Where do event production companies find new clients?

Mostly through referrals, venues and planners, search, their own past clients and targeted outreach to accounts like their best existing ones. Public buyers also post RFPs on procurement portals.

Is cold outreach worth it for an event company?

It can be, when it’s aimed at a short list of accounts that match your best clients and the message is specific to their events. Generic mass email to everyone rarely works.

How to get more clients for your event production or rental company

More clients don’t come from more of everything. They come from knowing which clients pay best, where you’re under-represented and how those buyers choose a vendor, then going after them on purpose.

Devon Race

October 27, 20262 min read

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To get more event clients, start with the clients you already have: find the types of client and event that pay best and book again, build a list of more buyers like them, show up where they look for vendors and follow up on purpose until they book. Production and rental companies that grow steadily choose their next clients instead of waiting to see who calls.

Find the clients worth more of

Pull your jobs from the last year or two and sort them by type of client: corporate, association, agency, venue, school, church, nonprofit, festival, wedding, private. For each, look at what they spent, how much work they took, whether they paid on time and whether they booked again. Most companies find one or two segments that are clearly better than the rest, and often one they’re under-serving.

Build a target list

Once you know the segment, write down actual names: the companies near you that run annual meetings, the associations that hold conferences in your city, the agencies that produce events in your market, the festivals and venues in your region. A list of a few dozen named accounts you work every quarter is worth more than ads aimed at everyone.

Show up where those buyers look

Corporate planners and agencies: your website, your proposals, referrals and LinkedIn.
Venue clients: the venue’s preferred vendor list and its event staff.
Public and institutional buyers: their procurement portals and RFPs.
Social and party clients: Google search, your Google Business Profile and reviews.
Past clients: your own CRM, reminding you before their next event.

Give each segment a reason to choose you

Each segment cares about different things. Corporate buyers want low risk and polish. Venues want vendors who respect the building. Festivals want reliability outdoors. Make sure your website and proposals show work that matches the segment you’re pursuing, not everything you’ve ever done.

Expanding into a new city or region

Opening a new market works best when you follow clients you already have, or a venue or agency relationship, rather than starting cold. Before investing in trucks, staff or a warehouse there, win a few jobs from your current base and see whether the work repeats.

Track it like a pipeline

Put every target account in your CRM with a next step and a date. Review the list monthly: who you contacted, who replied, which proposals are out and which accounts booked. That turns “we should get more corporate work” into something you can measure. Related: how to get corporate event clients and how to win event production RFPs.

Common questions

Where do event production companies find new clients?: Mostly through referrals, venues and planners, search, their own past clients and targeted outreach to accounts like their best existing ones. Public buyers also post RFPs on procurement portals.
Is cold outreach worth it for an event company?: It can be, when it’s aimed at a short list of accounts that match your best clients and the message is specific to their events. Generic mass email to everyone rarely works.