---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-102372"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEAT"
cik: "0001856031"
company_name: "Vivid Seats Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:00:12.697401+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivid Seats Q2 revenue down 28%; net loss $263.3M; launches $25M cost cuts

## Summary
- Revenue $143.6M, down 28% YoY; Marketplace GOV $685.5M, down 31%.
- Net loss of $263.3M vs $1.2M loss in Q2 2024; Adj. EBITDA $14.4M vs $44.2M.
- Announced $25M annualized cost reduction program, expected fully actioned by end of 2025.
- 1-for-20 reverse stock split effective 5:00 p.m. ET today; SEAT begins split-adjusted trading Aug 6.
- No FY 2025 guidance provided; CEO cites pressure on consumer spending and competitive intensity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-102372
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEAT
- cik: 0001856031
- company_name: Vivid Seats Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017025102372/0000950170-25-102372-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017025102372/seat-20250805.htm

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