Events & Celebrations

59 organisations are counted with Events & Celebrations as their primary sector — 2% of everything with a sector on record, and the 14th largest of 16. A further 98 organisations work in it alongside another sector.

The count

59

organisations counted with Events & Celebrations as their primary sector, across the Bailiwick’s four inhabited islands.

157Work in it at all
7Sub-sectors on record
8Parishes represented
42With capabilities mapped
10Capability domains

How complete is this sector’s count?

59 counted & publishedmeasured coverage 89%

An estimated 89% of this sector’s organisations are counted — the highest measured coverage of the 16 sectors.

Every count in this chapter is a floor, never a total.

How coverage is measured →

Headline figures

#headlines ⧉

The figures you can quote

The figures in this chapter that clear the citable bar — coverage high enough, count large enough, denominator named. A figure that does not clear it appears further down as a chart, badged, or not at all.

Organisations whose main line of work is Events & Celebrations59Of the 3,539 organisations with a primary sector (100% of 3,539)2% of the organisations with a primary sector on record — the 14th largest of 16 sectors counted.
Organisations with what they do resolved to the capability graph71%A capability on record for 42 of 59 organisations (71%)42 of 59, against 71% island-wide, mid-table on capability coverage: 7th of the 13 sectors where it can be counted; a median of 3 capabilities each against 3 island-wide. Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.
Events & Celebrations organisations with a website of their own68%Counted over all 59 active organisations40 of 59, against 67% island-wide — 1 points above the island rate, mid-table on own-site rate: 8th of the 15 sectors where it can be counted. Verified from published evidence; businesses without a web presence are under-represented.
Organisations working in Events & Celebrations at all157Counted over all 3,573 active organisations98 more than the 59 that call it their main line — counted in every sector they work in, so sector totals add up to more than the island does.

What stands out

#signature ⧉

Mostly somebody else's second line: 157 work in Events & Celebrations; 59 call it home

2.7× the number that call it their main line. The other 98 are counted in the sector they DO call their main line — they work in Events & Celebrations as well, and the census counts them in both. That is why sector totals add up to more than the island does, and why every sentence here says "works in" rather than "is in".

Organisations working in Events & Celebrations at all157Counted over all 3,573 active organisationsCounted in every sector they work in, so sector totals add up to more than the island does. "Works in", never "is in".
Organisations calling Events & Celebrations their main line59Of the 3,539 organisations with a primary sector (100% of 3,539)The base every other figure in this chapter divides by. Each organisation has exactly one, so these sum to the island's primary-sector total.
Where the others are counted#signature-works-in-elsewhere ⧉

The 98 whose main line is elsewhere

This attribute is on record for 98 of 157 Events & Celebrations organisations (62%)

Accommodation34 35%Retail & Shopping16 16%Community & Public Services13 13%Health & Wellness8 8%Leisure & Recreation7 7%Media & Communications7 7%Food & Drink4 4%Home & Property3 3%Travel & Transport3 3%Agriculture & Marine1 1%Automotive & Transport1 1%Education & Childcare1 1%

Each row is the sector these organisations DO call their main line; they work in Events & Celebrations as well, and the census counts them in both.

Sub-sectors

#composition ⧉

Events Venues leads, on 16 organisations

Every organisation is counted once, in its primary sub-sector. Separately, 98 organisations outside this count work in Events & Celebrations alongside another sector — they are not in the bars below.

Primary sub-sector#composition-l2 ⧉

Events & Celebrations by sub-sector

Counted over all 59 active Events & Celebrations organisations

Events Venues16 27%Wedding Services15 25%Live Entertainment & Gigs8 14%Hire & Rental7 12%Events Services6 10%Party & Event Planning5 8%Direct at sector level2 3%

Counts each organisation's primary sub-sector, so the bars sum to the sector, and each is the roll call the directory lists under that name.

2 organisations are classified straight at sector level with no sub-sector — a real cohort, kept visible rather than folded into the largest bar. 98 further organisations work in Events & Celebrations alongside another sector and are not in these bars: each is counted in the sub-sector of the sector it calls its main line. "Works in", never "is in".

Vale holds 12 Events & Celebrations organisations

1 in 4 of the 48 whose parish is on record. Off Guernsey: 1 on Alderney and 1 on Sark.

Events & Celebrations organisations by parish

A parish on record for 48 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (81%)

Organisations012
St Peter P…10St Sampson6Vale12Castel9St Saviour1St Pierre du Bois3St Martin6St Andrew1

Tap a parish for its full name and count — at this size some shapes are too small to carry a label. Every parish is in the table.

Guernsey parishes only; Alderney, Sark and Herm are counted in the island split above.

9 Guernsey organisations in this sector have no parish on record — a real gap, not an exclusion, and the map fills in as verification proceeds; a further 2 organisations trade on Alderney, Sark or Herm and are counted in the island split rather than on this map.

Concentration#parishes-lq ⧉

Where Events & Celebrations is over- and under-represented

A parish on record for 48 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (81%)

Share vs the islandunder ½×below island share≈ island shareup to 2×over 2×
St Peter P…0.49St Sampson0.94Vale1.94Castel2.22St Saviour—St Pierre du Bois—St Martin1.41St Andrew—

Tap a parish for its full name and count — at this size some shapes are too small to carry a label. Every parish is in the table.

The same island, drawn on a location quotient: this sector's share of a parish against its share of the island. Hatched parishes hold too few of this sector to compare at all. Parishes holding fewer than 30 of this sector are drawn and tabled but never named in a sentence: a quotient over a handful of organisations moves on one new record, and a superlative that flips that easily is not one.

Founding years

#age ⧉

How old it is

Counts organisations still trading that publish a founding year; older firms are likelier to do so — survivorship and reporting bias at once.

Founding era#age-eras ⧉

Events & Celebrations organisations by founding era

A founding year on record for 21 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (36%)

On record for 36% — indicative
0510pre-18001950–792000–0972020s

Counts organisations still trading that publish a founding year; older firms are likelier to do so — survivorship and reporting bias at once.

Capabilities

#capabilities ⧉

The typical mapped organisation holds 3 capabilities, against 3 island-wide

71% of the sector have at least one service resolved to the graph, across 10 domains, against 71% island-wide, mid-table on capability coverage: 7th of the 13 sectors where it can be counted. Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.

Capability groups on record

A capability on record for 42 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (71%)

Venues15 36%Wedding services14 33%Hire & rental13 31%Event services13 31%Entertainment7 17%Charity, community & membership3 7%Business consulting & advisory2 5%Corporate, fiduciary & funds2 5%Recruitment, training & coaching2 5%Accountancy & tax1 2%IT & technology1 2%Marketing & design1 2%Specialist services1 2%

Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.

27 of the 42 with a capability on record span two or more of these groups (64%). Two capabilities inside one group are one trade, not two, which is why this counts groups rather than nodes.

The busiest nodes#capability-nodes ⧉

What the most organisations are on record for

A capability on record for 42 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (71%)

Community & village halls8 19%Sound & lighting hire7 17%AV equipment hire6 14%Event styling & decor6 14%AV, sound & lighting production5 12%Church & parish hall hire4 10%Furniture hire4 10%Hotel function rooms4 10%Party planning4 10%Party supplies & props4 10%Staging hire4 10%Wedding florists & flowers4 10%

An organisation on two of these is counted on both, so the rows add up to more than the number of organisations.

What goes with what#capability-pairs ⧉

Capabilities held together

A capability on record for 42 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (71%)

Organisations06
Community &…Sound & ligh…AV equipment…Event stylin…AV, sound &…Church & par…Furniture hi…Hotel functi…Party planni…Party suppli…Staging hireWedding flor…Community &…Sound & ligh…AV equipment…Event stylin…AV, sound &…Church & par…Furniture hi…Hotel functi…Party planni…Party suppli…Staging hireWedding flor…

Each cell counts the organisations on record for both capabilities; the diagonal is blank on purpose. Capabilities as published by each organisation and resolved to the graph; a business with no capability claim is not necessarily a business that does none of these things.

How central is it?#capability-roles ⧉

Is this what they do, or one of many things they do?

A positioning note on record for 40 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (68%)

29 organisations — too few to headline
This is what they do29 73%Core to the business21 53%One of many services12 30%A sideline4 10%

The roles overlap: one business can be “this is what they do” for one capability and “a sideline” for another, so these rows add up past the number of businesses.

Online presence

#digital ⧉

68% of Events & Celebrations organisations have a website of their own

Against 67% island-wide — 1 point above the island rate, mid-table on own-site rate: 8th of the 15 sectors where it can be counted. The gap is the robust part: the sector’s own rate is measured over the organisations we have found, and the ones still missing are disproportionately the web-invisible.

Sector against island#digital-vs-island ⧉

Digital presence, this sector and the island

Counted over all 59 active Events & Celebrations organisations

Events & CelebrationsThe island
0%50%100%Has a website67%68%Website on a .gg domain27%31%Links a social account of any kind50%63%Links a Facebook page47%54%Links an Instagram account23%31%

Each track carries both values at its ends; the gap between events & celebrations and the island is in the table view. Measured in share of organisations.

Verified from published evidence; businesses without a web presence are under-represented.

Each row is a share of all organisations counted, in the sector and island-wide — not a share of those with a website, so the rows are comparable with one another.

Events & Celebrations organisations with a website of their own40Counted over all 59 active Events & Celebrations organisationsA site of their own on record — not a directory listing or a social page.
Of those websites, the share on a .gg domain45%Counted over all 59 active Events & Celebrations organisations18 of 40, against 40% of the 2,407 island-wide. Counts the .gg family — .gg, .co.gg, .org.gg and the rest.18 organisations — too few to headline

Opening hours

#hours ⧉

The sector’s working week

Seven days, twenty-four hours#hours-clock ⧉

Events & Celebrations organisations open, by day and hour

Opening hours on record for 18 of 59 Events & Celebrations organisations (31%)

On record for 31% — indicative
Organisations open018
00061218MonTueWedThuFriSatSunmidnight ↑

67% of those publishing a weekly grid open on a Sunday, and 72% on a Saturday. Published opening hours only; a business that does not publish hours is not counted as closed. 23 hold hours of some shape, of which 18 resolve to a weekly grid and 5 are seasonal or per-site prose that must not be half-parsed.

Newly verified

#pulse ⧉

The last 90 days

+15
Events & Celebrations organisations added to the register (discovery, not openings)
3
recorded as no longer trading in the window

Use these numbers

#use ⧉

Free to reuse, with attribution

Every section has a stable anchor and every count traces to published evidence — licence CC BY 4.0, credit “Island Graph” with a link.

Island Graph, The Guernsey Business Census — Events & Celebrations, island.gg/census/events-celebrations — as of 11 October 2026.

The whole census →

How this chapter counts

#method ⧉

The bases every figure here divides by

This chapter counts over the 59 active organisations whose primary sector is Events & Celebrations — 2% of the 3,539 with a primary sector on record; the wider 157 who work in Events & Celebrations at all are counted in every sector they work in, and are used only where a sentence says “works in”. Each module then divides by what is actually on record for it — a parish for 48, a founding year for 21, a capability resolved to the graph for 42, opening hours that resolve to a weekly grid for 18 — and those bases are printed under every chart, because the denominator is part of the datum.

This sector’s own coverage was measured at 89% on 30 September 2026, by capture–recapture against Google's business listings for the Bailiwick, with every organisation that was itself added from those listings left out of the comparison so the two counts stay independent. Every count above is a floor.

This chapter’s row on the evidence map — what each module here may and may not claim →

Full methodology — populations, tiers, biases and how coverage is measured →