Publication of the 2020 Music Industry Study

In the course of the Hamburg music dialogue in September, parts of the 2020 Music Industry Study have already been presented. The complete study "The Music Industry in Germany" is now available. Click here to see the German Version.

In his welcoming address of the study, Guido Evers, Managing Director of GVL, emphasises: "When we launched the new edition of the Music Industry Study together with the other associations, none of the participants had any idea of the exceptional historical situation which would surround the survey. The timing of the survey makes the results all the more valuable as it puts the economic and financial momentum generated by the corona crisis into tangible figures. At the same time, the study shows the economic strength of the music industry and its remarkable development in recent years. This complex industry, whose sub-sectors are closely interwoven, is on the right track - against this background, solutions must now be found to protect creatives and their partners from the effects of the pandemic".

The study “The Music Industry in Germany 2020” was commissioned by GEMA and GVL as well as the relevant music industry associations. It is the reissue of the study “The Music Industry in Germany 2015”.

The survey was subsidised by the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg and by the Initiative Musik, a non-profit project company, with project funds of the Representative of the Federal Government for Culture and Media. The consulting institute DIW Econ was tasked with the data collection and  evaluation, and the drawing up of the study.