# CTS EVENTIM AG & CO KGAA

Summary updated: 2026-10-04T15:16:58.378218Z
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## Overview

CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA operates in live entertainment and ticketing. Its core activities span ticket sales and ticketing technology, concert and event promotion, and venue operations. The group’s Live Entertainment business plans and stages concerts, tours, festivals and other events, while its Ticketing business provides ticketing and distribution services. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123336983) [2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123336988)

The company says it brings live cultural experiences to audiences and aims to make culture accessible to as many people as possible. [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123334947) [4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123336461) It operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. [3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123334947) In FY2025, group revenue was €3.079 billion, and year-end headcount was 5,329. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123334178) [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14186621)
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## Products & services

CTS EVENTIM’s ticketing products include EVENTIM.Web for internet sales, EVENTIM.Net as a network platform, EVENTIM.Inhouse for venue ticketing, EVENTIM.Tixx for sports ticketing, EVENTIM.Light for small independent organisers, EVENTIM.Access for ticket sales and admission control, and EVENTIM.Pass, a digital ticket designed to limit unauthorised resale and give artists and organisers greater control over resale [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123337675). EVENTIM.Inhouse also offers venues white-label online shops that can connect to EVENTIM sales channels, while EVENTIM.Light lets organisers launch ticket sales and optionally use EVENTIM’s sales network [8](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/portfolio/products).

Ticketing services include brokering and distributing tickets across concerts, theatre, art, sport and other events. Live Entertainment services cover planning, preparation, production and marketing of tours, events and festivals, as well as venue operation and construction [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123337919)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123335739). Examples of operated venues include Berlin’s Waldbühne, Eventim Apollo in London, K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen and LANXESS arena in Cologne [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123335742).

In FY2025, segment revenue before intersegment consolidation was €977.070 million for Ticketing and €2,152.156 million for Live Entertainment—approximately 31.2% and 68.8%, respectively, of their combined segment revenue. These are segment-level proportions, not individual product revenue shares [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123337919).
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## Geographic presence

CTS EVENTIM’s registered address is in Munich, Germany, and its head office is in Hamburg. Subsidiary disclosures show a presence across European markets including the UK, France, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Americas, including the United States, Brazil, Chile and Peru. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123336834)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14186695)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14186698)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14186699)

The company reports its activities in Ticketing and Live Entertainment segments rather than geographic segments. Its 2025 annual report identifies Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and the UK among the markets where revenue grew, but does not provide country- or region-level revenue amounts or percentages. The report gives a Group employee total of 5,329 without a country-level distribution. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123337919)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123335102)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14186643)
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## Business segments

CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA reports two business segments: Ticketing and Live Entertainment; the company’s formal reporting does not present an alternative segment breakdown. Ticketing covers the sale and distribution of tickets for events, while Live Entertainment focuses on planning, promoting and staging events. [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123337675)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123335739)

In FY2025, reported segment revenue before intersegment consolidation was €977.1 million for Ticketing and €2,152.2 million for Live Entertainment. These represented approximately 31.2% and 68.8%, respectively, of the combined reported segment revenue of €3,129.2 million; the percentages are calculated from the disclosed segment amounts and are not shares of consolidated group revenue after eliminations. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123337919)

For Q1 2026, Ticketing revenue was €219.0 million and Live Entertainment revenue was €403.6 million, equivalent to approximately 35.2% and 64.8% of their combined reported revenue for the quarter. [18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123300617)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P123300618)
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## Company history

CTS Computer Ticket Service was founded in Munich on 4 November 1989 by concert promoters Marcel Avram and Matthias Hoffmann. [20](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTS_Eventim) Klaus-Peter Schulenberg acquired CTS in 1996 and became central to its subsequent development; the company went public as CTS EVENTIM AG in 2000, and Alexander Ruoff joined its Management Board in 2002. [21](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/company/management-bodies) In 2006, CTS EVENTIM ticketing systems sold about 3.2 million tickets for the FIFA World Cup. [22](https://corporate.eventim.de/media/document/4c34426c-336e-4c5e-8ec1-d65a5d111ccc/assets/DE0005470306-Q2-2006-EQ-E-01.pdf?disposition=inline)

The company expanded its European ticketing business by acquiring a stake in Italy’s TicketOne in 2007 and the remaining 49.826% in 2010. [23](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/cts-eventim-ag-acquires-significant-stake-in-italian-market-leader-ticketone/8a59bcc6-a91c-4b20-9a32-e00d729db85d) [24](https://corporate.eventim.de/news-media/news/cts-eventim-ag-uebernimmt-weitere-49826prozent-an-ticketone-spa-in-italien/18245260-ae01-4ac5-9ea5-716bcbd4b018) In 2012, it agreed with AEG to acquire London’s Hammersmith Apollo in a 50:50 venture; the venue reopened as the Eventim Apollo in 2013. [25](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/cts-eventim-and-aeg-to-take-over-hammersmith-apollo-in-london/41814d73-342e-4b1e-8cb3-f6959d585f48) [26](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/the-eventim-apollo-unveiled/eb824c37-b837-47a7-ac8d-34484c387aea) Revenue surpassed €1 billion for the first time in 2017. [27](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/cts-eventim-achieves-record-results-in-2017-exceeds-one-billion-euro-in-revenues-for-the/45a4f24a-1a66-4101-af74-0b319098c5b6)

CTS EVENTIM strengthened its French ticketing presence through a 2019 partnership and investment in France Billet, increasing its stake to 65% in 2024. [28](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/cts-eventim-strengthens-market-position-in-france-by-acquiring-stake-in-france-billet/ddd5ff46-f7dd-4f62-b7aa-360d5e1112) [29](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/completion-of-the-sale-of-17percent-of-france-billet-by-fnac-darty-to-cts-eventim/23599aff-5549-4d9f-aca4-b29abbac265b) In June 2024, it completed the acquisition of Vivendi’s festival and international ticketing businesses, including See Tickets. [30](https://corporate.eventim.de/en/news-media/news/verkauf-des-festival-und-internationalen-ticketing-geschaefts-an-cts-eventim-abgeschlossen/9fc1c80e-e92e-4ad1-b14e-411d5e816ae2)
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