Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Live music venues worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,074 live music venues worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 98,679 professional contacts across them, including 20,566 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers live music venues worldwide, 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. Country and city lists for live music venues follow the table.
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 live music venues worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15,284 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Recognized three years in a row by Great Place to Work® and named one of People Magazine’s Top 50 Companies that Care, Live Nation Entertainment is the global leader in live…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 4,617 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ticketmaster gives millions of fans – worldwide – fair and easy access to the biggest and best in live entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 3,953 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies with venues in over 70 countries spanning 265 locations that include owned/licensed or managed Rock…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,875 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MSG Entertainment is a world leader in live entertainment, comprised of world-renowned venues and marquee brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 2,707 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group), also known as AEG Worldwide (AEGWW), is a global leader in live sports and entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,140 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ASM Global is the world’s leading venue management company and producer of live event experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,423 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Combining the power of the live event with a focus on true artist development, AEG Presents is a world leader in the music and entertainment industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 567 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CTS EVENTIM ist einer der international führenden Anbieter in den Bereichen Ticketing und Live Entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 552 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The NEC Group is one of the world's top venue management companies, with world-class expertise in venue and destination management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 508 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than a century, New York City's Carnegie Hall has set the international standard for excellence in performance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 454 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Goldenvoice, creators of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival, operates successful Los Angeles and Bay Area music venues…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 425 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Chicago's home for live music since '82.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 405 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WE’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF PUTTING SMILES ON PEOPLE’S FACES These simple words encapsulate the driving philosophy behind everything we do at C3 Presents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 401 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TivoliVredenburg is een wereldwijd uniek muziekgebouw in het centrum van Utrecht.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 368 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Royal Albert Hall is the world’s most famous stage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 323 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re on a mission to get people out more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 322 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Owned by theatrical visionary Andrew Lloyd Webber – who has created some of the world’s most popular and timeless musical productions – we know a thing or two about staging the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 315 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “à tous ceux Qui dessinent un cœur dans la mousse.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 302 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “BH Live is a leading operator of leisure and event venues; a charitable social enterprise that designs and builds engaging experiences to inspire people and enrich lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 299 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Big Night was founded in 2006 by veteran nightclub owners Ed Kane, Joe Kane and Randy Greenstein.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 292 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With over 45 years experience ticketing the biggest live events and venues in Australia, Ticketek is the leading ticketing partner to the sports and live entertainment industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Glasshouse is a home for live music lovers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From a window at the Amsterdam ArenA, two gentlemen gazed over at the parking lot opposite the stadium.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 257 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Há 35 anos, em 2 de maio de 1976, o produtor cultural Geraldo Lopes transformava a Opus Promoções em realidade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Showbiz International is Australia’s leading premium ticketing and packages provider.” 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: live music 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 live music venues.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of live music venues, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name live music 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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Live music venues worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 live music 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.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for live music venues are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “live music 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 live music 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 live music venues, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 20,566 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
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Live music venues by location
23 lists · largest firstEvery Live music venues list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Live music venues based in the United States1,320
- Live music venues based in the United Kingdom599
- Live music venues based in Germany291
- Live music venues based in France288
- Live music venues based in Spain210
- Live music venues based in Australia182
- Live music venues based in Brazil130
- Live music venues based in Canada113
- Live music venues based in the Netherlands113
- Live music venues based in Italy104
- Live music venues based in India70
- Live music venues based in Belgium50
- Live music venues based in Sweden44
- Live music venues based in Denmark42
- Live music venues based in Switzerland39
- Live music venues based in Poland36
- Live music venues based in Ireland35
- Live music venues based in Norway35
- Live music venues based in Türkiye31
Cities
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 live music 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 live music venues are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,074 live music venues worldwide 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?
Live Nation Entertainment, headquartered in Beverly Hills, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most live music venues?
The United States leads with 1,320 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (599) and Germany (291). Every live music venues list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most live music venues?
London leads with 188 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (88) and New York (77).
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 20,566 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,074 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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About this data
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.