Music Label Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a music label, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Music Label name ideas
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a music label is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a music label usually falls under NAICS 512250: Record Production and Distribution.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in record production (e.g., tapes, CDs) and/or releasing, promoting, and distributing sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers, or directly to the public. These establishments contract with artists, arrange and finance the production of original master recordings, and/or produce master recordings themselves, such as audio tapes/cassettes and compact discs. Establishments in this industry hold the copyright to the master recording, or obtain reproduction and distribution rights to master recordings produced by others, and derive most of their revenues from the sales, leasing, licensing, or distribution of master recordings.
Businesses classified here include
- Integrated record companies (i.e., releasing, promoting, distributing)
- Integrated record production and distribution
- Master recording leasing and licensing
- Musical recording, releasing, promoting, and distributing
- Prerecorded audio tapes and compact discs integrated manufacture, release, and distribution
- Record producers (except independent)
- Record production (except independent record producers) without duplication or distribution
- Record releasing, promoting, and distributing combined with mass duplication
- Sound recording, integrated production, reproduction, release, and distribution
- Sound recording, releasing, promoting, and distributing
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 512250), U.S. Census Bureau.
Record Production and Distribution in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most record production and distribution locations
- California 290 locations
- New York 104 locations
- Tennessee 71 locations
- Florida 55 locations
- Texas 46 locations
- Georgia 31 locations
- Illinois 28 locations
- North Carolina 20 locations
- Michigan 18 locations
- New Jersey 18 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.