42 Trending Song Licensing Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 18th, 2023

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1. Royalty-Free Music Licensing and Sound Effects For Video, Film and Youtube

Music licensing reimagined. The filmmaking industry’s go-to library of high-quality royalty free music for videos, YouTube, advertising and films from inspiring indie artists around the world.

Website traffic: 2.61M/month

2. The Best Royalty Free Music & SFX

Get the best royalty free music and unlimited music for your videos. Sign up for unlimited royalty free music downloads, and license the perfect song!

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 690K/month

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4. Music Business Worldwide

News, jobs and analysis for the global music industry on Music Business Worldwide…

Where they're located: Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA
Website traffic: 650K/month

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Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 1.03M/month

6. Songtradr

Songtradr is intelligent music licensing. We connect real music from real artists with film, videos, major brands, video games and more. Sign up for free.

Website traffic: 440K/month

7. Music Publishing Administration

Technology-driven music publishing, Songtrust empowers creators to take ownership of their publishing royalties with an easy-to-use dashboard.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 220K/month

8. Oregon Catholic Press

A self-supporting, not-for-profit, Catholic publishing company.

Website traffic: 150K/month

9. The most music licensed for business

Set the right atmosphere and seriously increase sales. Pick from hundreds of soundtracks or create your own from 50 million songs. Try it free for 30 days!

Where they're located: Ghanzi District, Botswana
Website traffic: 210K/month

10. 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

How We Bootstrapped A Music Licensing Business to $2.5M/Year

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.

About

Aaron started Easy Song almost 19 years ago

Revenue

Aaron grew the business to $315K/month

Costs

It cost Aaron $75000 to start the business

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11. The Harry Fox Agency

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 50K/month

12. Mood Media

Elevate the customer experience with professionally designed Background Music, Messaging, Digital Signage, Scent Diffusers, AV systems, Messaging & more.

Where they're located: Ninove, Flanders, Belgium
Website traffic: 90K/month

13. Audiosocket

Where they're located: Seattle, Washington, USA

14. Downtown Music Publishing

Downtown Music Publishing operates in service of extraordinary songs. Representing nearly 100 years of popular music, we are the preferred music publishing partner for some of the world’s most beloved songwriters, storied music catalogues, and emerging artists at the forefront of pop culture.

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

15. SyncSummit

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Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

16. Global Music Rights

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

17. The Walt Disney Studios

18. Sony/ATV

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

19. Comma

Thousands of exclusive tracks written by real pro composers not some no-name artist. Unlimited royalty free subscriptions & custom licensing for any project

20. Foximusic

Discover stunning royalty free music for your video or any project. Simply the best music license on the market!

21. TouchTunes

Largest interactive entertainment platform in over 65,000 venues nationwide. Download the TouchTunes app to find locations!

Where they're located: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Website traffic: 380K/month

22. PlayNetwork

PlayNetwork helps brands use music, digital media, and audiovisual systems to inspire customers and increase engagement, in-store and beyond.

Where they're located: San Antonio, Texas, USA

23. Welcome to CMRRA

The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency is a music licensing collective which represents the vast majority of music publishers and copyright owners

24. Motion Picture Licensing Corporation

Where they're located: San Antonio, Texas, USA

25. Music Licensing for Video, Film & Photo

26. NC Business & Occupational License Database (NCBOLD)

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Where they're located: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

27. License Quote

Your DIY production music library, manage your music catalog, sell music licenses.

28. Accident, Business and California Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

The Right Choice for Car, Motorcycle & Truck Accidents, Business, Entertainment Lawyers, Trademarks & Homeowners Association Law in California.

Where they're located: San Diego, California, USA

29. Arts + Business Council for Greater Philadelphia

The mission of the Arts + Business Council is to strengthen our creative sector through world-class workshops, volunteer opportunities and special events

Where they're located: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

30. Erin M. Jacobson, Esq.

Where they're located: Los Angeles, California, USA

31. Music Licensing

Pro Music Rights is a music public performance rights organization. Pro Music Rights is recognized in U.S. copyright law as a licensor of music. Music licensing

32. MS-PRO :: Created By Music Supervisors For Music Supervisors

33. Christian Copyright Solutions

Church copyright licensing for webcasting, performances, CDs and more

Where they're located: Portland, Oregon, USA

34. SongDivision

Global provider of interactive musical experiences for meetings and events that empower teams and build a deeply unified corporate culture.

Where they're located: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

35. Welcome!

Need to license a cover song? Royalty Solutions offers a quick and easy way to ensure you're legally covered to distribute your album or single.

36. Atlas Music Publishing

Atlas Music Publishing

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

37. LicenseHQ

Where they're located: Louisville, Kentucky, USA

38. The Rights Workshop

Where they're located: San Francisco, California, USA

39. National Licensing Services

NLS Licensing provides strategic advice, direction, and follow through to entrepreneurs and business owners for all their business licensing needs. We are inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit and pride ourselves in finding the right business solutions for our clients — effectively, efficiently, & expeditiously.

Where they're located: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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41. Pilot Music

Pilot Music Business Services is a professional music publisher offering music licensing solutions of popular music for all types of media. Call us today for all of your music clearances needs!

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