Live Nation Is Several Beats Ahead of Its Global Competition
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Looking at Live Nation’s core business as a concert promoter, the company’s dominance is obvious, even at the global level. According to Pollstar, a company that has tracked the live entertainment industry for decades, Live Nation sold more than 70 million tickets for shows played between November 2022 and November 2023, grossing $7.4 billion. Its largest competitor, Eventim Live, which is particularly strong in Europe, sold just 21 million tickets for a gross of $1.4 billion. In fact, Live Nation sold more tickets than the next 10 largest concert promoters worldwide, illustrating the scale of its dominance.
Dataset
Company | Gross ticket sales of the largest live music promoters worldwide in 2023 |
---|---|
Live Nation | $7440M |
Eventim Live | $1403M |
AEG Presents | $1380M |
OCESA | $600M |
Messina Touring Group | $500M |
Frontier Touring | $294M |
Cárdenas Marketing Network | $292M |
Outback Presents | $292M |
Data sources
* Based on tickets sold for shows played between Nov. 17, 2022 and Nov. 15, 2023. Figures incl. all subsidiaries. OCESA is majority-owned by Live Nation. Messina Touring Group is part-owned by AEG Presents.