Events for corporate clients, and a free 24-Hour Digital Detox Challenge. Supporting offerings include The Offline Times newsletter, membership programs (Amsterdam at €24.50/month), and official merchandise sold via Shopify.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Offline Getaway: Digital detox retreats held in nature locations including the Netherlands, France, and Spain. Features phone-free stays at regenerative villas, permaculture farms, and luxury accommodations.
• 24-Hour Digital Detox Challenge

Products and services

• Offline Hangouts Regular phone-free offline events and community meetups hosted in cafes and venues across 16 city chapters, where participants put away phones and connect through conversations, reading, board games, and creative activities. Designed for urban adults seeking digital balance and real-world social connection.
• 3-day Digital Detox Retreat in Spain Three-day phone-free retreat at The Home in the Valley regenerative villa in Muga Valley, Girona, Catalonia. Includes optional workshops, farm-to-table dining, sauna, and nature walks. Pricing €425 (member) to €535 (private room) per person.
• 5-day Digital Detox Retreat in France Five-day phone-free retreat at Simply Canvas Farm permaculture farm in Saint-Jean-de-Duras, France. Includes accommodation in houses or luxury safari tents, chef-prepared vegetarian meals, meditation walks, and pool access. Pricing €795 to €1,095 per person depending on accommodation type.
• 3-day Digital Detox Retreat in the Netherlands Two-to-three-day phone-free retreat in Dutch luxury villas in Hooghalen or Hilversum. Includes optional workshops, restaurant-level chef-prepared meals, sauna, and nature walks. Pricing €445 (shared) to €525 (private) per person.
• Business Events Curated digital detox experiences and offline events for teams, businesses, and organizations to address employee burnout, reduce workplace digital distraction, and improve team cohesion. Sold as a distinct B2B offering.
• 24-Hour Digital Detox Challenge Free global challenge where participants commit to going completely offline for a full day alongside thousands of Offline Clubbers worldwide, with inspiration guides and video calls hosted by the founders. Used as a top-of-funnel lead generation tool.
• Amsterdam Chapter Membership Recurring subscription membership for the Amsterdam chapter at €24.50 per month or €199 per year (saving €95 vs. monthly). Includes unlimited access to regular offline hangouts, bi-weekly member-only meetups, priority registration, member discounts, free +1 once per month, and WhatsApp community access.
• City Chapter Licensing Program Licensed City Chapter franchise under which local City Leaders operate offline community chapters under the Offline Club brand in their cities. City Leaders pay for brand licensing, training, and support and retain a majority percentage of earnings from ticket sales, sponsorships, paid partnerships, and merchandise; revenue is shared with the franchisor.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.7/5 rating on Trustpilot from 251 reviews
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Simply Canvas FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Sandra and Santi from Simply Canvas Farm in France for 5-day digital detox retreats. Sandra (chef) prepares meals while Santi co-hosts retreats. Former Buddhist monastics who own and care for the permaculture farm, creating a unique retreat experience.
• The Home in the ValleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRetreat location partner in Muga Valley, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. A regenerative refuge and part of the Pioneers of our Time Foundation, teaching sustainable living practices. Provides luxury off-grid villa accommodation with sauna.
• MOYUminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration for sustainable, reusable Offline Club x MOYU notebooks sold through their merchandise store.
• VertellisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-created Offline Connection Deck - a conversation starter game with 60 questions and challenges for true connection, sold through their merchandise store.
• OpalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerScreen time management app recommended by the community as a top digital detox tip. Community members report cutting screen time by average 1.5 hours per day.
• StolpminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhone hotel product used at The Offline Club office and promoted as a tip for digital detox at home.
• Pioneers of our Time FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation behind The Home in the Valley retreat location, teaching sustainable living practices and caring for the land.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sofar Sounds: Hosts intimate, community-driven live music events in cities globally with a similar curated, members-first experience ethos. Overlaps on city-based, experience-led social gatherings.
• City Socializer: Membership-based platform for adults to meet offline through curated local events and groups. Direct overlap with The Offline Club's hangouts and recurring membership model.
• Meetup: Global platform for organizing and discovering local in-person community events and interest groups. Comparable as an offline community-organizing infrastructure competing for the same 'real-world connection' consumer.
• Timeleft: Organizes offline dinners that bring strangers together in cities worldwide to combat loneliness. Closely mirrors The Offline Club's city-hangout, community-for-strangers model and pricing tier.

Emerging players

• Withlocals: Marketplace for community-led local experiences and small-group activities hosted by locals. Comparable on experience-based, community-driven offline gatherings in multiple cities.
• Plum Village: Global mindfulness community offering retreats and practice centers rooted in digital-detox and presence. Comparable on the retreat, wellness, and digital-detox positioning.
• Lonely Octopus: Community app focused on helping adults make friends and find real-world social connections in their city. Overlaps on the loneliness-and-digital-detox consumer pain points.

Broad incumbents

• Mindbody: Large SaaS and consumer platform for booking wellness, fitness, and recreational experiences. Represents a broader incumbent in the same offline-wellness booking space.
• ClassPass: Subscription platform offering access to fitness and recreational classes across cities. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the membership-based, in-person activity category.

Others

• BookRetreats: Online marketplace for booking wellness and personal-growth retreats globally. Adjacent enabling layer for the retreat product line that The Offline Club sells.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/theoffline_club

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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