Universal Music Germany: version 1

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1	1		# Universal Music Germany <!--company-->
2	2
3	3		## Identity <!--identity-->
4	4		name: Universal Music Germany
5	5		disambiguation: the German company of Universal Music Group, registered in Berlin as Universal Music GmbH, not the Austrian company of the same legal name in Vienna
6	6		summary: German record company of Universal Music Group, registered in Berlin as Universal Music GmbH, behind Electrola, Deutsche Grammophon, Vertigo/Capitol and Virgin Records Germany.
7	7		legal_name: Universal Music GmbH
8	8		registered_address: Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin, Germany
9	9		country: DE
10	10		website: https://www.universal-music.de/
11	11		register_ids: DE-HRB:Charlottenburg 158632 B, VAT:DE815415456
	12	+	founded: 2007-10
12	13		<!--/identity-->
13	14
14	15		## Relations <!--relations-->
15		−	\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
16		−	\| ---------- \| ----------------------------- \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \| ----- \| -------- \| ----------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
17		−	\| parent_org \| company/universal-music-group \| \| \| \| \| verified \| ^umg-global \| Universal Music Group's own list of its companies carries Universal Music Germany under Germany, and MusicBrainz describes Universal Music GmbH as the group's German subsidiary \|
	16	+	\| role \| target \| market \| from \| until \| ended \| status \| source \| note \|
	17	+	\| ---------- \| ------------------------------------- \| ------ \| ------- \| ----- \| ----- \| -------- \| -------------- \| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
	18	+	\| parent_org \| company/universal-music-group \| \| \| \| \| verified \| ^umg-global \| Universal Music Group's own list of its companies carries Universal Music Germany under Germany, and MusicBrainz describes Universal Music GmbH as the group's German subsidiary \|
	19	+	\| owned_by \| company/universal-music-entertainment \| \| 2014-05 \| \| \| sourced \| ^northdata-umg \| North Data's register digest names Universal Music Entertainment GmbH as the shareholder, from that company's accounts for 2022, and records the control and profit-transfer agreement between the two from May 2014 \|
18	20		<!--/relations-->
19	21
20	22		## Establishments <!--establishments-->
21	23		\| mark \| kind \| address \| country \| source \| note \|
22	24		\| ---- \| ------ \| ----------------------------- \| ------- \| ------------------ \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \|
23	25		\| \| office \| Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin \| DE \| ^electrola-imprint \| Postal address and seat of the managing director, as the company's own imprint states it \|
24	26		<!--/establishments-->
25	27
26	28		## Aliases <!--aliases-->
27	29		\| name \| type \| locale \| from \| until \|
28	30		\| --------------------------------- \| ------ \| ------ \| ---- \| ----- \|
29	31		\| Universal Music GmbH \| legal \| \| \| \|
30	32		\| Universal Music Deutschland \| name \| de \| \| \|
31	33		\| Universal Music Group Deutschland \| search \| \| \| \|
	34	+	\| EMI Recorded Music GmbH \| legal \| \| 2008 \| 2014 \|
32	35		<!--/aliases-->
33	36
34	37		## References <!--references-->
35		−	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
36		−	\| ------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| --------------------- \| ------------ \| --------- \| ------------------------------------ \| ------------------------------------ \| ------------ \| ----------- \| -------- \|
37		−	\| umde-site \| https://www.universal-music.de/ \| Universal Music Group Deutschland \| 2026-09-21 \| Universal Music GmbH \| manufacturer \| \| \| Home \| \| \| \|
38		−	\| electrola-imprint \| https://www.electrola.de/legal/imprint \| Impressum Universal Music GmbH, Electrola \| 2026-09-21 \| Universal Music GmbH \| manufacturer \| \| HRB 158632 B \| Anbieterkennzeichnung, Markenzeichen \| \| \| \|
39		−	\| umg-global \| https://www.universalmusic.com/global/ \| Universal Music Group: Global, the group's companies and labels by territory \| 2026-09-21 \| Universal Music Group \| manufacturer \| \| \| Germany \| \| \| \|
40		−	\| musicbrainz-label \| https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/label/a5c0753c-08d4-4b3e-8a7d-3eb59d2937c9?fmt=json&inc=aliases+url-rels+label-rels \| MusicBrainz label a5c0753c: Electrola \| 2026-09-21 \| MusicBrainz \| catalogue \| \| a5c0753c-08d4-4b3e-8a7d-3eb59d2937c9 \| Life-span, label code, ownership \| CC0 \| \| \|
41		−	\| wikipedia-electrola \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrola \| Electrola – Wikipedia \| 2026-09-21 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| Lead, History \| CC BY-SA 4.0 \| \| \|
	38	+	\| ref \| url \| title \| accessed \| publisher \| kind \| published \| record_id \| locator \| licence \| attribution \| upstream \|
	39	+	\| ------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- \| ---------- \| --------------------- \| ------------ \| ---------- \| ------------------------------------ \| ----------------------------------------------------------------- \| ------------ \| ----------- \| -------- \|
	40	+	\| umde-site \| https://www.universal-music.de/ \| Universal Music Group Deutschland \| 2026-09-21 \| Universal Music GmbH \| manufacturer \| \| \| Home \| \| \| \|
	41	+	\| electrola-imprint \| https://www.electrola.de/legal/imprint \| Impressum Universal Music GmbH, Electrola \| 2026-09-21 \| Universal Music GmbH \| manufacturer \| \| HRB 158632 B \| Anbieterkennzeichnung, Markenzeichen \| \| \| \|
	42	+	\| umg-global \| https://www.universalmusic.com/global/ \| Universal Music Group: Global, the group's companies and labels by territory \| 2026-09-21 \| Universal Music Group \| manufacturer \| \| \| Germany \| \| \| \|
	43	+	\| musicbrainz-label \| https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/label/a5c0753c-08d4-4b3e-8a7d-3eb59d2937c9?fmt=json&inc=aliases+url-rels+label-rels \| MusicBrainz label a5c0753c: Electrola \| 2026-09-21 \| MusicBrainz \| catalogue \| \| a5c0753c-08d4-4b3e-8a7d-3eb59d2937c9 \| Life-span, label code, ownership \| CC0 \| \| \|
	44	+	\| wikipedia-electrola \| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrola \| Electrola – Wikipedia \| 2026-09-21 \| Wikipedia \| publication \| \| \| Lead, History \| CC BY-SA 4.0 \| \| \|
	45	+	\| northdata-umg \| https://www.northdata.com/Universal+Music+GmbH,+Berlin/Amtsgericht+Charlottenburg+(Berlin)+HRB+158632+B \| Universal Music GmbH, Berlin, HRB 158632 B \| 2026-09-24 \| North Data \| registry \| \| HRB 158632 B \| Names, register history, shareholder, control and profit transfer \| \| \| \|
	46	+	\| umg-ar2024 \| https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/3lVdyJmpf8DQTPMRcxChSQ/80752d027f61e3846f4b5e2a5a62a958/UMG_2024_Annual_Report.pdf \| Universal Music Group N.V. Annual Report 2024 \| 2026-09-24 \| Universal Music Group \| manufacturer \| 2025-03-27 \| \| Notes: German subsidiaries, Universal Music GmbH HRB 158632 \| \| \| \|
42	47		<!--/references-->
43	48
44	49		## About <!--about-->
45	50		Universal Music GmbH, which presents itself as Universal Music Group Deutschland, is the German recorded-music company of Universal Music Group.[^umde-site] The group's own list of its companies carries Universal Music Germany under Germany, together with the labels run there: Better Now Records, Chapter ONE, Deutsche Grammophon, Electrola, PIL x Ventura Records Germany, URBAN, Vertigo/Capitol Germany, Virgin Records Germany and Zeigeist.[^umg-global] The company is entered at the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg under HRB 158632 B, gives its address as Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin, carries the VAT number DE 815415456 and is represented by its managing director Frank Briegmann.[^electrola-imprint]
46	51
47	52		It has held the Electrola label since 2012, the year Universal Music Group's purchase of EMI's German operations brought EMI's German labels into the group.[^musicbrainz-label][^wikipedia-electrola] Its imprint states that, unless marked otherwise, the trademarks on its label sites — label names, logos and emblems in particular — are protected in favour of Universal Music GmbH.[^electrola-imprint]
	53	+
	54	+	Its shareholder is Universal Music Entertainment GmbH, the group's Berlin holding company, which has held control of it under a control and profit-transfer agreement since May 2014.[^northdata-umg] Universal Music Group N.V. lists Universal Music GmbH, with its register number, among its German subsidiaries in its 2024 annual report.[^umg-ar2024] The legal entity was registered in Cologne in October 2007 and renamed EMI Recorded Music GmbH in March 2008; it moved its seat to Berlin in May 2014, and in July 2014 it absorbed the earlier Universal Music GmbH by merger and took its name.[^northdata-umg]
48	55		<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# Universal Music Germany <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Universal Music Germany
disambiguation: the German company of Universal Music Group, registered in Berlin as Universal Music GmbH, not the Austrian company of the same legal name in Vienna
summary: German record company of Universal Music Group, registered in Berlin as Universal Music GmbH, behind Electrola, Deutsche Grammophon, Vertigo/Capitol and Virgin Records Germany.
legal_name: Universal Music GmbH
registered_address: Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin, Germany
country: DE
website: https://www.universal-music.de/
register_ids: DE-HRB:Charlottenburg 158632 B, VAT:DE815415456
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                        | market | from | until | ended | status   | source      | note                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/universal-music-group |        |      |       |       | verified | ^umg-global | Universal Music Group's own list of its companies carries Universal Music Germany under Germany, and MusicBrainz describes Universal Music GmbH as the group's German subsidiary |
<!--/relations-->

## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                       | country | source             | note                                                                                     |
| ---- | ------ | ----------------------------- | ------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|      | office | Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin | DE      | ^electrola-imprint | Postal address and seat of the managing director, as the company's own imprint states it |
<!--/establishments-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                              | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Universal Music GmbH              | legal  |        |      |       |
| Universal Music Deutschland       | name   | de     |      |       |
| Universal Music Group Deutschland | search |        |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref                 | url                                                                                                              | title                                                                        | accessed   | publisher             | kind         | published | record_id                            | locator                              | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| umde-site           | https://www.universal-music.de/                                                                                  | Universal Music Group Deutschland                                            | 2026-09-21 | Universal Music GmbH  | manufacturer |           |                                      | Home                                 |              |             |          |
| electrola-imprint   | https://www.electrola.de/legal/imprint                                                                           | Impressum Universal Music GmbH, Electrola                                    | 2026-09-21 | Universal Music GmbH  | manufacturer |           | HRB 158632 B                         | Anbieterkennzeichnung, Markenzeichen |              |             |          |
| umg-global          | https://www.universalmusic.com/global/                                                                           | Universal Music Group: Global, the group's companies and labels by territory | 2026-09-21 | Universal Music Group | manufacturer |           |                                      | Germany                              |              |             |          |
| musicbrainz-label   | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/label/a5c0753c-08d4-4b3e-8a7d-3eb59d2937c9?fmt=json&inc=aliases+url-rels+label-rels | MusicBrainz label a5c0753c: Electrola                                        | 2026-09-21 | MusicBrainz           | catalogue    |           | a5c0753c-08d4-4b3e-8a7d-3eb59d2937c9 | Life-span, label code, ownership     | CC0          |             |          |
| wikipedia-electrola | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrola                                                                          | Electrola – Wikipedia                                                        | 2026-09-21 | Wikipedia             | publication  |           |                                      | Lead, History                        | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Universal Music GmbH, which presents itself as Universal Music Group Deutschland, is the German recorded-music company of Universal Music Group.[^umde-site] The group's own list of its companies carries Universal Music Germany under Germany, together with the labels run there: Better Now Records, Chapter ONE, Deutsche Grammophon, Electrola, PIL x Ventura Records Germany, URBAN, Vertigo/Capitol Germany, Virgin Records Germany and Zeigeist.[^umg-global] The company is entered at the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg under HRB 158632 B, gives its address as Mühlenstraße 25, 10243 Berlin, carries the VAT number DE 815415456 and is represented by its managing director Frank Briegmann.[^electrola-imprint]

It has held the Electrola label since 2012, the year Universal Music Group's purchase of EMI's German operations brought EMI's German labels into the group.[^musicbrainz-label][^wikipedia-electrola] Its imprint states that, unless marked otherwise, the trademarks on its label sites — label names, logos and emblems in particular — are protected in favour of Universal Music GmbH.[^electrola-imprint]
<!--/about-->