List of independent UK record labels

This is a list of notable independent record labels based in the United Kingdom.

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• 2 Tone Records
• 3 Beat Records
• 4AD

A

• Acid Jazz Records
• Alcopop! Records
• All Saints Records
• Ambush Reality
• Angel Air Records
• Angular Recording Corporation
• Anhrefn Records
• Ankst
• Argo Records (until 1957; sold to Decca and then PolyGram, now under Universal Music Group (UMG))
• Armellodie Records
• Attack
• Audio Antihero
• ATP Recordings
• Aztec Records^[1]

B

• B-Unique Records
• Barely Breaking Even
• Beggars Banquet Records
• Bella Union
• Benbecula Records
• Best Before Records
• Big Life
• Big Scary Monsters Recording Company
• Blast First
• Bloody Chamber Music
• Blow Up Records
• Blue Dog Records
• Blue Room Released
• Blue Horizon
• Boy Better Know
• Breakbeat Kaos
• Bronze Records
• Brownswood Recordings
• Butterz

C

• Candid Records
• Captain Oi! Records
• Castle Communications
• Celtic Music
• Chemikal Underground
• Cherry Red
• Chiswick Records
• Chrysalis (1968–89; since 2016)
• Circle Records
• Circus Records
• Clay Records
• Cooking Vinyl
• Communion Music
• Convivium Records
• Crass Records
• Creation Records (1983-1999)
• Creeping Bent
• Creole
• Cult

D

• Damaged Goods Records
• Damnably
• Dance to the Radio
• Decca Records (until 1980; sold to PolyGram, now under UMG)
• Deceptive Records
• Defected Records
• Delphian Records
• Deltasonic
• Demon Music Group
• Dented Records
• Dharma Worldwide
• Dick Bros Record Company
• Different Recordings
• Dimension
• Dirty Hit
• DJM Records
• Document Records
• Do It Records
• Domino Recording Company
• Dramatico
• Dreamboat Records
• Drowned in Sound

E

• Earache
• The Echo Label
• E.G. Records
• Él
• Electric Honey
• Emerald Music
• EmuBands
• Erased Tapes Records

F

• Factory Records
• Falling A Records
• Fanfare Records
• Fantastic Plastic Records
• Fast Product
• Fat Cat Records
• Fellside Records
• Fence Records
• FFRR Records (Pete Tong-owned until 2011)
• Fierce Panda Records
• Fire Records
• Fledg'ling Records
• Fly Records
• FM Records
• FM-Revolver Records
• Food (until 1994; sold to EMI, folded into Parlophone)
• Fortuna Pop!
• Fresh Records
• Fruits de Mer Records
• Full Time Hobby

G

• Gargleblast Records
• Geoma Records
• Gimell Records
• Gingerbread Man Records (2023 Ed Sheeran used this label to Distribute Autumn Variations without Warner Music Group)
• Glass Records
• Go! Discs (until 1996; sold to PolyGram, now under UMG)
• Gondwana Records
• Good Soldier
• Good Vibrations (until 1982)
• Grand Central Records
• Gringo Recordsjames leyland kirby young
• Gut Records

H

• Hassle Records
• Heaven Records
• Heavenly Recordings
• Heist Or Hit Records
• Holy Roar Records
• Hope Recordings
• Hospital Records
• How Does It Feel to Be Loved?
• Hudson Records
• Hut Records
• Hyperdub
• Hyperion Records (until 2023; sold to UMG)

I

• Ignition Records
• IHT Records
• Ill Flava Records
• Imaginary Records
• Incus Records
• Independiente Records
• Infectious Music
• Invisible Hands Music
• Iona Records
• Irregular Records
• Island Records (until 1989; sold to Polygram, now under UMG)

J

• JAD Records
• Junior Aspirin Records
• Junior Boy's Own
• Jasmine Records
• Jeepster Records
• Jungle Records

K

• Kitchenware Records
• Kscope

L

• LAB Records
• Last Night From Glasgow
• Launchpad Records
• Leader Records
• The Leaf Label
• Lex Records
• Linn Records
• Lojinx
• Loose Music
• Lost Map Records
• Low Life Records
• LTM Recordings
• LuckyMe
• Lyte Records

M

• Magnet Records (until 1988; acquired by Warner Bros)
• Major League Productions (MLP)
• MAM Records
• Market Square Records
• Marrakesh Records
• Marshall
• Memphis Industries
• Metalheadz
• Mighty Atom Records
• Ministry of Sound (until 2016; sold to Sony Music (SME))
• Mo' Wax
• Moshi Moshi
• Mr Bongo Records
• Mukatsuku Records
• Music For Nations
• Mute Records

N

• Naim Edge
• Native Records
• Navigator Records
• Neat Records
• Network
• Nettwerk
• Never Fade Records
• Ninja Tune
• No Masters
• Nude
• Nuphonic

O

• Odd Box Records
• OddChild Music
• Olive Grove Records
• On the Fiddle
• One Little Indian Records
• Or Records
• Oriole Records (until 1965; bought by CBS, became CBS Records, now under SME)
• Outta Sight Records

P

• Peacefrog Records
• Peaceville Records
• Perfecto Records
• Pete Waterman Entertainment
• Phantasy Sound
• Pickled Egg Records
• Placid Casual
• Planet Mu
• Platform Records
• Play It Again Sam
• Polydor Records (1954–62; sold to PolyGram's predecessors, now under UMG)
• Postcard Records
• Probe Plus
• Proper Records
• Pye Records

R

• Radiant Future Records
• RareNoiseRecords
• Rak Records
• RAM Records
• Real World Records
• Recommended Records
• Recreational Records
• Red Girl Records
• Regent Records (UK)
• Relentless Records
• Repeat Records
• Revealed Recordings
• Revolver Records
• Rephlex Records
• Rhythm King
• Rinse FM#Rinse Recordings
• Rise Above Records
• Rob's Records
• Rock Action Records
• Rocket Girl
• Ron Johnson Records
• Rough Trade Records

S

• Safari Records
• Saga Entertainment
• Sanctuary Records (until 2012, acquired by BMG)
• Sarah Records
• Sain
• Suburban Base
• Setanta Records
• Shinkansen Records
• Silvertone Records (1980) (until 2017; acquired by Sony)
• SimG Records
• Situation Two
• Skam Records
• Skint Records
• Skinny Dog Records
• Sleep It Off Records
• Smalltown America
• Small Wonder Records
• Smash the House
• Snakes & Ladders Records
• Snapper Music
• Soma Quality Recordings
• Some Bizzare Records
• Song, by Toad Records
• Sonic Vista Music
• Sons Ltd.
• Southern Fried Records
• Southern Records
• Specialist Subject Records
• Standby Records
• Steel Tiger Records
• Stiff Records (until 2017; acquired by UMG)
• Stolen Recordings
• Street Soul Productions
• The Subway Organization
• Sunday Best
• Super Records
• Sweat It Out

T

• Tectonic (record label)
• Tempa Records
• Temple Records
• Text Records
• Third Mind Records
• Tidy Trax
• Tiger Aspect Productions
• Tigertrap Records
• Tin Angel Records
• Tiny Dog Records
• TNSrecords
• Too Pure
• Topic Records
• Touch Music
• Transatlantic Records
• Transcend Music
• Transgressive Records
• Trash Aesthetics
• Triumph Records (UK)
• Trepan Records
• Trend Records
• Tru Thoughts
• Trojan Records
• Truck Records
• Trunk Records
• Tumi Music

V

• V2 Records (until 2007, sold to PIAS Group in 2013 which is no longer a Indie label)
• Valentine Records
• The Village Thing
• Vinyl Solution
• The Viper Label
• Virgin Records (until 1992; sold to EMI, now under UMG)
• Visible Noise
• V/VM

W

• Wall of Sound
• Warp Records
• Whirlwind Recordings
• Wichita Recordings
• Willkommen Records
• Wiiija
• Woof Records
• World Circuit
• Wrath Records

X

• XL Recordings
• Xtra Mile Recordings

Y

• Young formerly Young Turks from 2006 – April 2021

Z

• Zoo Records
• ZTT Records (until 2017; acquired by UMG)

See also

• List of record labels
• List of electronic music record labels

References

1. Aztec Records | JMI.net