Safe Bars
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2013
- HeadquartersWashington, United States
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
Safe Bars firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Safe Bars
- Legal name
- Safe Bars
- Website
- https://safebars.org
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2013
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Safe Bars industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Hospitality Safety Training
- NAICS
- Educational Services (611)
- SIC
- Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Hospitality & Food Service (EDABALAO)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Bar & Beverage (Bartending/Mixology/Coffee/Tea) (EDAOAKAH)
Keywords
Where Safe Bars is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Washington
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Markets served
Safe Bars business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Training Fees: Safe Bars generates revenue through training fees for their programs. Training fees vary depending on the length of training and the size of the business. Individual establishment training is typically 2.5 hours long. They offer Active Bystander Training, De-escalation Skills, and Actionable Allyship programs, plus customized training for unique establishment needs.
- Donations: Safe Bars is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that accepts donations to enable them to reach more hospitality establishments with skills to prevent and interrupt gender-based violence. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
- Bespoke Services and Speaking Engagements: Customized consulting services including workplace guidelines revamps, codes of ethics creation, and anonymous reporting system implementation. Speaking engagements at conferences and trade shows for hospitality industry audiences.
- Chapter Training Programs: Train-the-trainer programs for communities wanting to start Safe Bars chapters. The 15-hour program is customized to each community's needs and equips teams to lead bystander intervention training programs in their local areas.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Individual Establishment Training |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Train-the-Trainer Chapter Program |
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
Safe Bars product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Safe Bars delivers in-person and live-online training programs to hospitality industry staff at alcohol-serving establishments (bars, restaurants, breweries, distilleries, clubs, event venues). The organization offers three core training curricula—Active Bystander Training, De-escalation Skills Training, and Actionable Allyship Training—supplemented by bespoke consulting services (code of ethics, workplace guidelines, anonymous reporting systems), conference speaking engagements, and a train-the-trainer chapter program for community expansion.
Product overview
Safe Bars is a nonprofit organization offering a portfolio of training programs focused on creating safe, equitable, and welcoming alcohol-serving hospitality spaces. The core product suite consists of three distinct training programs: Active Bystander Training (bystander intervention skills), De-escalation Skills Training (communication and boundary-setting), and Actionable Allyship Training (identity, bias, and privilege education). These core offerings are supplemented by Bespoke Services & Custom Training (tailored organizational solutions), Speaking Engagements (conference presentations), and the Chapter Program (train-the-trainer model for community expansion). The programs are available both online via Zoom and in person, are survivor-centered and trauma-informed, and serve bars, restaurants, breweries, distilleries, clubs, event venues, and hospitality brands.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Active Bystander Training Teaches hospitality staff to identify problematic behaviors of aggressors in alcohol-serving spaces, understand and overcome barriers to taking action as a bystander, and empowers them to intervene proactively, responsively, and safely to create safe spaces for patrons and staff.
- De-escalation Skills Training Focuses on de-escalation, assertive communication, and boundary-setting strategies to keep staff and patrons safe when dealing with an angry or threatening patron, giving staff greater confidence and a sense of safety.
- Actionable Allyship Training Helps teams understand and unpack identity, biases, power, and privilege as the roadmap for building empathy, taking accountability, and practicing true allyship in order to create a safer, more inclusive, and welcoming environment.
- Bespoke Services & Custom Training Customized training and consulting services tailored to an establishment or organization's unique needs, including revamping workplace guidelines, creating codes of ethics, and instituting anonymous reporting systems.
- Speaking Engagements Presentations delivered at national conferences and trade shows including Bar & Restaurant Expo, Tales of the Cocktail, Bar Convent Brooklyn, Responsible Hospitality Institute, Seattle Cocktail Week, Craft Brewers' Conference, and BAR 5 Day.
- Safe Bars Chapter Program A 15-hour train-the-trainer program customized to each community's unique needs, equipping teams with tools (trainers manual, implementation guide, ongoing research support) to start an active bystander intervention training program for bars, restaurants, and other alcohol-serving spaces in their region.
Quantifiable outcome
- Trained staff at over 150 establishments nationwide, from fewer than 5 employees to more than 500
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Safe Bars
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Safe Bars technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Safe Bars partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Absolut VodkacoreAbsolut Vodka partnered with Safe Bars for Absolut Allyship training as part of their Pride 365 campaign. This training helped build allyship skills within the brand's workforce and community.
- Boston Beer CompanycoreBoston Beer Company partnered with Safe Bars for Sales Team and Taproom-specific training. They also established a partnership in a subsidized training program for small breweries, helping expand Safe Bars' reach to smaller establishments.
- Lush LifeminorSafe Bars worked with Lush Life to develop and implement a Code of Ethics and Anonymous Reporting Facilitation system for their establishment.
- WOAR (Women Organized Against Rape)corePhiladelphia-based chapter partner providing Safe Bars bystander intervention training in the community. Part of the network of chapters working to create safer hospitality spaces.
- Heart of HospitalitycoreCommunity chapter partner providing Safe Bars training in their region. Part of the 30+ communities trained to create local Safe Bars chapters.
- Peace HousecoreCommunity chapter partner providing Safe Bars training and violence prevention resources in their region.
- Safe Harbor ShelterminorCommunity chapter partner focused on providing Safe Bars training as part of their shelter and violence prevention services.
- Safe CenterminorCommunity chapter partner providing Safe Bars bystander intervention training in their service area.
- Bell's BeerminorMichigan-based craft brewery partner that has implemented Safe Bars training in their establishments and supports the program.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Safe Bars competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): RAINN is the largest U.S. anti-sexual-violence organization and operates training programs (including for hospitality and nightlife staff) that compete with Safe Bars in the same buyer conversation. It is a broader incumbent with a wider portfolio—public policy, victim services, and crisis support—whereas Safe Bars is purely hospitality-focused.
- National Restaurant Association (ServSafe): The National Restaurant Association's ServSafe brand is the dominant workforce training credential in U.S. hospitality, including alcohol service (ServSafe Alcohol). It has the relationships, distribution, and regulatory standing to absorb Safe Bars' content into mandatory training, posing the most credible displacement threat.
Others
- A21: A21 is a nonprofit focused on human trafficking prevention that runs workplace and hospitality-industry awareness trainings. It is thematically adjacent—same sexual-violence-adjacent mission—but its emphasis on trafficking rather than bystander intervention makes it more of an ecosystem peer than a head-to-head competitor.
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC): NSVRC is the federally funded resource hub that curates evidence-based sexual violence prevention curricula used by many community organizations. It is a content/upstream ecosystem player rather than a direct training competitor, but its curricula underpin programs like Safe Bars' that license "evidence-based" bystander frameworks.
- TIPS (Training for Intervention ProcedureS): TIPS is the leading responsible alcohol-service training certification, taken by bar and restaurant staff nationwide. It is not a direct competitor on bystander intervention but is the most common training line item for the same customer, often displacing or bounding Safe Bars' upsell budget.
- Responsible Hospitality Institute (RHI): RHI is a Safe Bars event collaborator and industry body producing Responsible Hospitality training, consulting, and policy work for nightlife venues. Its training and consulting catalog overlaps with Safe Bars' bespoke services—code of ethics, venue guidelines—creating partnership or substitute dynamics with the same buyers.
Direct peers
- It's On Us: It's On Us is a sexual-assault prevention campaign with a robust bystander training catalog aimed at colleges, workplaces, and events. Mission overlap with Safe Bars is near-total—both combat sexual violence through education, and It's On Us provides the closest product alternative for any Safe Bars client considering a general bystander program.
- Green Dot: Green Dot is the most widely licensed bystander intervention program in the U.S., originally developed for higher education and now expanding into workplaces. Its "Active Bystander" framework is essentially the same product category Safe Bars delivers to hospitality venues, just sold into a different vertical.
- Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!): Right To Be trains individuals, workplaces, and institutions in bystander intervention and anti-harassment, with explicit methodology overlap to Safe Bars' Active Bystander curriculum. Both organizations translate academic bystander frameworks into paid training for the hospitality and nightlife ecosystem.
Emerging players
- Stop Street Harassment: Stop Street Harassment publishes research and runs employer training focused on workplace and public-space harassment, with growing programming for restaurants, bars, and nightlife venues. It is a smaller, research-led organization competing for the same anti-harassment training budget Safe Bars targets.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Safe Bars leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
Safe Bars funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
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Frequently asked questions about Safe Bars
What does Safe Bars do?
Safe Bars delivers in-person and live-online training programs to hospitality industry staff at alcohol-serving establishments (bars, restaurants, breweries, distilleries, clubs, event venues). The organization offers three core training curricula—Active Bystander Training, De-escalation Skills Training, and Actionable Allyship Training—supplemented by bespoke consulting services (code of ethics, workplace guidelines, anonymous reporting systems), conference speaking engagements, and a train-the-trainer chapter program for community expansion.
Is Safe Bars a public or private company?
Safe Bars is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Safe Bars founded?
Safe Bars was founded in 2013. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Safe Bars based?
Safe Bars is headquartered in Washington, United States, in the North America region.
How does Safe Bars make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Training Fees are the primary driver. The others are donations, bespoke Services and Speaking Engagements and chapter Training Programs.
Who are Safe Bars's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and National Restaurant Association (ServSafe). Others are A21, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), TIPS (Training for Intervention ProcedureS) and Responsible Hospitality Institute (RHI). Direct peers are It's On Us, Green Dot and Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!). Stop Street Harassment is listed as an emerging player.
Does Safe Bars have an API?
No public API is recorded for Safe Bars.
What industry is Safe Bars in?
Safe Bars's product category is Hospitality Safety Training. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDABALAO, Hospitality & Food Service, with a secondary code of EDAOAKAH, Bar & Beverage (Bartending/Mixology/Coffee/Tea). Its NAICS code is 611 and its SIC code is 8200.