Hamburg Music is Germany's first regional music business association and one of the largest in Europe with currently around 150 member companies. Hamburg Music thus represents companies and freelancers with more than 1,500 permanent employees, far more freelancers and an annual sales volume of all member companies of over €1 billion.
Hamburg Music was founded in March 2004 as the "Interessengemeinschaft Hamburger Musikwirtschaft" (Hamburg Music Industry Interest Group) with the purpose of promoting and helping to shape Hamburg as a location for music and the music industry. We are the network of the music industry in Hamburg. The basic goal is to create structural conditions for successful and independent business in the field of music by means of networking, public relations and lobbying.
The Market Entry Programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises is a funding programme of the: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, and Mittelstand Global
The Market Entry Programme commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is implemented by: Germany Trade & Invest