Grupo Smedia

What Grupo Smedia does

Grupo Smedia is a privately held Spanish company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Madrid that operates private theatres and runs an online platform for purchasing tickets to plays, musicals, and other live events. The company sits at the intersection of venue operations and consumer ticketing, controlling a portfolio of theatrical venues in the Madrid market while also providing a digital sales channel to end-buyers seeking access to live performances.

The company's product surface combines physical venue management (private theatre operations) with a consumer-facing e-commerce ticketing platform. The technology stack, pricing model, integration footprint, and underlying platform architecture are not disclosed in available source material — the company's website returned only a loading/verification page during data collection, leaving the technical details unverified. No API, mobile app, or third-party integrations have been disclosed.

On the business model side, Grupo Smedia appears to monetize through two complementary streams: direct revenue from operating its own theatres (box-office and ancillary sales) and ticketing-platform fees or commissions on tickets sold through its online channel for partner productions. With a headcount of 11–50 employees and no disclosed funding history, M&A activity, or revenue figures, the company profiles as a small, established, privately held niche operator rather than a venture-backed growth business. Investor-relevant signals — funding rounds, named customers, partnerships, leadership team, regulatory filings, and revenue/ARR data — are all absent from the source, which is itself a material diligence finding.

Name

Grupo Smedia

Website

https://gruposmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grupo Smedia is a privately held Madrid-based company founded in 1999 that operates private theatres and runs an online ticketing platform for plays, musicals, and live events in Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment Ticketing

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Venue Management & Booking Services (Third-Party Operators) (MPAGALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Music Venues & Venue Operators (Clubs, Theaters, Arenas) (MPAIAFAB), Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL)

Keywords

• Theatre management
• Live event ticketing
• Ticket sales platform
• Performing arts venues
• Show ticket booking

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Grupo Smedia manages private theatres and operates an online platform for purchasing tickets to plays, musicals, and live events held at its venues. The company combines physical venue operation with a digital ticketing channel serving consumers in the Madrid market.

Product overview

No product or service information available. The source content shows only a loading/verification page indicating the website content could not be retrieved.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Theatre Management

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Entradas.com (by Eventim): Spain's leading general ticketing portal for theater, concerts, and live events, now backed by European ticketing group CTS Eventim. Direct overlap with Smedia's ticketing platform for the same Iberian customer base.
• Stage Entertainment: European theater producer and venue operator producing and running musical theater productions across multiple countries. Closely comparable to Smedia's private theatre management side for musicals and live theatrical productions.
• Ticketea (by Wegow): Was one of Spain's leading online ticketing platforms for concerts, theater and live events; comparable Iberian ticketing business acquired into Wegow. Direct regional overlap with Smedia's online ticketing for plays and live events.
• Eventbrite: Self-service ticketing and event management platform widely used by small theaters and producers to sell tickets online. Comparable to Smedia on the SaaS-enabled ticketing-distribution model, though focused more broadly on event organizers.
• Fever: A digital platform for discovering and booking live experiences including theater, musicals, and immersive shows, with strong Iberian presence. Overlaps directly with Smedia's online ticketing for plays, musicals and live events.
• See Tickets: European-focused ticketing provider for theater, concerts, festivals and live events. Directly comparable online ticketing offering for plays and musicals in European markets.
• Ticketmaster (Live Nation Entertainment): Operates a ticketing marketplace for live events including plays and musicals, and its parent runs venues. Comparable to Grupo Smedia on the ticket-distribution side for live performances and on venue operations through its parent Live Nation.

Broad incumbents

• CTS Eventim: Largest European ticketing and live entertainment group, operating ticketing platforms, venues and promotion businesses across the continent. Comparable as a scaled incumbent in the same theatrical ticketing and venue operations space Smedia operates in.

Regional players

• Yelmo Cines: Leading Spanish cinema chain operating multiplex theaters and ticketing across Spain. Comparable as a Spain-focused physical venue operator running its own box office and ticketing for on-site entertainment.
• Atresmedia Cine / Atresmedia: Major Spanish media group with associated cinema and live entertainment activities in the Iberian market. Regional peer in the same Spanish audience and live-entertainment advertising space as Smedia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ClubSmedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grupo-smedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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