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ActiveOperating status — whether the company still runs independently. “Closed” usually means it was acquired, merged, or shut down.🔥 MediumHeat score — how much recent activity & attention the company has (web traffic, news, hiring).📈 Low growthGrowth score — momentum trend across web traffic, headcount and other growth signals. California, Maryland, United States Founded 1988 5001-10000 employees For Profit
Hot Topic is a retail store that offers music and pop culture licensed apparel, accessories, and gifts.
Hot Topic on Acquirezy — acquisitions, funding rounds, investments, investors, key people & contacts.
Hot Topic was acquired by Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc. in 2026.
Last Funding
Acquisitions
0
Monthly Visits
Contacts
2,215
Patents
0
10 trademarks
About Hot Topic
Funding & Financials
- Total funding
- Funding rounds
- Last funding
- Last funding type
- Last funding date
- Funding status
- Total equity funding
- Revenue range
IPO & Stock
- IPO status
- Private
Web Traffic
- Monthly visits
- Global traffic rank
- 6-mo avg visits
- Visit duration (s)
- Pages / visit
- Bounce rate
- Rank change (mo)
Technology & IP
- Active technologies
- 62
- Mobile apps
- 2
- Downloads (30d)
- 89,950
- Active products
- 22
- Patents granted
- 0
- Trademarks
- 10
- IT spend
- $63.33M
Company Info
- Founded
- 1988
- Employees
- 5001-10000
- Operating status
- Active
- Company type
- For Profit
- Org types
- company
- Founders
- 1
- News articles
- 154
- HQ
- California, Maryland, United States
- Region
- East Coast, Southern US
- Diversity spotlight
- Women Led
- Exit date
- Mar 7, 2013
Signals & Scores
- Heat score
- Medium
- Growth score
- Low
- Trend (7d)
- -0.4
- Trend (30d)
- -1.2
- Trend (90d)
- 1.7
Hot Topic Key People
Ecommerce Product Manager
eCommerce Product Manager
2,215
professional contacts at Hot Topic
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