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Top 25 Independent music publishers based in the United States

Name: Independent music publishers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 477 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 477 independent music publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 12,811 professional contacts across them, including 4,053 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers independent music publishers headquartered in the United States, 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

477Companies

12,811Contacts tracked

4,053Verified emails

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The 25 largest independent music publishers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 477 independent music publishers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to independent music publishers: 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	Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	2,561 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	ASCAP	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	1,534 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Sony Music Publishing	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,451 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Concord	Strong evidence	Nashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	826 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CONCORD is the world’s leading independent music company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Warner Chappell Music	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	747 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We lead with curiosity, collaboration, and commitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Virgin Music Group	Strong evidence	Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	340 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Virgin Music Group is the world’s leading partner to independent music companies and artists who require a standalone team with global infrastructure and local expertise in every…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Soundexchange	Partial evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	259 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SoundExchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the future of music.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Peermusic	Indirect evidence	Berkeley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	258 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “peermusic was founded over 95 years ago by renowned visionary Ralph S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	The Mechanical Licensing Collective	Indirect evidence	Nashville, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	173 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Mechanical Licensing Collective is helping songwriters #ConnecttoCollect The MLC Community Guidelines The MLC’s social media platforms were created to be constructive and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	APG	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	146 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Artist Partner is a modern label for forward thinking and entrepreneurial artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Primary Wave	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	141 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2006 by music industry veterans, Primary Wave is a full-service music shop with expertise in film, television, gaming, advertising, branding, licensing, special…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Downtown Music	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	131 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Downtown Music is now proudly part of Virgin Music Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Global Music Rights	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	126 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Global Music Rights represents today's greatest and most popular music creators in the public performance licensing of their catalogs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Position Music	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	119 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For the latest Position Music happenings -> https://linktr.ee/Position_Music Position Music is an independent company that works in this new era of the music industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Reservoir Media Management, INC	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, and Abu Dhabi.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Secretly Group	Strong evidence	Bloomington, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Secretly Group is a leading independently owned music company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	The Music Sales Group	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Taxi Music	Strong evidence	Calabasas, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	75 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TAXI is an independent A&R company that connects industry clients with curated, on-target music from independent artists, songwriters, and composers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Spirit Music Group	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	73 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Spirit music was founded in 1995 by a group of music industry rebels who wanted to return music publishing to its hard driving, entrepreneurial, service-and-results-oriented roots.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Mnrk Music Group	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MNRK Music Group is among the largest independent music companies worldwide, operating in all major music markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Downtown Music Publishing	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since the foundation of Downtown Music Publishing in 2007 and Songtrust in 2011, publishing has been at the core of Downtown’s mission, and as the landscape transformed, Downtown…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Pulse Music Group	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	62 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PULSE Music Group was founded in 2008 by songwriters Scott Cutler and Anne Preven, and producer Josh Abraham as a sanctuary for emerging artists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	AFM & Sag-Aftra Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund	Indirect evidence	Valley Village, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund is a 501c(6) not-for-profit royalty collective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Third Side Music	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a 100% independently owned music publishing company with global reach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Abkco Music & Records, INC	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ABKCO Music & Records, Inc, is one of the world’s leading independent entertainment companies.” 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 publishers. 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 publishers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of independent music publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name independent music publishers. 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 publishers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

31.6%Verified-email coverage

26.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

17.4%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 477 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 publishers, 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “independent music publishers”. 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 publishers), 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 publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 4,053 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 publishers, 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 publishers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 477 independent music publishers headquartered in the United States 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?

Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most independent music publishers?

Los Angeles leads with 83 headquartered companies, followed by New York (74) and Nashville (51).

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 4,053 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 477 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.