NAICS 512250 · Information
Record Production and Distribution: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 880 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
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.
Name ideas for record production and distribution
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
U.S. business 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.
Top states for record production and distribution
- 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
All 35 states
- Alabama (3)
- Arizona (13)
- Arkansas (3)
- California (290)
- Colorado (10)
- Connecticut (6)
- Delaware (6)
- Florida (55)
- Georgia (31)
- Hawaii (4)
- Idaho (3)
- Illinois (28)
- Indiana (6)
- Kentucky (4)
- Louisiana (9)
- Maryland (11)
- Massachusetts (7)
- Michigan (18)
- Minnesota (11)
- Missouri (6)
- Montana (3)
- Nevada (5)
- New Hampshire (4)
- New Jersey (18)
- New York (104)
- North Carolina (20)
- Ohio (7)
- Oregon (10)
- Pennsylvania (15)
- Tennessee (71)
- Texas (46)
- Utah (6)
- Virginia (9)
- Washington (13)
- Wyoming (4)