DinnerBooking Due Diligence
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Denmark · owned by Independent (Denmark) · dinnerbooking.com · 14 vendors
DinnerBooking is a Danish SaaS company that provides online restaurant reservation and management software to over 1,400 restaurants across 13+ countries, primarily in the Nordic region and Europe. Founded in 2004 as SystemBook by Christian Thygesen and rebranded to DinnerBooking in 2008, the platform enables guests to discover restaurants, read reviews, and book tables online, while giving restaurant operators tools for reservation management, events, gift cards, and loyalty programmes. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Resilience scores
- Digital Sovereignty: 14
- Digital Resilience: 7
- Financial Resilience: 6
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Services catalogue
1 service in catalogue across 1 category; runs on 14 sub-vendors.
- Restaurant Reservation System
Insights
Last updated 2026-09-13 · revision 3
14 direct vendors, 155 subvendors
Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- United Kingdom: 2
- Norway: 1
- United States: 9
Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- United States: 103
- China: 8
- Poland: 1
Compliance
8 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.
ePrivacy Directive — No public evidence
Evidence: https://terms.dinnerbooking.com/en-us/privacy/, https://dinnerbooking.com/dk/en-US, https://www.datatilsynet.dk/english/cookies, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32002L0058
NIS2 (source) — No public evidence
Evidence: https://biz.dinnerbooking.com/en-gb/about-us/, https://dinnerbooking.com/dk/en-US, https://www.nis2directive.eu/, https://www.cfcs.dk/en/, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022L2555
EU Consumer Rights Directive — No public evidence
Evidence: https://terms.dinnerbooking.com/en-us/cancel/, https://terms.dinnerbooking.com/en-us/prepayment/, https://terms.dinnerbooking.com/en-us/terms/, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32011L0083
Financials
Three-year financials
- 2025: gross profit DKK 16.2M, EBIT DKK 68.4K, equity DKK 30.1M
- 2024: gross profit DKK 16.6M, EBIT DKK 1.45M, equity DKK 29.0M
- 2023: gross profit DKK 20.2M, EBIT DKK 6.22M, equity DKK 28.5M
Financial Resilience Score: 6/10
DinnerBooking demonstrates meaningful qualitative resilience despite the absence of verified financial figures in this session. The company has a 20+ year operating history (founded 2004), an entrenched B2B SaaS base of 1,400+ restaurants, and a two-sided marketplace generating 20+ million guest bookings annually. Revenue is diversified across SaaS subscriptions, event ticketing, gift cards, prepayment handling, and a loyalty programme (DinnerPoints), with a geographic footprint spanning 13+ countries. Sticky, recurring subscription revenue from restaurant management software—which is deeply embedded in operational workflows—provides predictable ARR and high switching costs. However, the company faces material risks. It competes against well-capitalised global players (TheFork, OpenTable, SevenRooms, Quandoo, Resy, Tock) with much larger marketing budgets. As a Danish ApS, it is likely bootstrapped/founder-controlled with limited access to growth capital versus VC-backed rivals. Its exposure to hospitality-sector cyclicality (COVID-19, cost-of-living, energy shocks) has historically caused churn. Revenue is likely concentrated in Denmark/Nordics despite the 13-country footprint, and financial transparency is limited due to small ApS disclosure rules. Key-person/family-ownership risk (Thygesen brothers) is also present. Overall, the profile suggests a stable, mature niche player with moderate resilience, rather than a high-growth or highly defensible market leader.
Key strengths: 20+ years of continuous operation (founded 2004), Entrenched B2B SaaS base of 1,400+ restaurants with high switching costs, Two-sided network effects with 20M+ annual bookings, Diversified revenue streams (SaaS, ticketing, gift cards, prepayment, loyalty), Geographic diversification across 13+ countries, Sticky recurring subscription revenue (predictable ARR), Mature product depth with POS integrations and APIs, Founder/family continuity providing strategic stability
Risk factors: Intense competition from well-capitalised global players (TheFork, OpenTable, SevenRooms, Quandoo, Resy, Tock), Exposure to restaurant-sector cyclicality and macro shocks (COVID-19, energy, cost-of-living), Capital constraints as a small Danish ApS versus VC-backed multinationals, Likely revenue concentration in Denmark/Nordics despite multi-country presence, Limited traction in expansion markets (France, Poland, Hungary) against local leaders, Key-person / family-ownership governance risk (Thygesen brothers), Limited public financial transparency under Danish ApS Class B disclosure rules
Workforce by country
- Denmark: 0
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