Sentric Music

What Sentric Music does

Sentric Music is an independent music publishing administration company headquartered in Liverpool, UK, with a regional office in London. Founded in 2006, the company provides publishing services to self-made artists and songwriters through a digital platform that handles global rights registration and royalty collection. Its core product is the Publishing Dashboard (sentric.publishingdashboard.com), a self-serve portal that enables artists to manage their catalogs and track royalties across multiple territories and collection societies from a single interface.

The company operates on a product-led growth model with a single-tier pricing structure: an 80/20 royalty split favoring the artist, a 28-day rolling contract with no lock-in, and no upfront or monthly fees. This positions Sentric as a transparent, artist-first alternative to traditional music publishing deals, which historically involve longer contract terms and less favorable royalty splits. Customer acquisition runs primarily through organic channels — Instagram, newsletter, and content marketing — with a self-serve signup funnel. The named roster includes emerging acts such as SOTN, Peach Tree Rascals, Sabine, The Lathums, and TLW, all classified as startups in the music/entertainment vertical.

Sentric Music Limited is a privately held company registered in England and Wales (Company Registration 05721428), with disclosed institutional funding of approximately $432K from AXM Venture Capital in 2012 and approximately $3.71M from Business Growth Fund in 2017. There is no public listing, no parent company, and no disclosed acquisitions, partnerships, or AI/ML capabilities. The business model is a transaction-based royalty share, where Sentric earns 20% of the publishing royalties it administers for its artist roster.

Name

Sentric Music

Legal name

Sentric Music Limited

Website

https://sentricmusic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sentric Music is an independent UK-based music publisher that administers global publishing rights and royalty collection for self-made artists and songwriters through a self-serve online dashboard, operating on an 80/20 royalty split with no lock-in contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Publishing Administration

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230), Music Publishers (51223)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Publishing Administration (Catalog Admin, Global Subpublishing) (MPAIABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD), Royalty Accounting & Payment Services (Statements, Audits, Payee Management) (MPAIABAL), Performance Rights Administration (PRO Affiliation, Cue Sheet/Setlist Processing) (MPAIABAE)

Keywords

• Music publishing administration
• Royalty collection services
• Music rights management
• Independent music publishing
• Songwriter publishing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Royalty Revenue Share: Sentric operates on an 80/20 royalty split, where artists keep 80% of their publishing royalties and Sentric retains 20%. This is a transaction-based revenue model where the company earns as artists earn from their music across digital platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sentric Music is an independent music publisher that administers publishing rights and collects royalties on behalf of self-made artists and songwriters. The company operates a self-serve Publishing Dashboard through which artists globally register songs and receive royalty payments under an 80/20 revenue split (artist/Sentric) on a 28-day rolling contract.

Product overview

Sentric Music offers a unified music publishing administration platform centered on its core Sentric Music Publishing service and the associated Publishing Dashboard portal. The platform enables artists to manage their music rights and royalties globally through a single intuitive interface, operating on a 28-day rolling contract with an 80/20 royalty split favoring the artist.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sentric Music Publishing

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of royalties retained by artists

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• BMG: BMG is one of the world's largest music publishers and rights administrators, offering publishing, recordings, and neighbouring rights services across a broad catalogue — a much larger incumbent with overlapping indie artist admin services.
• Songtrust (alt: Believe) / Believe Publishing: Believe is a global digital music company offering distribution and publishing services to independent labels and artists, competing with Sentric in the broader indie artist services ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Downtown Music Publishing: Downtown Music is a global independent music publishing administrator offering publishing administration, royalty processing, and sync services to songwriters and catalogues — competing with Sentric in indie publishing admin.
• Songtrust: Songtrust is a global music publishing administrator serving independent artists and songwriters with royalty collection across PROs and territories — directly competing with Sentric's core publishing admin offering.
• Round Hill Music: Round Hill Music is an independent music publisher that acquires and administers song catalogues, offering publishing admin services comparable to Sentric's catalogue management capabilities.
• AWAL (Kobalt): AWAL is Kobalt's artist services arm offering publishing administration, distribution, and advance funding to independent artists — overlapping with Sentric on indie publishing admin and royalty collection.
• Ditto Music: Ditto Music is a Liverpool-based independent music distributor and publisher offering publishing administration, distribution, and sync services to indie artists — overlapping directly with Sentric's UK indie positioning.
• Kobalt Music Group: Kobalt is a technology-led music publisher and rights administrator offering global publishing admin and royalty services to independent artists and labels — a direct competitor to Sentric's publishing dashboard model.

Emerging players

• TuneCore: TuneCore primarily distributes recordings to streaming platforms but has expanded into publishing administration for indie artists — a partial competitor with broader distribution DNA.
• Empire Distribution: Empire is an independent San Francisco-based distributor and publisher serving independent artists with publishing admin and label services — comparable to Sentric's indie-publishing thesis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/sentricmusic
• Xx.com/sentricmusic
• Facebookfacebook.com/sentricmusic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sentric-music

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Sentric Music