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Top 25 Music publishers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,516 company matches for music publishers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 48,686 professional contacts across them, including 15,430 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for music publishers worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for music publishers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 publishers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,270 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 4,090 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 2,561 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 2,017 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Empowering artists, songwriters, labels, publishers everywhere.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 1,920 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Sacem means "Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique".” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 1,534 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 1,451 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 1,177 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 826 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CONCORD is the world’s leading independent music company.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 747 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “We lead with curiosity, collaboration, and commitment.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 684 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PRS for Music represents the rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK and around the world.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 666 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Musik bringt uns kleine Glücksmomente und große Gefühle.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 588 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “As a leader in global rights management, PPL ensures those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are compensated where it is used in public by businesses…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 496 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “O Ecad protege os direitos autorais dos titulares de música (compositores, intérpretes, músicos, editores e produtores fonográficos) que têm suas músicas tocadas publicamente.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 441 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “ICE Services is a music technology company built by rightsholders, for rightsholders.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 400 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “SOCAN is a rights management organization that links more than four million songwriters, composers and music publishers worldwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 330 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) is a leading regional copyright administration business, dealing primarily with the administration of music Performing…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 321 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “SESAC Performing Rights drives efficiency in licensing for music users and enhances value for its affiliated writers, publishers, and composers by providing timely, efficient…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 292 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard is the world's largest provider of music publications and music instruction materials.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 259 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “SoundExchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the future of music.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 258 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “peermusic was founded over 95 years ago by renowned visionary Ralph S.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 248 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Audio Network is the music company for broadcasters, brands and content creators, breaking down boundaries to deliver music seamlessly across the world.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 237 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Your music.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 231 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Koda er en musikrettighedsorganisation, som har mere end medlemmer bestående af komponister, sangskrivere og musikforlag.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Belgische vereniging van auteurs, componisten en uitgevers - Société belge des auteur·e·s, compositeur·rice·s et éditeur·rice·s” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “music publishers”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Music publishers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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How this list was built
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for music publishers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “music publishers” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- 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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 15,430 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Music publishers by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Music publishers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Music publishers based in the United States630
- Music publishers based in the United Kingdom307
- Music publishers based in France179
- Music publishers based in Germany146
- Music publishers based in Italy66
- Music publishers based in Canada54
- Music publishers based in the Netherlands50
- Music publishers based in Brazil48
- Music publishers based in Spain43
- Music publishers based in Australia37
- Music publishers based in Belgium26
Cities
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “music publishers”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many music publishers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,516 company matches for music publishers worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
Sony Music Entertainment tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most music publishers?
The United States leads with 630 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (307) and France (179). Every music publishers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most music publishers?
London leads with 169 company records, followed by Los Angeles (98) and New York (86).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 15,430 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,516 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
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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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 SmartSearch, 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.
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 2,516 matching company records for music publishers worldwide, with 48,686 tracked contacts and 15,430 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
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Top 25 music publishers worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sony Music Entertainmentsonymusic.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | New York, NY, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 8,270 contacts → |
“At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  Warner Music Groupwmg.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 4,090 contacts → |
“Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Broadcast Music, Inc. BMIbmi.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | New York, NY, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 2,561 contacts → |
“Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  Believebelieve.comHQ: Paris, MexicoReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Paris, Mexico | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,017 contacts → |
“Empowering artists, songwriters, labels, publishers everywhere.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | SACEMsacem.fr HQ: Neuilly Sur Seine, FranceReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Neuilly Sur Seine, France | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,920 contacts → |
“Sacem means "Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique".” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  ASCAPascap.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | New York, NY, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 1,534 contacts → |
“The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Sony Music Publishingsonymusicpub.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,451 contacts → |
“At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  BMGbmg.comHQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Berlin, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,177 contacts → |
“Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  Concordconcord.comHQ: Nashville, TN, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 826 contacts → |
“CONCORD is the world’s leading independent music company.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Warner Chappell Musicwarnerchappell.comHQ: Los Angeles, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Los Angeles, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 747 contacts → |
“We lead with curiosity, collaboration, and commitment.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | PRS For Musicprsformusic.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | London, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 684 contacts → |
“PRS for Music represents the rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK and around the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | GEMAgema.de HQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Berlin, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 666 contacts → |
“Musik bringt uns kleine Glücksmomente und große Gefühle.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | PPLppluk.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 588 contacts → |
“As a leader in global rights management, PPL ensures those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are compensated where it is used in public by businesses…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  Ecad Direitos Autoraisecad.org.brHQ: Rio De Janeiro, BrazilReported employees: 501-1,000 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 496 contacts → |
“O Ecad protege os direitos autorais dos titulares de música (compositores, intérpretes, músicos, editores e produtores fonográficos) que têm suas músicas tocadas publicamente.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  ICEiceservices.comHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 441 contacts → |
“ICE Services is a music technology company built by rightsholders, for rightsholders.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | SOCANsocan.com HQ: Toronto, ON, CanadaReported employees: 201-500 | Toronto, ON, Canada | 201-500 | Exact match | 400 contacts → |
“SOCAN is a rights management organization that links more than four million songwriters, composers and music publishers worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | SAMROsamro.org.za HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 51-200 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 51-200 | Exact match | 330 contacts → |
“The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) is a leading regional copyright administration business, dealing primarily with the administration of music Performing…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | SESACsesac.com HQ: United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 321 contacts → |
“SESAC Performing Rights drives efficiency in licensing for music users and enhances value for its affiliated writers, publishers, and composers by providing timely, efficient…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  HAL Leonardhalleonard.comHQ: Milwaukee, WI, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 292 contacts → |
“Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard is the world's largest provider of music publications and music instruction materials.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Soundexchangesoundexchange.com HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, DC, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 259 contacts → |
“SoundExchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the future of music.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Peermusicpeermusic.comHQ: Berkeley, CA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Berkeley, CA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 258 contacts → |
“peermusic was founded over 95 years ago by renowned visionary Ralph S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  Audio Networkaudionetwork.comHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | London, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 248 contacts → |
“Audio Network is the music company for broadcasters, brands and content creators, breaking down boundaries to deliver music seamlessly across the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Bumastemrabumastemra.nlHQ: Hoofddorp, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 237 contacts → |
“Your music.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | KODAkoda.dk HQ: Copenhagen, DenmarkReported employees: 51-200 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 51-200 | Exact match | 231 contacts → |
“Koda er en musikrettighedsorganisation, som har mere end medlemmer bestående af komponister, sangskrivere og musikforlag.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | SABAMsabam.be HQ: Brussels, BelgiumReported employees: 201-500 | Brussels, Belgium | 201-500 | Exact match | 230 contacts → |
“Belgische vereniging van auteurs, componisten en uitgevers - Société belge des auteur·e·s, compositeur·rice·s et éditeur·rice·s” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Music publishers: dataset insights
September 20, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
2,503 records in the displayed employee bands.
13 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 2,516 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Music publishers by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Music publishers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Music publishers based in the United States630
- Music publishers based in the United Kingdom307
- Music publishers based in France179
- Music publishers based in Germany146
- Music publishers based in Italy66
- Music publishers based in Canada54
- Music publishers based in the Netherlands50
- Music publishers based in Brazil48
- Music publishers based in Spain43
- Music publishers based in Australia37
- Music publishers based in Belgium26
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for music publishers?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many music publishers did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 2,516 matching company records, 48,686 tracked contacts and 15,430 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 20, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 music publishers worldwide. Snapshot: September 20, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/music-publishers.
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RevenueBase records 2,516 matching company records for music publishers worldwide, with 48,686 tracked contacts and 15,430 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 music publishers worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sony Music Entertainmentsonymusic.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | New York, NY, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 8,270 contacts → |
“At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Warner Music Groupwmg.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 4,090 contacts → |
“Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Broadcast Music, Inc. BMIbmi.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | New York, NY, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 2,561 contacts → |
“Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Believebelieve.com HQ: Paris, MexicoReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Paris, Mexico | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,017 contacts → |
“Empowering artists, songwriters, labels, publishers everywhere.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | SACEMsacem.fr HQ: Neuilly Sur Seine, FranceReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Neuilly Sur Seine, France | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,920 contacts → |
“Sacem means "Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique".” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | ASCAPascap.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | New York, NY, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 1,534 contacts → |
“The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Sony Music Publishingsonymusicpub.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,451 contacts → |
“At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | BMGbmg.com HQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Berlin, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,177 contacts → |
“Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Concordconcord.com HQ: Nashville, TN, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Nashville, TN, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 826 contacts → |
“CONCORD is the world’s leading independent music company.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Warner Chappell Musicwarnerchappell.com HQ: Los Angeles, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Los Angeles, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 747 contacts → |
“We lead with curiosity, collaboration, and commitment.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | PRS For Musicprsformusic.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | London, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 684 contacts → |
“PRS for Music represents the rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK and around the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | GEMAgema.de HQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Berlin, Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 666 contacts → |
“Musik bringt uns kleine Glücksmomente und große Gefühle.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | PPLppluk.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 588 contacts → |
“As a leader in global rights management, PPL ensures those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are compensated where it is used in public by businesses…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Ecad Direitos Autoraisecad.org.br HQ: Rio De Janeiro, BrazilReported employees: 501-1,000 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 496 contacts → |
“O Ecad protege os direitos autorais dos titulares de música (compositores, intérpretes, músicos, editores e produtores fonográficos) que têm suas músicas tocadas publicamente.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | ICEiceservices.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 441 contacts → |
“ICE Services is a music technology company built by rightsholders, for rightsholders.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | SOCANsocan.com HQ: Toronto, ON, CanadaReported employees: 201-500 | Toronto, ON, Canada | 201-500 | Exact match | 400 contacts → |
“SOCAN is a rights management organization that links more than four million songwriters, composers and music publishers worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | SAMROsamro.org.za HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 51-200 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 51-200 | Exact match | 330 contacts → |
“The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) is a leading regional copyright administration business, dealing primarily with the administration of music Performing…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | SESACsesac.com HQ: United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 321 contacts → |
“SESAC Performing Rights drives efficiency in licensing for music users and enhances value for its affiliated writers, publishers, and composers by providing timely, efficient…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HAL Leonardhalleonard.com HQ: Milwaukee, WI, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Milwaukee, WI, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 292 contacts → |
“Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard is the world's largest provider of music publications and music instruction materials.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Soundexchangesoundexchange.com HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, DC, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 259 contacts → |
“SoundExchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the future of music.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Peermusicpeermusic.com HQ: Berkeley, CA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Berkeley, CA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 258 contacts → |
“peermusic was founded over 95 years ago by renowned visionary Ralph S.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Audio Networkaudionetwork.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | London, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 248 contacts → |
“Audio Network is the music company for broadcasters, brands and content creators, breaking down boundaries to deliver music seamlessly across the world.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Bumastemrabumastemra.nl HQ: Hoofddorp, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 237 contacts → |
“Your music.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | KODAkoda.dk HQ: Copenhagen, DenmarkReported employees: 51-200 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 51-200 | Exact match | 231 contacts → |
“Koda er en musikrettighedsorganisation, som har mere end medlemmer bestående af komponister, sangskrivere og musikforlag.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | SABAMsabam.be HQ: Brussels, BelgiumReported employees: 201-500 | Brussels, Belgium | 201-500 | Exact match | 230 contacts → |
“Belgische vereniging van auteurs, componisten en uitgevers - Société belge des auteur·e·s, compositeur·rice·s et éditeur·rice·s” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Music publishers: dataset insights
September 20, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
2,503 records in the displayed employee bands.
13 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 2,516 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Music publishers by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Music publishers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Music publishers based in the United States630
- Music publishers based in the United Kingdom307
- Music publishers based in France179
- Music publishers based in Germany146
- Music publishers based in Italy66
- Music publishers based in Canada54
- Music publishers based in the Netherlands50
- Music publishers based in Brazil48
- Music publishers based in Spain43
- Music publishers based in Australia37
- Music publishers based in Belgium26
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for music publishers?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many music publishers did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 2,516 matching company records, 48,686 tracked contacts and 15,430 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 20, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 music publishers worldwide. Snapshot: September 20, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/music-publishers.
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