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Top 25 Independent music label services based in the United Kingdom

Name: Independent music label services based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 863 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 863 independent music label services headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,973 professional contacts across them, including 1,123 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers independent music label services headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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.

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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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4,973Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest independent music label services based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 863 independent music label services based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to independent music label services: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Drummer	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	340 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	AWAL	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	267 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AWAL offers a modern approach to the traditional recording business, providing artists all the resources and expertise of a global label, while allowing them to retain ownership…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Routenote	Partial evidence	Truro, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	132 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We launched in 2007 as an extension of Black and White Recording Studio, based in Redruth, Cornwall, with a vision to shape the transformation of the music industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Rough Trade	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	113 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rough Trade is a leading independent music retailer, first opened in London, UK in 1976.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	West ONE Music Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	110 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Proudly independent since 2002, we have offices and production studios in 15 countries, 15 unique labels and a custom music division spearheaded by our team in Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Music Gateway	Partial evidence	Reigate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Music Gateway is a leading global music tech company dedicated to empowering artists, producers, and music professionals at every stage of their careers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Liberty Music PR	Strong evidence	Brighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Liberty Music PR is an independent digital publicity company launched properly at the end of May 2016.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Rehegoo Music Group	Strong evidence	Uk \| Italy \| Poland, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	57 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Rehegoo is an International dynamic group, born to produce and distribute independent artists' music across digital platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Cooking Vinyl	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cooking Vinyl is a UK based independent record company, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	XL Recordings	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Strong evidence “XL Recordings (or simply XL) is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Richard Russell, Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	YOUNG	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Young is a music and arts organisation, built around a London-based record label, that helps exceptional artists locate and develop their genius.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	MUTE	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mute was founded by Daniel Miller in 1978, and since then has signed and developed some of the world’s most influential recording artists – including Goldfrapp, Liars, Moby, M83…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Bibliotheque	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	39 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bibliotheque Music is a young, innovative and independent music library and label, born out of our combined experience as music publishers, supervisors and composers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Labelworx	Partial evidence	Hull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For 15 years, we have been building a global distribution network and the tools you need to put your music in front of the right audience on time, every time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Horus Music	Strong evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Horus Music is an enterprising global music distribution and label services company; we work with artists and labels to help them achieve their goals and ambitions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Listen UP Music Promotions	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Listen Up provides a bespoke 360 promotional service offering radio, club, digital marketing, online and print press campaigns worldwide, consistently delivering results to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Republic Of Music	Strong evidence	Brighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Republic of Music was founded in January 2007 and offers a new and exciting alternative to the existing independent music sales and distribution companies in the UK and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Kartel Music Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a Global Independent Music Services company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Cherry RED Records	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1978, Cherry Red Records is one of the UK's leading independent record labels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Enhanced Music	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Responsible for some of contemporary dance music’s most loved releases and with a roster of talent that spans Billboard-charting headliners through to tastemaker-tipped…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Your Army	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your Army was founded in 2007 with a desire to break and deliver for the artists we believe in.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Absolute Label Services	Strong evidence	Wimbledon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Absolute Label Services work directly with artists, managers and labels to provide everything they need to take their music to market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	We Plug Good Music Wpgm LTD	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “An innovation borne out of passion for new and emerging music and efforts to revolutionize mainstream and commercial music as well as to provide a medium and platform to rival…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	The Other Songs	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Other Songs is a London-based independent music company founded in 2018 by brothers Alastair and Billy Webber, both former A & Rs at Island Records and Warner Music.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Cheerful Music	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cheerful Music () was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, with an international office in London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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: independent music label services. 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 independent music label services.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of independent music label services, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name independent music label services. 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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Independent music label services based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

22.6%Verified-email coverage

5.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

56.4%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

709

11-50

123

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 863 companies.

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 independent music label services, 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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “independent music label services”. 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 independent music label services), 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 independent music label services, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 1,123 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.

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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 independent music label services, 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 independent music label services are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 863 independent music label services headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

Drummer, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most independent music label services?

London leads with 487 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (24) and Brighton (16).

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 1,123 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 863 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.