42 Trending Music Licensing Businesses [2024]
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1. Royalty free music and sound effects
Struggle with music licensing for video, film or YouTube? Our library is of the highest quality, usable on all social platforms and royalty-free forever.
Website traffic: 5.84M/month
2. Musicbed
Where they're located: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Website traffic: 910K/month
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4. CCLI
CCLI provides information and resources for churches and copyright owners around the world, relating to copyrights of Christian worship songs.
Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 100K/month
5. ProductionCrate, LLC
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How much they make: $600K/year
Where they're located: San Diego, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $15
Current team size: 4
Website traffic: 460K/month
ProductionCrate, a virtual studio offering royalty-free music, video effects, graphics and sound assets, bootstrapped to $600k/year with over 10 million downloads, and one million users, thanks to loyal customer retention rates of around 80% YoY growth at 120%.
6. Tribe of Noise
Tribe of Noise is a music community that connects artists, fans and professionals. The music is uploaded by independent artists under a Creative Commons 4.0 by-share alike license in MP3 format. All music may be freely and lawfully shared.
Website traffic: 390K/month
7. Legis Music
Info about song licensing on the Internet. Royalty-Free music to use in your videos, ads or movies and background music for your stores and business.
Website traffic: 240K/month
8. Audiio
Discover and license music from top independent artists, bands and composers
Website traffic: 210K/month
9. SESAC
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Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
10. Alfred Music: Sheet Music, Instructional Resources, & More
Website traffic: 320K/month
11. Easy Song
Easysong.com is a website offering easy-to-learn music tutorials and resources for musicians of all levels. Founded by a team of three music enthusiasts, the site caters to a niche market of beginners and intermediate players. It generates revenue through advertising and premium membership subscriptions. With a small team of 10 employees, the site has seen steady growth in the past few years.
How much they make: $3.78M/year
Where they're located: Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA
How much did it cost to start: $75K
Current team size: 11
Website traffic: 110K/month
EasySongLicensing.com grew from a mobile recording business to a bootstrapped music licensing agent, with a user base of over 60,000 clients and a gross profit of $2.5M in 2018, seeing a 30% increase in 2019, through investment in online marketing, customer service, and forming new partnerships.
12. Soundrop Distribution
Distribution and licensing for cover songs and video game music on the world's top platforms. Collaborator & royalty management. Plus, no recurring fees!
Website traffic: 160K/month
13. Position Music
Position Music is an independent publisher, record label, and management firm, redefining what it means to be a music company.
Website traffic: 70K/month
14. Royalty Exchange
Royalty Exchange is an online marketplace & auction platform where investors & owners of royalty streams can buy royalties and sell all types of royalties.
Website traffic: 100K/month
15. Sounddogs.com
Where they're located: Los Angeles, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 0
16. Royalty Free Music
Royalty Free Music for commercial use. Over 300 pieces spread over many genres and emotions. Free to use, as well as other licenses available. Perfect for YouTube videos, podcasts, live events, and more!
17. Home
Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
18. www.boppermusic.com
A new alternative to stock music, built for the ad industry. Instantly license tracks from trendy artists, with options for any creative brief.
19. Jingle Punks – Find Your Sound With Jingle Punks
20. CD Baby Licensing
CD Baby Licensing has the largest catalog of commercially released independent one-stop music pre-cleared for both sound recording and publishing rights.
21. De Wolfe Music
De Wolfe Music is an award-winning, independent production music library. We work with composers around the world to create music to license and use in TV, Film, online and more.
22. BeatPick: Music licensing for Film, Tv and Advertising use (license pre-cleared music)
23. Crucial Music
How much they make: $900K/year
Where they're located: Los Angeles, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $300K
Current team size: 4
Crucial Music Corporation, a music licensing company, has been profitable for years with a net profit margin between 30-35%, all without an annual marketing budget, due to their reputation for fair agreements and transparency, which has resulted in word-of-mouth growth.
24. Rhythm Couture
Rhythm Couture is a company that provides music licensing for ads, television, film, online creators, and media.
25. EnovoMusic
Royalty-free background music for Online videos, Presentations, YouTube, Music on hold, Social media, Podcasts, Apps, TV advertising & films.
26. Royalty Free Music
Royalty Free Music, Stock Music, Background Music, Music for Video, Music for Youtube, Music for Licensing
27. Welcome To MCSK – Music Copyright Society Of Kenya
28. Scott Holmes Music
Download royalty free background music and creative commons music for your promotional ads, company product presentations, podcasts, YouTube videos & more..
29. Songfile
30. Unlimited Music Licensing for Film & Video
License authentic, indie music for use in video, film and advertising through affordable unlimited royalty free licensing subscriptions. Copyright cleared music for YouTube and more.
31. iLicenseMusic
32. Faber Music
Website traffic: 90K/month
33. Re:Sound Music Licensing Company
The Canadian not-for-profit music licensing company. Obtaining fair compensation for artists & record labels for their performance rights since 1997.
34. Entandem
35. 403 Forbidden
UK producer of Royalty Free music for all video productions. Non PRS, Non PPL copyright free music for your business.
36. Music Rights Management
Round Hill Music is a full-service, creative music company with a core focus on music publishing.
Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
37. background music
Background Music. Royalty Free Music. Stock Music. Music for Licensing. Music for Video. Creative Commons Music.
38. Ritual Music
39. Finger Music Licensing
40. CATCH THE MOON MUSIC
41. Third Side Music : Sync Licensing and Music Copyright Administration
Third Side Music (TSM) helps musicians license music to TV shows, films, trailers, video games, commercials, and beyond
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