音楽ライセンス市場シェア分析、業界動向と統計、成長予測 2026-2031年

音楽ライセンス市場の規模は、2025年の89億2,000万ドル、2026年の97億3,000万ドルから、2031年には148億4,000万ドルへと拡大し、2026年から2031年にかけて8.81%の年平均成長率（CAGR）を記録すると予測されています。ストリーミングの普及により、ライセンス業務が単なる事後的な権利処理作業から安定した収益源へと変化したことが、市場成長の要因となっています。また、ソーシャルプラットフォーム、ブランドコンテンツ、ゲーム、クリエイター主導のメディアなど、音楽の利用範囲が拡大していることも市場の追い風となっており、こうした場での利用に対し、権利者は正式な商用利用条件を求めるようになっています。

リアルタイムのメタデータツールや権利照合技術の向上により、使用料の徴収効率が高まっており、これが音楽出版社、管理事業者、著作権管理団体にとって市場の魅力を高める要因となっています。プラットフォームとの直接契約、カタログ（楽曲資産）の保有、ロイヤリティ管理の迅速化といった要素が、市場における競争戦略を形作っています。さらに、AIによる楽曲帰属情報の特定、プラットフォーム側のロイヤリティ・ポリシーの変更、国境をまたぐ権利関係の複雑化といった動きも、より専門的なインフラの整備や、より積極的な権利行使へと市場を向かわせています。

レポートの主なポイント

• 権利の種類別では、2025年の音楽ライセンス市場において「演奏権（Performance Rights）」が収益シェア46.23%で首位を占め、一方、「同期権（Synchronization Rights）」は2031年まで年平均成長率（CAGR）10.12%で拡大すると予測されています。
• 利用プラットフォーム別では、2025年に「ストリーミング・オーディオ」が43.21%のシェアを占め、一方、「ソーシャルメディア・プラットフォーム」は2031年までCAGR 9.87%で拡大すると予測されています。
• エンドユーザー別では、「コンテンツクリエイターおよびデジタルプラットフォーム」が2025年に35.12%のシェアを占め、2031年までの予測CAGRにおいても9.11%と最も高い伸び率を記録しています。
• 地域別では、2025年の音楽ライセンス市場において北米が41.61%のシェアを占め、一方、アジア太平洋地域は2031年までCAGR 9.91%で拡大すると予測されています。

権利の種類別動向：シンクロ利用の拡大が進む中、演奏権がシェアを主導

2025年の音楽ライセンス市場において、演奏権は46.23%のシェアを占め、同カテゴリー内で最大の権利区分となりました。この地位は、ラジオ、放送、ライブ・パフォーマンス、ストリーミングといった幅広い環境において、演奏権管理団体（PRO）が大きな影響力を持ち、公衆への演奏（パブリック・パフォーマンス）に伴う権利主張が依然として中核的な役割を果たしていることを反映しています。ASCAPは2025年にソングライターや音楽出版社に対して過去最高となる17億6000万米ドルを分配しましたが、これは大規模な使用料徴収ネットワークが依然として音楽ライセンス市場の主要部分を支えていることを示しています。機械的複製権（メカニカル権）も引き続き同カテゴリーの重要な構成要素でしたが、大手デジタル・プラットフォームがサブスクリプション・バンドル（定額制サービスのセット販売）に伴う使用料配分の仕組みを調整したことで、音楽出版社の収益性は圧迫されました。楽譜（プリント）権やその他の小規模な権利区分は依然としてニッチな領域にとどまりましたが、物理メディア（フィジカル）市場の勢いにより、以前よりも強固な基盤が確保されました。

シンクロナイゼーション（映像同期利用）権は、2031年まで年平均成長率（CAGR）10.12%で拡大すると予測されており、音楽ライセンス市場の構成において、予測期間中に最も高い成長率を示す権利形態となる見込みです。米国では、2025年時点でシンクロナイゼーションが音楽出版収益全体の24%を占めており、本格的な成長が反映される以前から、すでに同セグメントが重要な位置を占めていることがうかがえます。こうした構成の変化は、クリエイターによる商用コンテンツ、ソーシャル広告、ブランド系デジタルメディアにおいて、積極的な権利処理を必要とする音楽の利用が増加していることに起因しています。このことは、音楽ライセンス業界が、多様なデジタルコンテンツ形式を横断し、より迅速かつ反復可能な権利処理ワークフローへと移行していることを示す最も明確な例の一つと言えます。プラットフォーム、エージェンシー、権利者がこうしたワークフローを標準化していくにつれ、音楽ライセンス市場におけるシンクロナイゼーションの戦略的重要性は今後も高まっていくでしょう。

Music Licensing Market Analysis by Mordor Intelligence

The Music Licensing Market size is projected to expand from USD 8.92 billion in 2025 and USD 9.73 billion in 2026 to USD 14.84 billion by 2031, registering a CAGR of 8.81% between 2026 to 2031. The music licensing market is growing because streaming has turned licensing into a steady revenue system rather than a back-end clearance task. The music licensing market is also benefiting from broader use of music across social platforms, branded content, games, and creator-led media, where rights owners now expect formal commercial use terms. Real-time metadata tools and stronger rights matching are improving collection efficiency, which makes the music licensing market more attractive to publishers, administrators, and collection societies. Direct platform deals, catalog ownership, and faster royalty administration are shaping competitive strategy across the music licensing market. AI attribution, platform royalty policy changes, and cross-border rights complexity are also pushing the music licensing market toward more specialized infrastructure and more active rights enforcement.

Key Report Takeaways

• By Rights Type, Performance Rights led with 46.23% revenue share of the music licensing market in 2025, while Synchronization Rights are projected to expand at an 10.12% CAGR through 2031.
• By Usage Platform, Streaming Audio held 43.21% share in 2025, while Social Media Platforms are projected to expand at a 9.87% CAGR through 2031.
• By End-User, Content Creators and Digital Platforms accounted for 35.12% share in 2025 and also recorded the highest projected CAGR at 9.11% through 2031.
• By Geography, North America held 41.61% share of the music licensing market in 2025, while Asia-Pacific is projected to expand at an 9.91% CAGR through 2031.

Note: Market size and forecast figures in this report are generated using Mordor Intelligence’s proprietary estimation framework, updated with the latest available data and insights as of January 2026.

Global Music Licensing Market Trends and Insights

Drivers Impact Analysis*

Expansion Of Streaming Platforms: Licensing Volume Scales with Subscriber Growth

Streaming has made licensing volume move more directly with subscriber growth, which gives the music licensing market a wider and more repeatable royalty base. Paid streaming subscribers reached 837 million globally in 2025, which shows how much licensed music use now depends on platform scale rather than one-off transactions.[1] Spotify paid more than USD 11 billion to the music industry in 2025, which highlights how large digital services now sit at the center of the music licensing market.[2] Streaming revenues passed USD 22 billion in 2025 and represented 69.6% of recorded music income, which means each rise in listening activity feeds a larger pool of performance, mechanical, and sometimes synchronization claims. MENA and South America already derive more than 88% of recorded music revenue from streaming, so the music licensing market has clear room to deepen monetization in regions where digital use is already dominant. Paid subscription streaming grew 8.8% in 2025, which shows the music licensing market is still adding monetized listeners rather than only shifting free users across plan tiers.

Rising Synchronization Demand: New Channels Broaden Sync Revenue Beyond Traditional Media

Synchronization demand is expanding beyond film and television, which is widening the commercial reach of the music licensing market across short-form video, branded campaigns, and platform-native content. In the United States, synchronization revenue represented 24% of total music publishing income in 2025, which shows that sync already sits well beyond a niche role in the music licensing market.[3] The shift matters because creator-led advertising and commercial social content need pre-cleared music, and that raises licensing demand even when content is produced outside traditional studio systems. The music licensing market is therefore seeing sync move closer to an always-on workflow that supports daily brand publishing and platform circulation rather than only campaign-based uses. This broadening demand profile should keep synchronization one of the more responsive growth areas within the music licensing market through the forecast period.

Greater Use Of Real-Time Licensing Data: Uncollected Royalties Drive Matching Infrastructure Investment

Real-time rights matching is becoming more important because data errors still prevent a large share of royalties from reaching rights holders on time. Kobalt estimated that more than USD 1 billion in publishing royalties goes uncollected each year, which shows how strongly the music licensing market still depends on better matching infrastructure. The UK Intellectual Property Office reported that collection management organizations often receive recording information after release from digital service providers rather than directly from rights holders, which creates delays that affect payment timing and tracking quality. SoundExchange expanded its international agreements to more than 90 CMOs by February 2026 and said that its network now covers more than 91% of the available global neighboring rights market, which shows how data infrastructure is widening collectible revenue pools in the music licensing market. The music licensing market should benefit as more platforms connect recording and composition identifiers earlier in the content workflow, because that reduces leakage before royalties move into collection and distribution systems. Better data quality also gives the music licensing market a clearer path to monetizing independent and cross-border catalog that previously sat in unresolved accounts.

Growth Of Direct Licensing: Publishers Seek Better Economics and Faster Collection

Direct licensing is becoming more appealing because rights holders want stronger economics and more control over how music is monetized on large platforms. The NMPA estimated that Spotify’s subscription bundle reclassification has cost songwriters and publishers USD 480 million since 2024, which has pushed direct negotiation higher on the strategic agenda across the music licensing market. Spotify’s scale also matters here because a service that paid more than USD 11 billion in 2025 offers enough financial weight to make direct commercial terms meaningful for large and mid-sized rights owners. Kobalt said its KOSIGN platform can help independent songwriters collect royalties in around 3 months instead of the 12 or more months often seen through conventional routing, which shows how faster administration supports the logic of direct licensing in the music licensing market. The music licensing market is likely to see more rights owners balance collective systems with direct arrangements when scale, leverage, and speed justify that mix.

Restraints Impact Analysis*

Royalty Fragmentation Across Rights Holders and Territories: Multi-Framework Complexity Constrains Collection Efficiency

Royalty fragmentation remains a real drag on the music licensing market because one song can generate performance, mechanical, synchronization, and neighboring rights income through different systems. ASCAP paid out a record USD 1.76 billion in 2025, but that scale still sits inside a broader environment where multiple organizations and legal frameworks handle different parts of the same asset. SoundExchange’s expansion to more than 90 international agreements shows that cross-border recovery often depends on many separate counterparties before royalties can move back to the original rights holder.[4] The UK Intellectual Property Office also pointed to delays between release and metadata submission, which means fragmentation is not only legal and institutional, it is also operational. The music licensing market will continue to lose efficiency until rights ownership, usage reporting, and collection pathways align more closely across territories and rights classes. This issue weighs most heavily on independent creators and smaller catalogs because they usually lack the internal teams needed to manage fragmented claims at scale.

Metadata Inaccuracy and Usage-Tracking Gaps: Data Gaps Channel Royalties Into Unallocated Accounts

Metadata inaccuracy is one of the most persistent restraints in the music licensing market because royalty systems depend on clean links between recordings and compositions. The UK Intellectual Property Office found that collection organizations often receive recording information after release rather than before release, which creates a built-in delay in payment matching. Kobalt said more than USD 1 billion in publishing royalties goes uncollected each year, and it linked much of that gap to rights-matching failures. When ISRC and ISWC information fails to line up across services, publishers, and collection societies, royalties can move into unallocated or disputed pools that are hard to recover later. The music licensing market needs better ingestion standards, earlier metadata validation, and stronger identifier matching if it is going to reduce payment leakage in a measurable way. Progress in this area would improve creator trust and raise the collectible base across the music licensing market without requiring a comparable rise in listening volume.

*Our forecasts treat driver/restraint impacts as directional, not additive. The impact forecasts reflect baseline growth, mix effects, and variable interactions.

Segment Analysis

By Rights Type: Performance Rights Lead As Synchronization Accelerates

Performance rights held 46.23% of the music licensing market share in 2025, which made them the largest rights type in the category. This position reflects the broad reach of performing rights organizations across radio, broadcast, live performance, and streaming environments where public performance claims remain central. ASCAP paid out a record USD 1.76 billion to songwriters and publishers in 2025, which shows how large-scale collection networks still underpin a major part of the music licensing market. Mechanical rights remained an important part of the category, but publisher economics came under pressure as large digital platforms adjusted how subscription bundles affect royalty allocation. Print music rights and other smaller rights streams stayed niche, though physical music momentum gave them a firmer base than in prior years.

Synchronization rights are projected to expand at an 10.12% CAGR through 2031, which makes them the fastest-growing rights type in the music licensing market size mix over the forecast period. In the United States, sync represented 24% of total music publishing revenue in 2025, which shows that the segment already carries material weight before its faster growth is fully reflected. The mix is shifting because commercial creator content, social advertising, and branded digital media use more music that needs active rights clearance. That makes synchronization one of the clearest expressions of how the music licensing industry is moving toward faster, more repeatable clearance workflows across digital content formats. As platforms, agencies, and rights owners standardize these workflows, synchronization should continue gaining strategic importance inside the music licensing market.

By Usage Platform: Streaming Audio Anchors The Market As Social Media Scales

Streaming audio accounted for 43.21% of the music licensing market size in 2025, which made it the leading usage platform by revenue contribution. The segment’s lead reflects the near-complete shift of on-demand listening to subscription and ad-supported audio services. Spotify paid more than USD 11 billion to the music industry in 2025, which shows how heavily the music licensing market depends on licensed streaming flows for current revenue generation. Video streaming also remains important because long-form digital content continues to use licensed music across subscription, ad-supported, and original programming models. Live events and venues recovered further in fiscal 2025, with JASRAC’s live concert royalty collections reaching 6.79 billion JPY, which was equivalent to USD 45.3 million using the reported conversion basis in the source material.

Social media platforms are projected to expand at a 9.87% CAGR through 2031, which makes them the fastest-growing usage platform in the music licensing market. This growth reflects the formalization of commercial creator activity, where brands and professional creators need rights-cleared music for monetized distribution. Universal Music Group and TikTok announced a new multi-year global licensing agreement in May 2026, which shows that major platforms now treat music access, publishing rights, and AI safeguards as core operating issues rather than side agreements. Video games remain a smaller platform by share, but they create distinct synchronization demands because music use in interactive formats often differs from linear media. The others category, which includes fitness apps, podcasts, and AI audio tools, also points to how the music licensing market is widening into high-volume digital uses that need simpler but more continuous licensing models.

By End-User: Content Creators and Digital Platforms Define the Growth Frontier

Content creators and digital platforms held 35.12% share in 2025, which placed them at the center of the music licensing market as the largest end-user group. The same segment is projected to expand at a 9.11% CAGR through 2031, which means it is also the fastest-growing end-user block in the music licensing market size profile. Spotify reported that more than 1,500 artists generated over USD 1 million in royalties from the platform in 2025, which shows how creator monetization is now tied closely to scalable licensing systems. Artists from 75 countries generated at least USD 500,000 from Spotify in 2025, up from 66 countries in 2024, which shows the music licensing market is broadening geographically at the same time it expands digitally. This end-user pattern is important because licensing demand is no longer concentrated only in broadcasters, labels, and studios, it now runs through a much larger base of platform-native commercial activity.

Film and television production remained important because sync income still draws heavily from long-form content and streaming originals. Advertising and marketing are becoming more active because agencies, brands, and creator partnerships increasingly need licensed music for social-led campaigns and AI-assisted content workflows. Broadcasters remain meaningful but their relative position has eased as audience attention and monetized listening continue moving toward streaming and social platforms. JASRAC reported that interactive transmissions reached 59.4 billion JPY in fiscal 2025, which was equivalent to USD 396 million using the reported conversion basis in the source material, and that supports the case for digital end-users taking a larger role in the music licensing market. The others category also points to new demand from immersive media, spatial audio, and extended reality uses, which shows how the music licensing industry is adapting to more varied digital consumption settings.

Geography Analysis

North America held 41.61% of the music licensing market share in 2025, which made it the largest regional contributor. The United States publishing ecosystem generated USD 7.3 billion in 2025, with performance royalties contributing 52%, synchronization 24%, and mechanical 19%, which shows the scale and balance of revenue streams supporting the region. North America also remains the main testing ground for direct platform arrangements and faster royalty administration, which gives the music licensing market a commercial model that other regions may increasingly follow. Europe remained the second-largest region because it combines mature collecting societies, strong online usage, and established publishing infrastructure, even as the music licensing market continues shifting toward digital-first channels. South America, while smaller by absolute revenue, stands out for strong digital monetization because streaming represented 88.1% of recorded music revenue in the region in 2025.

Asia-Pacific is projected to expand at an 9.91% CAGR through 2031, which makes it the fastest-growing regional segment in the music licensing market. JASRAC reported a record fiscal 2025 distribution of JPY 151.86 billion, which was equivalent to USD 1.01 billion using the reported conversion basis in the source material. Japan returned to growth at 8.9% in 2025, which supports the region’s importance as both a mature market and a base for rights administration scale. China became the world’s fourth-largest recorded music market in 2025 after 20.1% year-on-year growth, which signals rising cross-border licensing demand in the region. India remained the world’s second-largest streaming market by volume, which suggests a large future licensing base as paid models and formal rights systems deepen over time.

The Middle East and Africa are the highest-growth emerging geographies in the music licensing market, with MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa each recording 15.2% revenue growth in 2025. Streaming accounted for 97.5% of MENA music revenue, which shows how fully digital use now shapes the region’s licensing opportunity. South Africa represented 78.1% of Sub-Saharan African music revenue, but neighboring rights infrastructure is widening as international collection agreements extend into more territories. SoundExchange added new agreements in markets including Kenya in February 2026, which shows the music licensing market is building stronger collection pathways in regions that were once harder to monetize at scale.

Competitive Landscape

The music licensing market is moderately concentrated at the top of global catalog ownership, with Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, and Warner Chappell Music setting the pace on scale and negotiating leverage. At the same time, the broader music licensing market remains fragmented across publishers, performing rights organizations, collective management organizations, and rights administrators that handle different parts of the value chain. That split explains why catalog scale matters so much in direct negotiations, while operational reach and data quality matter just as much in collection and royalty administration. The result is a music licensing market where ownership concentration and service fragmentation exist at the same time.

Strategic moves in 2026 show that companies are using acquisitions to deepen catalog control and widen licensing reach across the music licensing market. Primary Wave announced its acquisition of Kobalt Music Group in March 2026, which adds worldwide operations, owned copyrights, and the Amra digital collection platform to its portfolio. Sony Music Publishing agreed in May 2026 to acquire the complete catalog of Recognition Music Group, which reflects continued demand for scaled, high-value song catalogs. Concord also acquired the assets of Mothership Music Publishing in April 2026, which strengthens its reach across pop, indie pop, rock, alternative, and singer-songwriter copyrights. These moves show that the music licensing market rewards companies that can combine catalog breadth with global administration capability.

Technology and platform relationships are becoming just as important as catalog ownership in the music licensing market. Kobalt said KOSIGN can cut royalty collection timelines to around 3 months from the 12 or more months often seen through standard routes, which shows how speed itself has become a competitive advantage. Universal Music Group and TikTok signed a new global licensing agreement in May 2026, which highlights how major rightsholders are using direct platform relationships to protect access, monetization, and AI safeguards at the same time. SoundExchange’s growing network of international agreements also shows that the music licensing market increasingly rewards organizations that can recover neighboring rights across more territories without raising friction for artists and labels. Smaller publishers and creator-focused administrators still have room to grow, but they will need sharper data tools, faster settlement cycles, and more focused niche coverage to stand out in the music licensing market.

Recent Industry Developments

• June 2026: Japan’s National Diet passed a copyright reform granting performers and record companies royalties when their recordings play in public spaces, including overseas uses. Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting estimated that, had the rights been in effect in 2024, Japanese artists would have generated 2.4 billion JPY (approximately USD 15.1 million) in overseas revenue, with the government targeting a tenfold increase in overseas music sales to 1 trillion JPY by 2033 per The Asahi Shimbun.
• June 2026: Warner Music Group acquired Sureel AI, an AI attribution startup whose patented technology creates “AI DNA” for songs to trace how AI models incorporate musical elements from existing works. The acquisition positions WMG to enforce AI attribution rights and detect unauthorized use of its catalog in generative AI training data, following WMG’s earlier licensing deals with Suno and Udio per WMG’s announcement.
• May 2026: Universal Music Group and TikTok announced a new multi-year global licensing agreement covering UMG’s recorded music and publishing catalogs. The deal builds on the 2024 partnership that resolved UMG’s catalog withdrawal and commits both parties to jointly remove unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform while expanding AI protection measures per the joint UMG-TikTok announcement.
• May 2026: Sony Music Publishing agreed to acquire the complete catalog of Recognition Music Group, comprising more than 45,000 songs. Bloomberg reported the transaction could be valued at up to USD 4 billion, positioning it as one of the largest single catalog acquisitions in music publishing history and continuing Sony Music Publishing’s aggressive Nordic and global catalog expansion strategy.

Complete Report Scope:

• By Rights Type
  • Performance Rights
  • Mechanical Rights
  • Synchronization Rights
  • Print Music Rights
  • Other Rights Type
• By Usage Platform
  • Streaming Audio
  • Video Streaming
  • Social Media Platforms
  • Live Events and Venues
  • Video Games
  • Other Usage Platforms
• By End-User
  • Content Creators and Digital Media Companies
  • Film and Television Production Companies
  • Advertising and Marketing Agencies
  • Broadcasters
  • Other End-Users
• By Geography
  • North America
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Mexico
  • South America
    • Brazil
    • Argentina
    • Chile
    • Rest of South America
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Italy
    • Spain
    • Rest of Europe
  • Asia-Pacific
    • China
    • Japan
    • India
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • Rest of Asia-Pacific
  • Middle East
    • Saudi Arabia
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Qatar
    • Rest of Middle East
  • Africa
    • South Africa
    • Egypt
    • Nigeria
    • Rest of Africa

Geography Analysis

North America held 41.61% of the music licensing market share in 2025, which made it the largest regional contributor. The United States publishing ecosystem generated USD 7.3 billion in 2025, with performance royalties contributing 52%, synchronization 24%, and mechanical 19%, which shows the scale and balance of revenue streams supporting the region. North America also remains the main testing ground for direct platform arrangements and faster royalty administration, which gives the music licensing market a commercial model that other regions may increasingly follow. Europe remained the second-largest region because it combines mature collecting societies, strong online usage, and established publishing infrastructure, even as the music licensing market continues shifting toward digital-first channels. South America, while smaller by absolute revenue, stands out for strong digital monetization because streaming represented 88.1% of recorded music revenue in the region in 2025.

Asia-Pacific is projected to expand at an 9.91% CAGR through 2031, which makes it the fastest-growing regional segment in the music licensing market. JASRAC reported a record fiscal 2025 distribution of JPY 151.86 billion, which was equivalent to USD 1.01 billion using the reported conversion basis in the source material. Japan returned to growth at 8.9% in 2025, which supports the region’s importance as both a mature market and a base for rights administration scale. China became the world’s fourth-largest recorded music market in 2025 after 20.1% year-on-year growth, which signals rising cross-border licensing demand in the region. India remained the world’s second-largest streaming market by volume, which suggests a large future licensing base as paid models and formal rights systems deepen over time.

The Middle East and Africa are the highest-growth emerging geographies in the music licensing market, with MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa each recording 15.2% revenue growth in 2025. Streaming accounted for 97.5% of MENA music revenue, which shows how fully digital use now shapes the region’s licensing opportunity. South Africa represented 78.1% of Sub-Saharan African music revenue, but neighboring rights infrastructure is widening as international collection agreements extend into more territories. SoundExchange added new agreements in markets including Kenya in February 2026, which shows the music licensing market is building stronger collection pathways in regions that were once harder to monetize at scale.

List of Companies Covered in this Report:

• Sony Music Publishing LLC
• Universal Music Publishing Group Inc.
• Warner Chappell Music Inc.
• Kobalt Music Group Ltd.
• BMG Rights Management GmbH
• Reservoir Media, Inc.
• Concord Music Publishing LLC
• Downtown Music Holdings LLC
• SESAC Holdings, Inc.
• Broadcast Music, Inc.
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
• PRS for Music Limited
• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
• SoundExchange, Inc.
• Mechanical Licensing Collective
• APRA AMCOS Limited
• GEMA Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
• JASRAC
• SACEM
• Peermusic

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• The market estimate (ME) sheet in Excel format
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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
1.2 Scope of the Study

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4 MARKET LANDSCAPE
4.1 Market Overview
4.2 Market Drivers
4.2.1 Expansion of Streaming and Short-Form Audio Monetization
4.2.2 Rising Synchronization Demand Across Film, TV, Advertising, and Gaming
4.2.3 Greater Use of Real-Time Royalty Analytics and Automation
4.2.4 Growth of Direct Licensing and Creator-First Monetization Models
4.2.5 Cross-Border Catalog Monetization Through Improved Collective Management
4.2.6 Higher Enforcement and Compliance Pressure on Unlicensed Music Use
4.3 Market Restraints
4.3.1 Royalty Fragmentation Across Rights Holders and Territories
4.3.2 Metadata Inaccuracy and Usage-Tracking Gaps
4.3.3 Slow Reconciliation Cycles and Payout Delays
4.3.4 Rising Legal Complexity Around AI-Generated and Derivative Music
4.4 Industry Value Chain Analysis
4.5 Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on the Market
4.6 Regulatory Landscape
4.7 Technological Outlook
4.8 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
4.8.1 Threat of New Entrants
4.8.2 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.8.3 Bargaining Power of Buyers
4.8.4 Threat of Substitutes
4.8.5 Competitive Rivalry

5 MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH FORECASTS (VALUE)
5.1 By Rights Type
5.1.1 Performance Rights
5.1.2 Mechanical Rights
5.1.3 Synchronization Rights
5.1.4 Print Music Rights
5.1.5 Other Rights Type
5.2 By Usage Platform
5.2.1 Streaming Audio
5.2.2 Video Streaming
5.2.3 Social Media Platforms
5.2.4 Live Events and Venues
5.2.5 Video Games
5.2.6 Other Usage Platforms
5.3 By End-User
5.3.1 Content Creators and Digital Media Companies
5.3.2 Film and Television Production Companies
5.3.3 Advertising and Marketing Agencies
5.3.4 Broadcasters
5.3.5 Other End-Users
5.4 By Geography
5.4.1 North America
5.4.1.1 United States
5.4.1.2 Canada
5.4.1.3 Mexico
5.4.2 South America
5.4.2.1 Brazil
5.4.2.2 Argentina
5.4.2.3 Chile
5.4.2.4 Rest of South America
5.4.3 Europe
5.4.3.1 Germany
5.4.3.2 United Kingdom
5.4.3.3 France
5.4.3.4 Italy
5.4.3.5 Spain
5.4.3.6 Rest of Europe
5.4.4 Asia-Pacific
5.4.4.1 China
5.4.4.2 Japan
5.4.4.3 India
5.4.4.4 South Korea
5.4.4.5 Australia
5.4.4.6 Rest of Asia-Pacific
5.4.5 Middle East
5.4.5.1 Saudi Arabia
5.4.5.2 United Arab Emirates
5.4.5.3 Qatar
5.4.5.4 Rest of Middle East
5.4.6 Africa
5.4.6.1 South Africa
5.4.6.2 Egypt
5.4.6.3 Nigeria
5.4.6.4 Rest of Africa

6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
6.1 Market Concentration
6.2 Strategic Moves
6.3 Vendor Positioning Analysis
6.4 Company Profiles (includes Global Level Overview, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Information, Products and Services, Recent Developments)
6.4.1 Sony Music Publishing LLC
6.4.2 Universal Music Publishing Group Inc.
6.4.3 Warner Chappell Music Inc.
6.4.4 Kobalt Music Group Ltd.
6.4.5 BMG Rights Management GmbH
6.4.6 Reservoir Media, Inc.
6.4.7 Concord Music Publishing LLC
6.4.8 Downtown Music Holdings LLC
6.4.9 SESAC Holdings, Inc.
6.4.10 Broadcast Music, Inc.
6.4.11 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
6.4.12 PRS for Music Limited
6.4.13 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
6.4.14 SoundExchange, Inc.
6.4.15 Mechanical Licensing Collective
6.4.16 APRA AMCOS Limited
6.4.17 GEMA Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
6.4.18 JASRAC
6.4.19 SACEM
6.4.20 Peermusic

7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
7.1 White-Space and Unmet-Need Assessment

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