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Live Nation is the largest live entertainment company in the world, serving as a concert promoter, venue operator, and ticketing platform. In addition, the firm generates revenue from sponsorships and advertising. With offices in 51 countries, Live Nation promotes concerts globally and it owned, operated, or had exclusive booking rights to more than 400 venues worldwide at the end of 2025, which the firm says makes it the second-largest operator of music venues globally. In 2025, Live Nation promoted nearly 55,000 events, drawing roughly 160 million fans. Ticketmaster is a dominant global ticketing service, selling nearly 650 million tickets in 2025.

Liberty Media is an American media and motorsport holding company headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, whose shares trade on Nasdaq as Formula One Group tracking stocks. Its main assets are Formula One, which it acquired in January 2017, and MotoGP organiser Dorna Sports, in which it took an 84% stake in July 2025. Both series earn revenue from race promotion fees paid by circuit hosts, media rights sold to broadcasters and streamers, and sponsorship, hospitality and licensing. In 2025 Formula One revenue rose 14% to $3.9 billion with operating income of $632 million, and MotoGP revenue rose 14% to $573 million. The original Liberty Media was spun off from Tele-Communications Inc. in 1991 under John Malone, who is now chairman emeritus; Robert Bennett is chairman and Derek Chang chief executive. The group has repeatedly reshaped itself through tracking stocks and spin-offs, splitting off the Atlanta Braves in 2023, combining its SiriusXM interest into a separate listed company in September 2024 and separating Liberty Live, holder of its Live Nation stake, in December 2025.

Informa PLC is an international events, digital services, and academic research group. Through various brands, products, and services, it connects businesses and professionals with the knowledge they need. The group's reportable segments are Informa Markets, Informa Tech, Informa Connect, Informa Festivals, and Taylor & Francis. The Informa Markets segment generates the highest revenue, connecting buyers and sellers across various specialist markets, including boating, pharmaceuticals, food, fashion, and infrastructure. This is achieved by delivering transaction-focused live events, such as exhibitions, specialist digital content, and targeted digital services, including data-driven demand generation products. It generates half its revenue from North America, followed by Asia.

Liberty Live Holdings Inc consists of its ownership in Live Nation, its wholly owned subsidiary Quint and other minority investments. Quint is a provider of premium sports and entertainment experiences. Through exclusive rights agreements with sports leagues, event organizers, and governing bodies, Quint designs, develops, and sells official ticket-inclusive hospitality and single to multi-day experiential packages that may include on or off-site experiences, transportation, and hotel accommodations, with involvement of Quint personnel throughout the multi-day experiences. Live Nation is one of the live entertainment companies in the world, and the producer of live music concerts in the world, based on total fans that attend Live Nation events as compared to events of other promoters.

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA is a diversified media company that focuses on ticketing and live entertainment. The business is divided into two segments: ticketing and live entertainment. The ticketing segment produces, sells, and distributes tickets for a variety of leisure-based events. The company sells tickets for concerts, sports, and theater events, and provides travel services as well. The live entertainment business segment plans and organizes tour events, largely for music-based concerts. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Germany.

Sphere Entertainment Co is a live entertainment and media company. The firm creates, writes, casts, produces, and tours shows and events. The group has two reportable segments: Sphere and MSG Networks. Sphere is a next-generation entertainment medium, and MSG Networks operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, as well as a direct-to-consumer (DTC) and authenticated streaming product.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp provides live entertainment, delivering unforgettable experiences while forging deep connections with diverse and passionate audiences. The company’s portfolio includes a collection of world-renowned venues - New York’s Madison Square Garden, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre - that showcase a broad array of sporting events, concerts, family shows, and special events for millions of guests annually. In addition, the company features the original production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, which has been a holiday tradition for 89 years.

Songcheng Performance Development Co Ltd operates in the performing arts industry. The company is engaged in the operation of Live performances, tourism and leisure, and Internet performance in China.

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality Inc is an attractions and hospitality company that owns and operates a collection of inspiring and unforgettable experiences at iconic destinations across the United States, Canada, Iceland and Costa Rica. Its elevated hospitality offerings include point-of-interest attractions and distinctive lodges, as well as integrated restaurants, retail options, and transportation that allow visitors to discover and connect with breathtaking national parks and renowned travel locations.

PVR INOX Ltd is a diversified media company engaged in the film entertainment industry. The company has two primary business segments, which includes Movie exhibition, and Others. The Movie exhibition business segment which derives key revenue, operates a chain of movie theaters, generating revenue through ticket sales, food and beverage sales, and in-cinema advertising. The Other business segment operates complementary ventures such as movie production, distribution and gaming, etc. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in India.

GL Events is a France-based company engaged in providing facilities for meetings: congresses and conventions, cultural, sporting, institutional, and corporate events, trade shows, and exhibitions for professionals and the general public. It has three business divisions, namely GL events Live: Provides turnkey solutions for all events, whatever the format, from the consulting phase through to production. GL events Exhibitions: Design, Production, and Management of Professional Trade Shows and Consumer Exhibitions to Promote Key Sectors. GL events Venues: Manages a network of over 60 event venues around the world-convention and exhibition centers, arenas, etc.

Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento is a Mexican live-entertainment and experiential-marketing company. It produces and promotes concerts, theatre, family shows, festivals and sporting events, and operates venues used for public and corporate programs. Through its marketing businesses, CIE designs brand activations, sponsorship programs, trade events and customer experiences for corporate clients. The group has also participated in amusement parks, ticketing, advertising and event hospitality businesses across Latin America. CIE serves consumers buying event admission as well as brands and institutions commissioning marketing programs. Its shares trade on the Mexican stock exchange.

Funshine Culture Group Co Ltd is engaged in different types of business in various art events and cultural activities both domestically and internationally, including planning, art creation and design, stage arts design, urban landscape construction and the lighting and audio project designing theatre and art venues. The company operates in four segments namely events and stage lighting; landscape lighting and interpretation; multimedia creative production; live performance and cultural tourism synthesis services.

Runs the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai and owns IT park space and other commercial property. It also has an engineering business making industrial equipment and a food business. Based in Mumbai.

Ollamani SAB is a holding company that operates through its subsidiaries in various businesses, including the Football Business, which is the Company that owns Club America, a professional soccer team with championships in Mexico and considered one of the popular teams. Estadio Azteca is the company that owns and operates the Estadio Azteca. Games and Sweepstakes Business under the PlayCity brand, the company operates eighteen casinos in Mexico with food and beverage service, as well as a website in the one that offers sports betting and casino betting. The Company's operations are classified into three segments: Football Segment, Gaming Segment, and Publishers and Distributors Segment.

Fiera Milano is an Italian trade fair and congress operator based in Milan, with exhibition grounds at Rho Fiera, and it has operated under that name since 1920. It organises and hosts international exhibitions and corporate events in its own pavilions and abroad, and it sells services to exhibitors such as stand fitting and logistics. The company is listed on the Euronext STAR Milan segment of Borsa Italiana. Its 2024-2027 Strategic Plan aims to grow its portfolio of proprietary exhibitions and to become an integrated service provider for exhibitors and visitors. In 2025 it bought a majority of the event logistics group Expotrans, and in February 2026 it bought 70 percent of the steel exhibition Made in Steel and 51 percent of the stand builder Stipa. Earlier acquisitions include the Ipack-Ima exhibition company in 2015 and 25 percent of Ge.Fi., the organiser of Artigiano in Fiera, in 2022.

FS Development Investment Holdings is a Chinese marketing-communications group headquartered at Oriental Plaza in Beijing and listed on the ChiNext board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code 300071); it was formerly named Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communication Group (Huayi Jiaxin). Its services fall into three lines: digital marketing, covering content, social-media, video, live-stream and private-domain marketing and influencer placement; experiential marketing built around brand events and interactive activities; and public relations and advertising, including brand strategy, media relations and crisis management. It runs its own AIGC tools, the DS AI Chain platform and the FlinkAI full-funnel marketing platform, and its public-relations subsidiary ranked 21st in PRovoke Media's 2024 global top 250 PR agencies. Clients are brand owners that pay fees for campaigns; carmakers supplied about 45% of 2024 revenue, with brands such as Changan Mazda, Ford, Wuling, Honor and Vivo among its award-winning accounts. In 2024 the group reported revenue of 1.22 billion yuan, down 11.5%, a net loss attributable to shareholders of 130.5 million yuan, and 787 employees. The company was founded in January 2003 and listed on 21 April 2010, raising 325 million yuan at 25 yuan a share. Chen Yongliang, its actual controller with a 10.2% stake, has been chairman since November 2020.

Maoyan Entertainment is a China-based company that mainly operates an Internet-empowered entertainment service platform. The company operates in three segments. The Online Entertainment Ticketing Services segment offers online ticketing services for comprehensive entertainment formats, such as movies and entertainment events. The Entertainment Content Services segment operates an integrated platform to provide entertainment content services, ranging from distribution, and promotion to production, for various entertainment formats including movies, TV series, variety shows, and entertainment events. The Advertising Services and Others segment serves advertisers in both the entertainment industry and other industries including automobile, electronics, and consumer products.

Beijing Jingxi Culture&Tourism Co Ltd is a full-industry chain film and television entertainment media group. It is primarily engaged in the tourism and cultural resources, and film and television entertainment production businesses in China.

Parken Sport & Entertainment AS is a Denmark based company engaged in the leisure and entertainment industry. The company manages PARKEN soccer stadium and operates the professional soccer club F.C. Kobenhaven. It also hosts rock concerts, car racing, and large conference. Geographically, operations are primarily functioned in the region of Denmark.

Falcons Beyond Global Inc. is a Company that provides a full range of theme park design, master planning, and experiential technologies for customers in the entertainment and attraction industry through its Falcon’s Creative Group reportable segment and develops and co-owns resort and theme park attractions through its Destinations Operations. The Company has four operating segments, Falcon’s Creative Group, PDP, Falcon’s Beyond Brands, and Destinations Operations, all of which are reportable segments. It earns the majority of the revenue from Falcon’s Creative Group segment.

Avex Inc is a diversified media company, which holds a number of entertainment subsidiaries. The company has four primary business segments: music, video, management and live content, and other. The music segment designs, produces, and sells music and music-related content. The video segment plans, produces, sells, and distributes video content and feature films. The management and live business segment manages artists, sells merchandise, operates fan clubs, and is involved in the production of concerts and live events. The other business segment operates schools, restaurants, and real estate. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Japan.

MCH Group Ltd is an international live-marketing company with a services network spanning the entire exhibition and event market. The company's majority of operating income is derived from Switzerland, where it already has a market position. It also has its presence in Europe without Switzerland, North and South America, Asia, Pacific and Africa. The company has three segments Community Platforms, Experience Marketing, and Corporate Functions.

PIA Corp provides event ticketing services in Japan. The company operates in single segment namely- Leisure and entertainment related businesses. The company sells tickets for concerts, sporting contests and other events of entertainment value through telephone operators, mobile phone services and a network of ticket stores and other market.

Mei Ah Entertainment Group Ltd is an investment holding company. The company's operating segment includes Channel operations; Film exhibition and film rights licensing and sub-licensing; Cinema operations; Concert performance and events organisation; and Subcontracting service income. The company generates maximum revenue from the Channel operations segment. The company also generates other income from Rental income from investment properties; and Management fee income.

Amuse Inc is a Japan based integrated entertainment group. It is involved in the businesses of artist management business, media visual business, contents business, place management business, and other businesses. In artist management business, the company is engaged in the production of concerts, stage performances of artists, planning and production of stage performances and events, management of fan clubs and sales of a variety of goods and products, television, radio and commercial appearances, and production and distribution of record masters and management of copyright. In media visual business, the company manages image-based entertainment, such as producing and distributing visual software such as TV shows and movies and producing and selling DVDs.

Hibino Corp is engaged in the sale and installation of audio-visual equipment. It offers products and services in the Audio-Visual field. Its business activities are divided into Hibino visual division is engaged in the planning of large screens and video systems used for concerts and events, equipment rental, and operation. Hibino sound division offers a sound system for the concert, equipment rental, recording of concerts and events, studio recording, track down, and mastering. The segments include: Sales and construction business; Building sound construction business; and Concerts and events service business. It derives maximum revenue from Concerts and events service business.

Bastogi is an Italian holding company founded in Turin on 18 September 1862 as the Italian company for the southern railways, and it is the oldest Italian company still in business that is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. The group is active mainly in real estate, entertainment, art and culture, hotels and commercial services. In 1994 it acquired 50.3 percent of Brioschi Finanziaria and 83.11 percent of Frigoriferi Milanesi, which added a property conservation business. The Cabassi Group took 47 percent of the company in 1990 and a public tender offer was launched on about 312 million Bastogi shares in 2004. In 2024 the group reported revenue of 62.3 million euros and EBITDA of 18.5 million euros.

HIM International Music Inc is a Taiwan based media company. The company is engaged in organizing media activities such as live events, autograph sessions, and endorsement activities. It also provides music records and albums. The company also arrange concerts in Taiwan.

accesso Technology Group PLC is a software company engaged in the development and application of ticketing, mobile, and eCommerce technologies, licensing, and operation of virtual queuing solutions, and providing a personalized experience to customers within the attractions and leisure industry. It operates in segments: the Ticketing and Distribution, Guest Experience, and Professional Services. Its solutions are accesso LoQueue, accesso Passport, accesso Siriuswarem, and accesso ShoWare, which provide solutions for ticketing & admissions, gift cards, kiosks, and eCommerce, box office, call center, and social media sales and others. It has a presence in the UK, other Europe, Australia, the USA, and Canada which drives key revenue, in Central and South America.

B'IN Live Co Ltd is a Taiwan-based event management company. It is mainly engaged in providing software and hardware services for shows or events, including production design, and providing hardware equipment such as lighting, audio, video, musical instruments, and structural equipment. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Taiwan and the rest from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and America, and other regions.

Viceroy Hotels is an Indian hotel company based in Hyderabad and listed on the National Stock Exchange of India. It was incorporated in 1965 as Palace Heights Hotels and adopted the Viceroy name in 2001. The company owns and operates hotels under the Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott and Marriott Executive Apartments brands in Hyderabad, offering rooms, food and beverage and banquet services to business and leisure travellers. Its flagship property opened as one of the first five-star hotels in the city, and it entered a partnership with Marriott in 2006. It emerged from a corporate insolvency resolution process, changed management and has since pursued portfolio expansion through hotel acquisitions and new-build projects in Hyderabad, funded in part by a rights issue to shareholders. Revenue comes from room rentals, restaurant and banquet sales and apartment stays.

KeyHolder Inc, through its subsidiaries is engaged in various businesses including advertising agency, casting, operation of the live music club, management, operation business and others. Its segments include: General Entertainment Business; Video Production Business; Video Production Business; and Logistics business.

Ticketplus Ltd operates as a technology company focused on powering the live entertainment industry across Latin America. It provides a proprietary, full-stack event platform that supports event discovery, primary ticketing, access control, payments, analytics, and post-event insights for promoters, venues, sports organizations, and ticketing companies. The company operates through two complementary business models: Full Operation Model and White-Label SaaS Model. The majority of revenue is derived from the Full Operation Model, which acts as the primary ticketing platform and delivers comprehensive infrastructure including online and mobile platforms, on-site equipment, trained field staff, payment processing, customer support, and analytics.

Enhanced Group Inc develops and sells sports and performance-related products intended for use by athletes and consumers. Its offerings focus on products associated with physical performance, health, and recovery. Its two principal offerings include: (i) the Enhanced Games, a live, multi-sport competition platform designed to showcase both "Enhanced" and "Non-Enhanced" athletes pursuing world-record performances under medically supervised conditions; and (ii) Live Enhanced, a direct-to-consumer digital and clinician-guided wellness platform offering evidence-based protocols, supplements, and coaching for consumers seeking to improve health, longevity, and well-being. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from products associated with physical performance, health, and recovery.

Corporacion de Ferias y Exposiciones SA organizes trade fairs, exhibitions and conventions in the Andean Region, Central America, and the Caribbean. The company also provides Banking, Travel, Health, and other services.

Hakuten Corp is a Japan-based company engages in producing and sponsoring event promotions, exhibitions, business meetings, private shows, conferences, and conventions, among others. It is also engaged in the design, construction, and supervision of commercial spaces, such as road shows, conferences, and ceremonies, as well as the provision of digital marketing solutions.

Highlight Event and Entertainment AG is engaged in the business of event marketing and entertainment which consists of marketing rights for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Eurovision Song Contest. The company's business segment includes the Film segment, the Sports and Events segment, and Others segment. It generates maximum revenue from the Film segment. Geographically, it operates in Switzerland, Germany, and the rest of the world.

ATC Music Group PLC, formerly All Things Considered Group PLC is a prominent independent UK music company. Its business focus is in the key commercial areas of the music industry, encompassing artist representation, end-to-end direct-to-fan services, merchandise, live events, and rights. The company operates across the following segments: Artist Representation, Services, Live Events and Experiences, and Rights. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Services segment, which includes a range of creator-business services such as branding, merchandise, E-commerce, ticketing, touring and VIP services, retail, and fan experiences, producing and promoting premium livestream events, etc.

YES24 Co Ltd is an internet-based book, music CD, ticket distributor in Korea. The company was founded in 1999, and introduced a cutting-edge warehouse management system. It owns an online bookstore which controls 37% of publishing market.

Time Out Group PLC is a media and entertainment company. It helps people discover, book, and share what the world's cities have to offer. The company provides content about food, drink, entertainment, film, music, attractions, art, culture, shopping, nightlife, hotels, and travel. It operates in two divisions namely Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Time Out Media includes digital and print advertising, marketing solutions, live events tickets, and sponsorship, commissions generated by e-commerce transactions, and fees from the franchise partners while Time Out Market includes concessionaires' sales, Time Out operated bars, and retail, events, and sponsorship. It Its geographical segments include Europe, North America, and the Rest of the World.

GHY Culture & Media Holding Co Ltd is involved in the entertainment business. It focuses on the production and promotion of dramas, films, and concerts in the Asia Pacific region. The business activities of the group function through four segments, namely Television Program and Film Production, Concert Production, Talent Management Services and Costumes, Props, and Make-up Services. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the Television Program Film Production segment, which is engaged in the production of dramas and films and script production. Geographically, the business presence of the firm is seen in the regions of Singapore, Australia, Japan, China, and Malaysia, with the majority of the revenue from China.

Highlight Communications AG is a Switzerland-based financial holding company. The company is a film production and license company in German-speaking countries. Its combined operating segments include Film, Sports, and Sports-and Event-Marketing. In the Film segment, the company along with its subsidiaries is a producer and distributor of cinema, video, and TV films. In addition to owning and co-producing, it acquires the exploitation rights to third-party productions. The sports segment mainly comprises activities in the TV and digital areas with the umbrella brand SPORT1 and in the area of production, content solutions services, and content marketing with PLAZAMEDIA. In the Sports- and Event-Marketing segment, the company is engaged in the marketing of international events.

Mufeed Co operates in the field of event, exhibition, and conference management and implementation, alongside creative media production. The group handles all logistical, organizational, and media aspects, starting from identifying needs and objectives, preparing the venue, and ensuring the smooth operation of the event according to the highest standards. Its activities include leasing film production equipment, booking and selling tickets for sporting and entertainment events, exhibitions and conferences, organizing and managing exhibitions and conferences, organizing and managing crowds, and operating exhibition and conference centers and facilities.

Sao Paulo Turismo SA is a tourism & event organizing company. It is engaged in organizing & operation of events, exhibitions, fairs, carnivals & promoting business, entertainment, culture & tourism in the city of Sao Paulo.

Grand Prix International PCL is engaged in providing space for motor shows, exhibitions, and automotive-related products and marketing promotion services, Advertising media in printing, television, and website, Production and distribution of books, Printing services, and Others. The business operation of the company is divided into segments, namely Activities Services, Media & Publishing, Printing Services, and the Other segment. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the Activities Services segment.

Vivid Seats Inc is an online ticket marketplace for connecting fans to live events and artists. It is the official ticketing partner of brands in the entertainment industry providing tickets for sports, concerts, theatres, and comedy events in the United States, Canada and Japan. It operates in two segments namely marketplace and resale. Marketplace segment, act as an intermediary between ticket buyers, sellers, and partners through which company earn revenue from processing ticket sales for live events and facilitating the booking of hotel rooms and packages on websites and mobile applications. Resale segment provides internal research and development support for Skybox and supplements ongoing efforts to deliver software and tools. Majority of revenue is from Marketplace segment.

Nomadar Corp operates at the intersection of sports and technology, focusing on high-performance training programs and cultural exchange. The company aims to connect athletes, coaches, and fans through innovative technological solutions, enhancing sports development beyond physical borders. It offers services like the High Performance Training (HPT) program and promotes the legacy of iconic athletes.