Universal Music: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Universal Music (AEX: UMG) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hilversum, Netherlands that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]
Universal Music is the largest recorded music company in the world, holding roughly a third of the global market. Vivendi spun it off onto the Amsterdam exchange in 2021, and its catalogue is the single largest asset in the streaming economy.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Universal Music Group N.V.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇳🇱 Hilversum, Netherlands
- Founded
- 1934
- Tickers
- AEX: UMG
- Wikidata
- Q6252747
- Website
- www.universalmusic.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Universal Music in numbers
- Universal Music owns 5 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is media & entertainment with 5 brands.[1]
- 5 of its brands originated outside Netherlands.
Everything Universal Music owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Universal Music in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 724500GJBUL3D9TW9Y18
- Registered name
- Universal Music Group N.V. (NL)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 28 July 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Universal Music own?
Universal Music owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Capitol Records, Republic Records, Interscope Records, Motown and Def Jam Recordings.
Is Universal Music a Dutch company?
Yes. Universal Music is headquartered in Hilversum, Netherlands and was founded in 1934.
Who owns Universal Music?
Universal Music is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as UMG on the AEX.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Universal Music Group Annual report 2025 — Universal Music Group N.V., Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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