Matchroom Sport

Is Matchroom Sport publicly traded?
No. Matchroom Sport is wholly owned by the Hearn family and has never been publicly traded. It publishes no financial statements.

Who owns Matchroom Sport?
The Hearn family owns Matchroom Sport outright. Barry Hearn founded the company in 1982, and his son Eddie Hearn serves as chairman.

What does Matchroom Sport own?
Its key properties are Matchroom Boxing, the Professional Darts Corporation, World Snooker Tour, and Matchroom Pool, plus additional multi-sport interests.

When was Matchroom Sport founded?
Barry Hearn founded the company in 1982, initially promoting snooker and pool before expanding into boxing and darts.

Does DAZN own Matchroom?
No. Matchroom has an exclusive broadcast partnership with DAZN for boxing, but the Hearn family retains full ownership of Matchroom Sport.

Where is Matchroom Sport based?
The company is headquartered at Mascalls, the Hearn estate in Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom.

Barry Hearn, an Essex chartered accountant turned sports promoter, founded Matchroom Sport in the early 1980s, initially promoting snooker and pool events. His early genius was recognizing that television could transform minor sports into entertainment properties, a model he applied first to snooker and later to darts and boxing.

The boxing operation grew through the late 1980s and 1990s, promoting British fighters and building relationships with domestic broadcasters. Through this period, Matchroom established the pattern it would repeat across sports: control the talent pathway, build the event property, and secure the broadcast platform.

The Professional Darts Corporation, which Hearn backed from its 1992 founding as a breakaway from the British Darts Organisation, became Matchroom's most valuable non-boxing property. Under Matchroom control, the PDC transformed darts into a televised arena sport with a global tour and the flagship World Championship at Alexandra Palace.

World Snooker Tour gave Matchroom control of professional snooker's premier events, completing a portfolio that made the company the dominant promoter in three sports simultaneously.

Eddie Hearn assumed boxing leadership in the 2010s and became chairman, driving Matchroom Boxing's rise to global top-three status through Anthony Joshua's development, US expansion, and the 2021 exclusive DAZN deal that moved its boxing output onto a dedicated streaming platform.

Through 2024-2026, the company continued operating at scale across its sports, with boxing remaining its highest-profile division and darts its most commercially reliable property.