GREENBOX EVENTS LTD

Name

GREENBOX EVENTS LTD

Legal name

Greenbox Events Ltd

Website

https://greenboxevents.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Waste Management

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Event & Venue Waste Collection (Short-Term) (BPALAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compactor, Container & Roll-off Services (Rental, Service & Logistics) (EUAIAGAC)

Keywords

• Event waste management
• Festival recycling services
• Live event cleanup
• Event site cleansing
• Festival sustainability services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wotton-Under-Edge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Event waste management services: Provides bespoke waste management and recycling services to event organizers, delivering solutions for events ranging from 3,500 to 200,000 visitors
2. Volunteer placement services: Facilitates volunteer placement at festivals in exchange for deposits, with administrative fees retained

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Greenbox Events provides end-to-end event waste management and recycling solutions for festivals, sporting events, food fayres, and other live events across the UK. Services cover pre-event site clearance, during-event litter picking and daily cleansing, post-event site restoration, trader waste segregation, campsite management, and confiscation point handling. They operate with their own vehicles (from Mules to 26 tonne RCVs), personnel, and equipment.

Product overview

Greenbox Events offers a unified festival waste management service covering the complete event lifecycle. Their core offering includes pre-event waste clearance, during-event litter picking and cleansing operations, and post-event site restoration. They provide tailored solutions for different event areas (arenas, campsites, backstage, trade zones) and manage waste separation for traders with dedicated liaison officers. The company operates a flexible workforce with nationwide vehicle fleet partnerships to serve events throughout the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Festival Waste Management Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieves recycling rates close to national kerbside figures on site through comprehensive source segregation methods

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Biffa plc: Biffa is the UK's largest listed waste management company, providing commercial and event waste collections alongside municipal and industrial contracts. It competes with Greenbox for larger enterprise and venue event work, while operating a much broader national haulage and recycling portfolio.
• Veolia UK: Veolia operates one of the UK's largest commercial and municipal waste collection networks, including event and venue waste services. It overlaps with Greenbox on enterprise event contracts but as part of a far larger environmental services platform rather than a specialist event focus.
• FCC Environment UK: FCC Environment is a major UK waste and recycling operator serving local authorities and commercial customers. It competes with Greenbox for event and venue waste work in regions where it holds municipal or commercial contracts, while also running large transfer stations and recycling facilities.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: Suez operates UK commercial and municipal waste collections, including event and venue waste, alongside material recovery facilities. It is comparable to Greenbox on enterprise event tenders but competes as a diversified environmental services incumbent rather than a specialist.
• Renewi plc: Renewi is a UK and European waste-to-product business with commercial collection, recycling and event/venue services. It overlaps with Greenbox on commercial event waste streams while operating a much broader portfolio of recycling and recovery activities.
• Grundon Waste Management: Grundon is one of the UK's largest independent waste management companies, providing commercial collections and event/venue waste services. It is comparable to Greenbox on enterprise event contracts in southern England but competes as a broad commercial waste haulier rather than a festival specialist.

Regional players

• Simply Waste Solutions: Simply Waste Solutions is a UK commercial waste collector focused on SMEs and event clients with flexible contract structures. It competes with Greenbox on smaller commercial and event collections, particularly outside major cities, but operates at smaller scale and without Greenbox's festival specialism.
• Countrystyle Group: Countrystyle Group is a UK waste management business serving Kent and the South East with commercial collections, recycling and event work. It is comparable to Greenbox on event and commercial waste in its regional footprint but does not match Greenbox's nationwide festival coverage or event-specific branding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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