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Top 25 Improv comedy venues based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 352 improv comedy venues headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,623 professional contacts across them, including 384 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.
This list covers improv comedy venues headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest improv comedy venues based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is the comedy powerhouse founded by Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Opening its doors in 1979, the world famous Laugh Factory has been recognized as "The #1 Comedy Club in the Country." With two Southern California locations in Hollywood (its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our comedy clubs are state of the art venues that bring great talent to an intimate theater.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dad's Garage offers comedy shows, improv workshops, private shows, and awesome event entertainment in and around the Atlanta area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1981, iO Theater has inspired and trained generations of America’s greatest comedic talents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 50 years, The Groundlings Theatre & School has been the launching pad for some of the biggest names in comedy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Improv Asylum is Boston's #1 improvisational and sketch comedy theater.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The PIT is dedicated to the instruction, performance, and development of original comedy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Offering hilarious and super inexpensive comedy shows every night - and a rigorous, comprehensive training program to boot - New York's Magnet Theater has been called "one of the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicagoland's original home for standup comedy!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Unexpected Productions doesn't just teach improv skills, but skills that can apply to everyday life; Active listening, verbal/non-verbal communication, creativity, acceptance of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BATS Improv is a professional theatre company and an artistic community that cultivates and innovates the craft of improvised theatre through engaging, playful, creative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Wilbur Theatre was built in 1914 by the Shubert brothers who named it for their friend and theatre manager A.L.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SAK Comedy Lab is a 250-seat improvisational comedy theater in downtown Orlando, Florida, listed as Orlando's "Best Comedy Club" by the Orlando Weekly and has been named among the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Offering improv, sketch and stand up comedy since 1982, ImprovBoston has entertained audiences in New England and around the country with an innovative, fresh approach to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WIT'S mission is to unleash the creative power of improv in DC- We engage audiences with performances that exhilarate and inspire- We ignite the spirit of play in Washington with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the home of ComedySportz Chicago, a comedy staple in Chicago for over 35+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WHAT IS THE PACK?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Second City is the premier brand in improv-based sketch comedy and education dedicated to entertaining, inspiring, and transforming through courageous comedy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dallas Comedy Club is a multi-use entertainment, training, and performance venue in Downtown Dallas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Four Day Weekend is an award-winning comedy troupe specializing in improv comedy shows every weekend in Fort Worth and Dallas created from audience suggestions and participation…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Improv Playhouse, founded in by David Brian Stuart, a professional actor, director, and producer from the Players Workshop and Second City traditions, is a leading theater and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Hideout is an improv comedy theater in downtown Austin, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since its opening in 2005 Philly Improv Theater has been the heart of Philadelphia’s nationally recognized comedy scene.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arcade Comedy Theater is downtown Pittsburgh’s destination for all things comedy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: improv comedy venues. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names improv comedy venues.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of improv comedy venues, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name improv comedy venues. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Improv comedy venues based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 352 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among improv comedy venues, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “improv comedy venues”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names improv comedy venues), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among improv comedy venues, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 384 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names improv comedy venues, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many improv comedy venues are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 352 improv comedy venues headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most improv comedy venues?
Chicago leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by New York (17) and San Francisco (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 384 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 352 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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