The Bartending Service of New England

What The Bartending Service of New England does

The Bartending Service of New England is a privately held beverage catering company founded in approximately 1999 and headquartered in Middleboro, Massachusetts. The company provides professional bartending staff, bar equipment, supplies, and full bar service for events across New England — spanning Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. Service is delivered through TIPS-certified bartenders who arrive on-site typically two hours before events and handle setup, service, and breakdown. Configurations include Full Bar, Beer/Wine/Soda Only, and Cash Bar, with optional glassware rental as an add-on.

The company organizes its commercial motion around four event verticals — weddings, corporate events, school and university functions, and private/special occasions — each with a dedicated online inquiry form built on Wufoo. Pricing is fully quote-based and not publicly disclosed; customers receive a customized proposal after inquiry. Revenue is generated through per-event professional-services fees. Distribution relies on direct website inquiries, phone (508-923-4744), email ([email protected]), organic Facebook and Instagram presence, a featured vendor listing on The Knot wedding marketplace, and word-of-mouth referrals. The weddings vertical is operated under a separate branded subdomain (thebartendingserviceweddings.com).

There is no proprietary technology platform, no API or SDK, no AI/ML capability, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed funding rounds, and no institutional investors. Customer evidence indicates a fragmented mix of individual weddings (SMB consumers), nonprofit events (Abington Rotary Club), and at least one recurring enterprise account (MassRobotics). The company maintains complete licensing and insurance that permits alcohol service across diverse venue types including private clubs, beaches, golf facilities, schools, universities, meeting halls, and private residences — a regulatory posture that constitutes a meaningful operational moat for this category.

Name

The Bartending Service of New England

Legal name

The Bartending Service of New England

Website

https://thebartendingservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Bartending Service of New England is a privately held, Middleboro, Massachusetts-based beverage catering company founded in 1999, providing TIPS-certified bartenders, full bar equipment, and beverage service for weddings, corporate events, school functions, and private occasions across the New England region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Bartending & Beverage Catering Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Bar & Beverage Catering (Mobile Bar, Bartending) (HSACAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Beverage Services (Bar Catering, Mixology, Beverage Programs) (THAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Event beverage catering
• Mobile bartending services
• Wedding bar service
• Corporate event bartending
• Professional bartending staff

Headquarters

HQ city

Middleboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Beverage Catering Service: Event-based service fees for professional bartending at weddings, corporate events, private parties, and school/university functions. They provide TIPS-certified bartenders, all bar equipment, supplies, and handle setup/cleanup. Revenue is generated through per-event service charges based on bar package selection and event duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Bartending Service of New England provides professional mobile beverage catering and bartending services for events across the New England region. The company supplies TIPS-certified bartenders, all bar equipment, supplies, ice, and handles full setup (arriving two hours prior) and post-event breakdown and cleanup. Service is offered in three bar configurations — Full Bar, Beer/Wine/Soda, and Cash Bar — with optional Glassware Rental, and is delivered at a wide variety of venue types including private clubs, beaches, golf facilities, schools, universities, meeting halls, and private residences.

Product overview

The Bartending Service of New England is a beverage catering service company offering professional bartending for events across New England. The core offerings consist of Full Bar Service (complete bar with all alcoholic beverages and professional staff), Beer Wine and Soda Service (limited beverage option), and Glassware Rental (optional add-on). The company organizes its inquiry process through four dedicated online forms: Wedding/Event Inquiry, Corporate Event Inquiry, Special Event Inquiry, and Educational Inquiry. Service is provided across multiple event verticals including Weddings, Corporate Events, School and University Events, and Private Events. All services include TIPS-certified bartenders, complete setup and breakdown, and comply with licensing and insurance requirements for alcohol service at private and public venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Full Bar Service
• Beer, Wine, Soda Service
• Cash Bar Service
• Glassware Rental
• Wedding Beverage Catering
• Corporate Event Beverage Catering
• School and University Event Beverage Catering
• Private Event Beverage Catering

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Mobile Mixologist: Mobile bartending and mixology service for events; matches the subject company on the specialty cocktail and on-site mixology angle noted in its customer testimonials.
• Hire A Bartender: National mobile bartending staffing and event beverage service platform; directly comparable service model with TIPS-certified bartender placement at weddings, corporate events, and private parties.
• On The Rocks Mobile Bartending: Regional mobile bartending service providing on-site bar setup and TIPS-certified staff for events; offers full bar, beer/wine, and cash bar packages comparable to the subject company's three-tier offering.
• Bottles & Bins: Mobile bartending and beverage catering service for weddings and events; competes with The Bartending Service of New England in the same New England / Northeast territory with comparable per-event service offerings.
• Lasting Libations: Event bartending service delivering professional bar service at weddings, corporate, and private events; comparable quote-based, mobile-on-site model with equipment and staff included.
• BarNone Events: Mobile bartending and beverage catering provider for weddings and private events; competes in the same event-driven mobile bar category with similar vertical segmentation.

Broad incumbents

• Toast (event management platform): Large restaurant and event tech platform; broad incumbent in food & beverage operations technology that could enable self-service beverage ordering for events, representing a structural adjacency to manual mobile-bar operations.
• BevMo!: Specialty beverage retailer and event-services provider; broad incumbent that supplies beverage inventory and offers event-related services adjacent to mobile bar catering.

Emerging players

• Ace Beverage (ACE Bartending): Mobile bartending staffing company with a national footprint; partial overlap with the subject company as a newer, technology-enabled entrant in mobile bar staffing.
• Mixology Catering: Cocktail-focused event catering provider with a mixology-led differentiator; comparable niche overlap with the subject company's specialty drink and cocktail offering (e.g., signature drinks like the Ginger Lemon Drop).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheBartendingServiceNE
• Instagraminstagram.com/thebartendingservicene
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thebartendingservicene

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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