List of Universal Music Group labels


owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.
According to the UMG official website, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Island Records, Mercury Records, Motown, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Records, Verve Label Group, and Virgin Records, as well as other UMG divisions.

Interscope Capitol Labels Group

Republic Corps

[Music Corporation of America]

Universal Music Latin Entertainment

Verve Label Group

Virgin Music Group

  • Caroline Records
  • Fiction Records
  • Fontana Records
  • Virgin Records
  • mtheory Artist Partnerships
  • PIAS Group|
  • A24 Music
  • Virgin Music Africa
  • Virgin Music Argentina
  • Virgin Music Australia
  • Virgin Music Benelux
  • Virgin Music Brasil
  • Virgin Music Chile
  • Virgin Music France
  • Virgin Music Germany
  • Virgin Music Italy
  • Virgin Music Japan
  • Virgin Music Latin US
  • Virgin Music Mexico
  • Virgin Music Nigeria
  • Virgin Music Nordics
  • Virgin Music Norway
  • Virgin Music Spain
  • Virgin Music Sweden
  • Virgin Music UK
  • Virgin Music US
  • SONO Music Group
  • Icon Entertainment
  • Lorimar Records

Universal Music Publishing Group

Universal Music Enterprises

  • Universal Chronicles
  • UM3
  • T-Boy Records
  • Urban Legends
  • Thump Records

Mercury Studios

Universal Music UK

Island EMI Label Group

Polydor Label Group

Universal Music France

Universal Music Japan

Universal Music Sweden

Other Universal Music Group national companies

Note: Universal Music Group companies around the world are generally licensed to use most of Universal Music Group's legacy labels, such as Polydor, Mercury, etc., as imprints for their local artist repertoire.

Under the EMI branding

Other labels

Third-party major labels distributed by Universal Music Group

Third-party national licensees

Defunct/dormant labels