Research Outline

Largest Music Labels

Goals

Gain a spreadsheet list of the top 100 largest music labels by music revenue, as well as estimated music marketing budgets for each.

Early Findings

  • The largest music record label by revenue in the world is Universal Music Publishing Group, which has an annual revenue of $2.53 billion.
  • The second largest is Sony Music Entertainment, with an annual revenue of $1.7 billion.
  • Warner Music Group has an annual revenue of $1.13 billion.
  • Atlantic Records has an annual revenue of $680 million.
  • Republic Records has an annual revenue of $625 million.
  • Interscope Records has an annual revenue of $600 million.
  • Capitol Music Group has an annual revenue of $530 million.
  • Columbia Label Group has an annual revenue of $500 million
  • Warner Records has an annual revenue of $410 million.
  • RCA Records has an annual revenue of $385 million.

We've entered the names and revenue of these preliminary companies in the attached spreadsheet.