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Top 25 Record label companies based in the United States

Name: Record label companies based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 1,823 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,823 record label companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 39,854 professional contacts across them, including 7,582 with verified work emails. Los Angeles is the largest hub.

This list covers record label companies 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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39,854Contacts tracked

7,582Verified emails

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The 25 largest record label companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,823 record label companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to record label companies: 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	Universal Music Group	Partial evidence	Santa Monica, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	10,418 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Sony Music Entertainment	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,270 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Warner Music Group	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,090 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Atlantic Records	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	1,275 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Atlantic Records was founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, both avid music fans and record enthusiasts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	The Orchard	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	796 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Orchard is a full-service music distribution company operating in 47 cities worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Empire	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	568 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2010 by Bay Area native Ghazi, EMPIRE is currently leading through its innovative and progressive approach to the digital music era across its label, distribution and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	RCA Records	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	426 contacts →
	Strong evidence “RCA Records is American record label made up of a diverse and robust group of ambitious industry professions driven by a passion for music, artistry and creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	BAD BOY Entertainment	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	419 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bad Boy Entertainment is an award-winning, globally celebrated music, media, and entertainment company founded by Sean "Diddy" Combs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Republic Records	Partial evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	304 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, Republic Records is home to an all-star roster of multi-platinum, award-winning legends and superstar…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Symphonic Distribution	Indirect evidence	Tampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	285 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Symphonic is a leading independent music distribution and marketing company founded in 2006 by music producer Jorge Brea in Tampa, Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Create Music Group	Partial evidence	Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	266 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Create Music Group, we provide you with the resources of a major label with flexibility of being independent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Epic Records	Partial evidence	Culver City, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	235 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A Sony Music Entertainment Company, Epic Records has launched the careers of GRAMMY® Award-winning multi-platinum artists and influential icons since its foundation back in 1953…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	300 Entertainment	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	156 contacts →
	Strong evidence “300 Entertainment is an Independent American Record Label founded by Lyor Cohen, Roger Gold, Kevin Liles and Todd Moscowitz.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Independent CO	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Ultra Records	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ultra Records has been known to push electronic music’s boundaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Reservoir Media Management, INC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect 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 19, 2026
17	Secretly Group	Indirect evidence	Bloomington, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Secretly Group is a leading independently owned music company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Ingrooves Music Group	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	94 contacts →
	Indirect 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 19, 2026
19	OWSLA	Strong evidence	Encino, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	94 contacts →
	Strong evidence “OWSLA is a record label and creative firm founded by Sonny "Skrillex" Moore and co-founded by Tim "Bitvargen" Smith, Kathryn Frazier, and Clayton Blaha.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	SUB POP Records	Strong evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	91 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in 1988, Sub Pop Records is a medium-sized independent record label based in Seattle, WA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Fearless Records	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	89 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1994, FEARLESS RECORDS is one of the world’s leading independent rock labels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	TOP Dawg Entertainment	Strong evidence	Carson City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	89 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Top Dawg Entertainment is an American independent record label founded in 2004, by chief executive officer Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	ADA Music	Indirect evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “More than ever, music travels – crossing boundaries of geography, genre, and context.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Nuclear Blast Records	Indirect evidence	Culver City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since its inception in 1987, Nuclear Blast have signed and developed some of the most renowned, respected and influential artists in the world of extreme music.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	VP Records	Partial evidence	Jamaica, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	78 contacts →
	Partial evidence “VP Records, based in Jamaica, NY, is a pioneering force behind the international growth of reggae music.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: record label 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 record label companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of record label companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name record label 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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Record label companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

19.0%Verified-email coverage

21.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

15.4%Largest-city concentration · Los Angeles

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,357

11-50

371

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 1,823 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 record label 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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “record label 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 record label 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 record label companies, 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, 7,582 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 19, 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.

Record label companies by metro

Record label companies in Los Angeles281
Record label companies in New York211
Record label companies in Nashville85
Record label companies in Atlanta63
Record label companies in Miami58
Record label companies in Chicago28
Record label companies in San Francisco27

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 record label 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 record label companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,823 record label companies 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?

Universal Music Group, headquartered in Santa Monica, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most record label companies?

Los Angeles leads with 281 headquartered companies, followed by New York (211) and Nashville (85).

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 7,582 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,823 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 19, 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.