Companies in the Music Industry
The major companies in the Berlin music industry:
The music industry as a driver of the economy
- The Berlin music industry generated sales in excess of EUR 946,5 million in 2009
- 13,800 Berliners were working in the music industry in 2008
- 1,820 music-industry companies are based in Berlin. The number of companies has grown by 48% since 2000.
Berlin's music service providers
- 151 publishers
- Approx. 70 recording studios
- More than 100 artistic directors and concert agencies
- 20 well-known producers
- 10 internationally-operating concert organizers and nearly 130 national special event and promotion agencies and concert organizers.
- 140 event management and special events equipment firms
- 20 printing and film laboratories, packagers and merchandisers
- Numerous ticket agencies and promoters
Labels, publishers and production companies
Apart from the major labels, more than 600 independent labels are active in Berlin. These include:
Asphalt Tango
, Bungalow, Buschfunk, Bpitch Control, City Slang, Crippled Dick Hot Wax, Duophon records, Flittchen, Four Music, Gigolo Records, hard:edged, Kanzleramt, !K7 Records, Low Spirit, Louisville, MFS, Ministry of Sound, Monika Enterprise, Motor Music, Piranha, Plak Music, R.O.T., Sonar Kollektiv Reords, Morr Musik, t3records, Traumton Records, Tresor, United One Records, Vandit Records, Zett-Records(Source: Kurzinformation, SenWTF [Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research], 2010)
