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By the numbers

The numbers behind every booking.

Buyer-grade due-diligence data, in one place. Every figure on this page is current as of 2026 and updated quarterly. No projections, no aspirations — what Showcraft actually operates against today.

2,400+
PERFORMERS ON ROSTER
Vetted working actors, dancers, hosts, brand ambassadors, captains, and event professionals across all 11 metros.
11
U.S. METROS
Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Inland Empire, Bay Area, Houston, Chicago, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, New Jersey, NYC.
96+
CITIES SERVED
11 anchor metro cities and 50 mid-tier cities receive direct dispatch.
4.5%
APPLICANT ACCEPTANCE
Out of every 100 applicants who reach the audition stage, fewer than five make the roster.
<24h
QUOTE TURNAROUND
Average response time on inbound RFPs. COI issued same-day on confirmed bookings.
100%
W-2 EMPLOYEES
Every staff member, every event. AB-5 / AB-2257 compliant in California. Full payroll compliance in every state we operate.
31
SERVICE CATEGORIES
Across event staffing, team building, and character experiences. Single-vendor dispatch for multi-pillar events.
12
INDUSTRY VERTICALS
Tech, retail, sports, beverage, beauty, entertainment, real estate, healthcare, gaming, finance, education, automotive.
18+
YEARS OF LINEAGE
Showcraft launched in 2026 as the corporate spinoff of Characters.io — the performer agency booking working actors for events since 2008.
6+
STAFF / CAPTAIN RATIO
Every event with six or more staff gets a senior captain assigned on-site. Single-point ownership end-to-end.
5h
SHIFT MINIMUM
Industry-standard minimum shift length on every booking. Rush gigs under 72 hours include a 20% surcharge.
60%+
BILINGUAL CAPACITY
Approximate share of the LA, OC, SD, IE, Houston, and Miami rosters that flag bilingual EN/ES. Smaller pools in Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Korean, French, Italian, and Russian.
Methodology

How we count.

Roster. We count an active performer on roster when they have completed onboarding, passed a background check where required, signed the W-2 employment paperwork, and worked at least one event in the trailing twelve months. Inactive talent (over twelve months without a booking) is filtered out of the published count.

Acceptance rate. Applicants who reach the audition stage divided by applicants accepted to the roster. We do not include applicants screened out at the initial form (incomplete applications, geographic non-matches, etc.) in the denominator — that would artificially inflate the acceptance rate.

Quote turnaround. Median response time from inbound RFP submission to a written proposal landing in the buyer's inbox. Measured across the trailing ninety days. Excludes weekends and holidays. Includes complete proposals only — auto-acknowledgments don't count.

Cities served. A city is counted when we have dispatched staff to at least one event there in the trailing twelve months. Cities are tiered (tier-1 anchor metros, tier-2 metro cities, tier-3 satellite cities) based on event volume and content depth.

W-2 share. 100%. There is no W-2 share calculation — Showcraft does not employ 1099 contractors. If any vendor on our roster has ever been paid as a 1099, that arrangement predates the launch of Showcraft as an entity in 2026.

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