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Top 25 Music equipment distributors based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 874 music equipment distributors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 24,474 professional contacts across them, including 5,396 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.
This list covers music equipment distributors 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 17, 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.
The 25 largest music equipment distributors based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 6,225 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We exist so music can persist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 6,091 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The first Music & Arts, run by founder Benjamin O’Brien, opened in 1952 and was located in a small house in Bethesda, MD.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,953 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1946, Fender has revolutionized music and culture as one of the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,540 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1979, Sweetwater has been committed to giving music makers the ultimate shopping experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 459 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wenger Corporation is a privately-held, leading manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, innovative products and services for customers across a variety of exciting markets with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 330 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Conn Selmer is the leading manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments for students and professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Musician's Friend, we know the importance of getting gear that's the best fit for you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headquartered in La Vergne, Tennessee, Ingram Entertainment is a national distributor of entertainment hardware and software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 200 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1963 Korg USA Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Schmitt Music you'll find the best brands and a great selection of band and orchestra instruments, acoustic & digital pianos, sheet music & books, accessories, guitars &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than 40 years, we’ve been the preferred choice for audio, video, lighting professionals, and musicians.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As the corporate parent of the Mackie brand, LOUD Audio, LLC, engineers, markets, and distributes professional audio gear worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 152 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1941, West Music’s mission to "encourage people of all ages and abilities to: Play now.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “American Musical Supply is among the world's largest suppliers of quality musical equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than two decades, Line 6 has created products that empower musicians to achieve their full creative potential-from the world’s first modeling amplifier and the iconic red…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR) is America’s original backline company and continues to be the industry leader in all phases of the entertainment business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Parts Express is a worldwide leader in the development and distribution of audio components.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Quinlan and Fabish Music Company is a full-service school music dealer with nine locations throughout the Chicago area, Indiana, and Michigan."A Trusted Partner in Music Education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 30 years, Vintage King has delivered top gear, expert advice, and personal service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1936 by J.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Palen Music Center is a retail company based out of Springfield, Missouri.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SoundPro is the leading national distributor of professional audio, video, and lighting solutions headquartered in Irving, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1981, Fishman has been dedicated to helping musicians of all styles achieve the truest sound possible wherever and whenever they plug in.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “George's Music is a national chain of musical instrument stores founded in 1977 in the Philadelphia area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Schecter Guitar Research is a leading manufacturer of premium Musical Instruments providing Acoustic & Electric Guitars and Basses to musicians around the world through strategic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 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: music equipment distributors. 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 music equipment distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of music equipment distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name music equipment distributors. 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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Music equipment distributors based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 17, 2026Companies by employee count
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 874 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 music equipment distributors, 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 “music equipment distributors”. 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 music equipment distributors), 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 music equipment distributors, 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, 5,396 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 17, 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.
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 music equipment distributors, 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 music equipment distributors are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 874 music equipment distributors 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?
The Guitar Center Company, headquartered in Westlake Village, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most music equipment distributors?
Los Angeles leads with 20 headquartered companies, followed by Austin (13) and Nashville (13).
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 5,396 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 874 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 17, 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 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.
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