Wixen Music UK

Name

Wixen Music UK

Legal name

Wixen Music UK Ltd.

Website

https://wixenmusic.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Publishing Services

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230)

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), Sync Rights Representation (Pitching, Clearance, Negotiation) (MPAIABAF), Royalty Accounting & Payment Services (Statements, Audits, Payee Management) (MPAIABAL)

Keywords

• Music publishing administration
• Neighbouring rights collection
• Sync licensing services
• Royalty management
• Songwriter representation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Publishing Administration Commission: The company acts as a music publisher administering publishing rights for songwriters, artists, music catalogues, and composers. They charge a 10% commission on collected royalties. Clients retain ownership of their compositions.
2. Neighbouring Rights Collection: Collection of neighbouring rights royalties for feature artists, musicians, record labels, and master owners. The company researches music catalogues, maintains accuracy, and investigates missing income on behalf of session musician, feature artist, and rightsholder clients.
3. Synchronization Licensing: Licensing of songs for use in film, television, advertising, video games, and other visual media. The company actively pursues sync placements and curates themed playlists for licensing enquiries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wixen Music UK is a music publishing company that administers publishing rights on behalf of songwriters, composers, artists, and music catalogues, and collects neighbouring rights royalties for feature artists, musicians, record labels, and master owners. The company charges a 10% commission on collected royalties while clients retain full ownership of their compositions, and proactively pursues synchronization placements in film, television, advertising, and video games. A bespoke client web portal provides transparent, song-by-song royalty tracking with CSV and PDF export.

Product overview

Wixen Music UK is a music publishing company offering two core services: Publishing Administration and Neighbouring Rights Collection. Publishing is the primary product covering songwriter and composer representation with features for catalogue administration, sync licensing, and creative development. Neighbouring Rights handles performer royalty collection for session musicians, feature artists, and record labels. Both services are supported by a Client Web Portal for royalty statement downloads and tracking. The company also operates a Sync Services function that curates themed playlists and facilitates music placements in film, TV, advertising, and gaming. Clients interact with the platform through a login portal, a client onboarding form, and a licensing request form.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Publishing Administration

Quantifiable outcome

• Clients report regular discovery of royalties from unexpected territories on a quarterly basis
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wixen Music Publishing Inc. (Los Angeles)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Sister company based in Los Angeles, USA. Founded by Randall Wixen in 1978, it is the original Wixen Music company and shares the same values of ultra-high quality administration, royalty analysis, and copyright protection. Wixen Music UK was established in 2010 to extend these same principles to UK writers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Songtrust (Downtown Music): Songtrust is a leading music publishing administration platform serving songwriters globally with royalty collection and sync services. It competes directly with Wixen Music UK for independent songwriters and catalogues seeking admin-only representation without long-term deals.
• Peer Music: Peer Music is one of the largest independent music publishers globally, founded in 1928, with offices across multiple territories. It competes directly with Wixen Music UK for songwriter and catalogue representation, particularly in the legacy and standards segments.
• Bucks Music Group: Bucks Music Group is an independent UK-based music publisher offering publishing administration, sync licensing, and creative services. It is one of the closest UK-headquartered direct competitors to Wixen Music UK, serving a similar songwriter and catalogue client base.
• Spirit Music Group: Spirit Music Group is an independent music publisher specialising in the acquisition and administration of music catalogues, including legacy and active songwriters. It is a direct peer to Wixen in catalogue administration and royalty collection, though it operates at greater scale with PE backing.

Broad incumbents

• Warner Chappell Music: Warner Chappell Music is one of the three major music publishers worldwide, offering publishing administration, sync, and creative services. It competes with Wixen Music UK for premium songwriter and catalogue signings, though it operates globally with vastly greater resources and headcount.
• Concord Music Publishing: Concord Music Publishing administers publishing rights for catalogues including Boosey & Hawkes, Imagem, and others, with a focus on legacy and active songwriters. It operates at greater scale than Wixen but competes for overlapping client segments, particularly catalogues with deep historical value.
• Kobalt Music Group: Kobalt is a technology-driven music publisher offering publishing administration, royalty collection, and sync services to songwriters and catalogues worldwide. Its KORE platform competes conceptually with Wixen's bespoke portal, and Kobalt serves as a broader incumbent with materially greater scale and capital.
• Sony Music Publishing: Sony Music Publishing (formerly Sony/ATV) is the world's largest music publisher, controlling millions of copyrights. It is a broad incumbent whose publishing administration and sync services compete for the same global songwriter and catalogue market that Wixen targets, but at incomparably greater scale.
• BMG Rights Management: BMG is one of the world's largest independent music publishers and rights administrators, offering publishing administration, neighbouring rights, and sync services to songwriters and catalogues globally. It is a broader incumbent operating at significantly greater scale than Wixen, with overlapping service offerings.

Emerging players

• Primary Wave Music Publishing: Primary Wave is an independent music publishing and rights company that acquires and administers catalogues of iconic artists. It is an emerging player with a similar catalogue-centric thesis to Wixen, though typically targeting higher-value, headline acquisitions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wixen-music-uk-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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