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Top 18 Licensing and royalty firms based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 46 company matches for licensing and royalty firms associated with Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,186 professional contacts across them, including 868 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for licensing and royalty firms associated with Germany, 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.

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How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 20, 2026 How this list was built
46Companies
2,186Contacts tracked
868Verified emails
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The 18 largest licensing and royalty firms based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 18 of 46 company matches for licensing and royalty firms based in Germany, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,177 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…”

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2Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000666 contacts →

Exact match

“Musik bringt uns kleine Glücksmomente und große Gefühle.”

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3Exact matchHamburg, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20044 contacts →

Exact match

“ROBA offers high end music publishing services to songwriters, artists and rights owners in the music industry.”

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4Exact matchGeiselgasteig, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5034 contacts →

Exact match

“Bavaria Media GmbH, a subsidiary of the Bavaria Film Group, was established in 1979 as Bavaria Sonor GmbH.”

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5Exact matchD-12055 Berlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5029 contacts →

Exact match

“KIDDINX – vom Ohr direkt ins Herz KIDDINX Media ist Audiospezialist im Family Entertainment und Lizenzagentur.”

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6Exact matchSchierling, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-1020 contacts →

Exact match

“Copyright Royalty Management & Artist Management”

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7Exact matchGeiselgasteig, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-1019 contacts →

Exact match

“earmotion Audio Creation is one of Germany’s most successful independent production music labels.”

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8Exact matchSchweinfurt, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5016 contacts →

Exact match

“Music licensing, rights management, and distribution solution for artists & labels.”

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9Exact matchGrünwald, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-1016 contacts →

Exact match

“We create and place functional and high-end music for use in TV, film and media productions on all platforms worldwide.”

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10Exact matchHamburg, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-508 contacts →

Exact match

“Intellectual property (music, video) licensing company.”

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11Exact matchSt. Georgen, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-507 contacts →

Exact match

“Papst Licensing GmbH & Co.”

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12Exact matchHamburg, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-107 contacts →

Exact match

“Independent music publisher”

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13Exact matchDresden, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-505 contacts →

Exact match

“Auszug aus unserem Portfolio: Sarah Connor, DJ Bobo, Alligatoah, Raf Camora, UFO361, Shirin David, Alvaro Soler, Football Bromance, SDP, Nico Santos & viele mehr.”

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14Exact matchRemscheid, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Exact match

“Die Urheberrechte liegen auch nicht in jedem Fall beim Herausgeber, sondern bei Herstellern, die uns Material zur Verfügung gestellt haben sowie bei der betreuenden Agentur, bei…”

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15Exact matchHamburg, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

“Elbe Music Service - delivers custom-tailored administration services for musicians, authors, publishers, composers, managers and record labels.We create and verify royalty…”

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16Exact matchHamburg, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-502 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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17Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“Licensing Licensing of film and TV rights Management of programs and program libraries Content Sales Distribution Agency activities for international rights holders Program sales…”

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18Exact matchErding, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“We offer solutions!”

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Licensing and royalty firms based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
39.7%Verified-email coverage
47.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
30.4%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
27
11-50
14
51-200
2
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 46 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

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.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Germany whose business descriptions match “licensing and royalty firms” 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. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. 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 868 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.

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 “licensing and royalty firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many licensing and royalty firms are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 46 company matches for licensing and royalty firms associated with Germany 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?

BMG tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most licensing and royalty firms?

Berlin leads with 14 company records, followed by Hamburg (9) and Munich (3).

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 868 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 46 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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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 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.