Number of record labels in Italy 2021, by region

In 2021, Italian record labels concentrated in few regions. As of June 2021, the greatest number of labels was in Lombardy (393), Lazio (219), and Emilia-Romagna (205). This can be associated with the number of record stores in Italy, mainly located in these three regions and also in Veneto and Piedmont.Death of physical music?The activities of record labels and record stores are often related to the market of physical music in general. In 2019, while the value of the Italian music streaming market reached about 121 million euros, the market value of physical music decreased to 53 million euros. Record labels and music streaming: global overviewThe business of record labels must not be considered as opposite to the music streaming industry. Record companies had to differentiate their business in order to generate revenues, aside from physical music. Globally, big record labels like Universal, Sony or Warner had significant market shares in the streaming sector and the revenues generated from streaming increased from 1.8 to 4.3 billion U.S. dollars only in the years between 2015 and 2017.

于2021年，意大利唱片公司主要集中在少数几个地区。截至2021年6月，伦巴第（393家）、拉齐奥（219家）和艾米利亚-罗马涅（205家）的唱片公司数量最多。这一现象可以与意大利唱片店的数量相联系，这些唱片店主要分布在这三个地区，以及威尼托和皮埃蒙特地区。物理音乐的终结？唱片公司和唱片店的经营活动通常与一般物理音乐市场息息相关。2019年，尽管意大利音乐流媒体市场的价值达到了约1.21亿欧元，但物理音乐市场的价值却降至5300万欧元。唱片公司与音乐流媒体：全球概览唱片公司的业务不应被视为与音乐流媒体行业对立。为了创造收入，唱片公司必须区分其业务范围，除了物理音乐之外。在全球范围内，如环球、索尼或华纳等大型唱片公司，在流媒体领域的市场份额显著，且仅从2015年至2017年，流媒体带来的收入就从18亿美元增长至43亿美元。