Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Orchestras and symphony companies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,030 orchestras and symphony companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 27,991 professional contacts across them, including 6,718 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers orchestras and symphony companies 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 orchestras and symphony companies 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 orchestras and symphony companies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 608 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 100 years, the LA Phil has embodied the spirit of Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 454 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lyric Opera of Chicago, founded in 1954, is one of the world's greatest opera companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 435 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its inaugural concert in 1881, realizing the dream of its founder, the Civil War veteran/businessman/philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson, who…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 360 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 348 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (OBV) brengt opera, ballet, concerten en muziektheater als actuele en levende kunst, vanuit zijn thuisbasissen in Gent en Antwerpen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 337 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet consists of the companies the Norwegian National Ballet and the Norwegian National Opera, in addition to the Norwegian National Opera…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 286 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony is one of the most adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 256 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Opera North is England’s national opera company in the North and one of Europe’s leading arts organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 245 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1842, the New York Philharmonic plays a leading cultural role in New York City, the United States, and the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world and Northeast Ohio’s most visible international ambassador.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra is known for trailblazing performances, collaborations with the world’s foremost musical artists, and a deep connection to its city.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Teatro di San Carlo is the most ancient opera house still performing in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “San Diego Symphony performed its first concert on December 6, 1910.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 202 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For over a century, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has been recognized as one of America’s leading orchestras and one of Maryland’s most significant cultural institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Houston Symphony is at the forefront of a new era of growth and transformation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 194 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Nashville Symphony is one of the most active recording orchestras in the U.S, with 29 releases on Naxos, the world’s largest independent classical label.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 194 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1940, the Utah Symphony has become an eminent presence in the American music scene through its distinctive performances worldwide and its well-known recording legacy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The London Symphony Orchestra is one of the world’s top orchestras.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 185 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A AMEC - METROPOLITANA é uma instituição cultural sem fins lucrativos, constituída em Março de 1992 com o objectivo de divulgar e ensinar a música clássica.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 177 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “L'OSM est une organisation artistique d'envergure internationale qui doit diffuser, au plus large public possible, le répertoire mondial de la musique symphonique et les artistes…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 172 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, known for its artistic excellence for more than 120 years, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MISSION STATEMENT: The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra inspires and unites our community through our music.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pacific Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair for the last 34 years, has been the resident orchestra of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for over a decade.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Seattle Symphony is one of America's leading symphony orchestras and is internationally acclaimed for its innovative programming and extensive recording history.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is Australia’s flagship Orchestra and performs up to 150 concerts a year to a combined annual audience of more than” 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: orchestras and symphony companies. 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 orchestras and symphony companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of orchestras and symphony companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name orchestras and symphony companies. 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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Orchestras and symphony companies 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 orchestras and symphony companies, 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 orchestras and symphony companies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “orchestras and symphony companies”. 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 orchestras and symphony companies), 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 orchestras and symphony companies, 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, 6,718 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.
Orchestras and symphony companies by location
9 lists · largest firstEvery Orchestras and symphony companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in the United States1,002
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in Germany99
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in the United Kingdom89
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in Canada86
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in France81
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in the Netherlands46
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in Switzerland35
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in Australia32
- Orchestras and symphony companies based in Belgium25
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 orchestras and symphony companies, 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 orchestras and symphony companies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,030 orchestras and symphony companies 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?
LA Phil, headquartered in Los Angeles, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most orchestras and symphony companies?
The United States leads with 1,002 companies, followed by Germany (99) and the United Kingdom (89). Every orchestras and symphony companies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most orchestras and symphony companies?
New York leads with 55 headquartered companies, followed by London (42) and Paris (24).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
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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.