Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Music labels worldwide
RevenueBase identified 8,799 music labels worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 92,773 professional contacts across them, including 16,032 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers music labels 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 music labels 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 music labels worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,418 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 8,270 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,090 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,017 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Empowering artists, songwriters, labels, publishers everywhere.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,275 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Atlantic Records was founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, both avid music fans and record enthusiasts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,177 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,108 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Interscope-Geffen-A&M (sometimes abbreviated as IGA) is an American record label group, owned by Universal Music Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 972 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Saregama has been providing millions of viewers with entertainment for more than a century.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 958 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “K7 Music is a multi-faceted music company based in Berlin, London and New York.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 826 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CONCORD is the world’s leading independent music company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 796 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Orchard is a full-service music distribution company operating in 47 cities worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 748 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Grammy Entertainment Co, Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 690 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2010, ONErpm is a global music solutions company with 43 offices and studios in 28 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 690 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SM Entertainment is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 564 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HaHaHa Production’s story is written on a complex music stave, always in the same studio and by people who, with a smile upon their faces, continue to knot new musical or personal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 452 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coran Capshaw founded Red Light Management in 1991 in Charlottesville, VA, while helping Dave Matthews Band grow organically from local club favorite to one of the most renowned…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 426 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “RCA Records is American record label made up of a diverse and robust group of ambitious industry professions driven by a passion for music, artistry and creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 419 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bad Boy Entertainment is an award-winning, globally celebrated music, media, and entertainment company founded by Sean "Diddy" Combs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 345 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a record label of iconic, culture-shaping music and entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 340 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 331 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Spinnin' Records is an independent dance record label from the Netherlands, which started in Currently, Spinnin is recognized as one of the top dance labels in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 318 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Armada Music is the biggest independent dance music label in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 311 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 305 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PIAS] is a family of iconic record labels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 304 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, Republic Records is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends and superstar…” 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: music labels. 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 music labels.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of music labels, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name music labels. 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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Music labels 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 music labels, 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 music labels are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “music labels”. 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 music labels), 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 music labels, 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, 16,032 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.
Music labels by location
34 lists · largest firstEvery Music labels list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Music labels based in the United States2,259
- Music labels based in the United Kingdom805
- Music labels based in France442
- Music labels based in Germany370
- Music labels based in Italy254
- Music labels based in India230
- Music labels based in the Netherlands220
- Music labels based in Brazil217
- Music labels based in Spain211
- Music labels based in Canada187
- Music labels based in Australia119
- Music labels based in Sweden116
- Music labels based in South Africa97
- Music labels based in Indonesia59
- Music labels based in Türkiye59
- Music labels based in Belgium54
- Music labels based in Mexico50
- Music labels based in Poland43
- Music labels based in Denmark41
- Music labels based in Japan37
- Music labels based in Austria34
- Music labels based in the United Arab Emirates32
- Music labels based in Finland31
Cities
- Music labels based in Los Angeles, United States380
- Music labels based in New York, United States259
- Music labels based in Nashville, United States115
- Music labels based in Atlanta, United States83
- Music labels based in Miami, United States75
- Music labels based in Chicago, United States42
- Music labels based in Austin, United States33
- Music labels based in Beverly Hills, United States33
- Music labels based in Milan, Italy33
- Music labels based in Brooklyn, United States31
- Music labels based in Seattle, United States29
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 music labels, 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 music labels are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 8,799 music labels 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?
Universal Music Group, headquartered in Santa Monica, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most music labels?
The United States leads with 2,259 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (805) and France (442). Every music labels list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most music labels?
London leads with 453 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (380) and New York (259).
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 16,032 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 8,799 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.