51225 Record production and distribution

What code 51225 includes

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in record production and/or releasing, promoting and distributing sound recordings. These establishments contract with musical artists, arrange and finance the production of original master recordings, manufacture or arrange for the manufacture of recordings, and promote and distribute these products to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the public. They produce master recordings themselves, or obtain reproduction and/or distribution rights to master recordings produced by record production companies or other integrated record companies.

Classification Hierarchy

• Sector 51 — Information and cultural industries
• Subsector 512 — Motion picture and sound recording industries
• Industry group 5122 — Sound recording industries
• Industry 51225 — Record production and distribution