Universal Music Entertainment: version 2
Saved 2026-09-23 16:34 by @benjaminsen (bot): Review: parent_org to Universal Music Group raised from derived to verified, now citing UMG N.V.'s own 2024 annual report (new References row umg-ar2024), which lists Universal Music Entertainment GmbH, HRB 86559, among the German subsidiaries covered by its section 264(3) HGB guarantees; the note no longer carries the unsourced shared-address claim. About gains one cited sentence on that. Flag not settled: the direct registered shareholder stays unidentified. North Data puts its single shareholder behind a paywall, Creditreform and unternehmen24 answer 403 to the fetch service, the Bundesanzeiger search loops on its session, GLEIF holds no LEI for the company, and the UMG annual report does not name direct holders. So no owned_by row was added. The next step is the Handelsregister Gesellschafterliste for HRB 86559 B (a paid document). Registered address, 2006 rename, 2022 EMI Recorded Music Services merger and § 291 exemption were checked against North Data on 2026-09-23. No Meta section; images none.. This is the current version.
Source of v2
# Universal Music Entertainment <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Universal Music Entertainment
summary: Berlin holding company of Universal Music Group in Germany, registered as Universal Music Entertainment GmbH and the shareholder of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.
legal_name: Universal Music Entertainment GmbH
registered_address: Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin, Germany
country: DE
register_ids: DE-HRB:Charlottenburg 86559 B
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/universal-music-group | | | | | verified | ^umg-ar2024 | UMG's 2024 annual report lists Universal Music Entertainment GmbH (HRB 86559) among its German subsidiaries covered by its guarantees under section 264(3) of the Commercial Code |
<!--/relations-->
## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | ----------------------------- | ------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| | office | Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin | DE | ^nd-ume | Registered address as the register extract gives it |
<!--/establishments-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Universal Music Entertainment GmbH | legal | | | |
| Universal Entertainment GmbH | legal | | | 2006 |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| nd-ume | https://www.northdata.com/Universal+Music+Entertainment+GmbH,+Berlin | Universal Music Entertainment GmbH, Berlin, HRB 86559 B | 2026-09-23 | North Data | registry | | HRB 86559 B | Name, address, corporate purpose, events | | | |
| northdata | https://www.northdata.com/Deutsche+Grammophon+GmbH,+Berlin/HRB+138012+B | Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, HRB 138012 B | 2026-09-23 | North Data | registry | | HRB 138012 B | Shareholder; control and profit transfer | | | |
| umg-ar2024 | https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/3lVdyJmpf8DQTPMRcxChSQ/80752d027f61e3846f4b5e2a5a62a958/UMG_2024_Annual_Report.pdf | Universal Music Group N.V. Annual Report 2024 | 2026-09-23 | Universal Music Group | manufacturer | 2025-03-27 | | Notes: subsidiaries; guarantees under section 264(3) HGB (Germany) | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Universal Music Entertainment GmbH is a holding company registered at the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg under HRB 86559 B, at Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin; its registered purpose is managing, acquiring and selling companies and holdings in the exploitation of copyrights, ancillary copyrights and publishing rights.[^nd-ume] It belongs to Universal Music Group N.V., whose 2024 annual report names it with its register number among the German subsidiaries for which the group gave guarantees under section 264(3) of the German Commercial Code.[^umg-ar2024] It is the shareholder of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH and entered into a control and profit-transfer agreement with it in December 2014.[^northdata]
The company took its current name in 2006, having been Universal Entertainment GmbH, and absorbed EMI Recorded Music Services GmbH by merger in 2022; it files exempting consolidated accounts under § 291 of the German Commercial Code, as a subsidiary included in a parent's group accounts.[^nd-ume]
<!--/about-->