Annual report
GEMA as a reliable partner
In their annual report, the GEMA Managing Committee and Supervisory Board present the business results in 2024. An overview of the key figures and developments is included in our video. The detailed report is available to download. The detailed report is available in pdf format.
Report for download
The complete 2024 annual report (available in May)
Revenues and business results, development of membership numbers and concert data from the Song Economy platform from 2024
At a glance: 2024 balance sheet
Overview of all income (by categories) and expenses with comparative values from the 2023 financial year
“2024 was marked by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and disruptive technological developments. In this environment, GEMA has demonstrated stability – financially, organisationally and culturally. We were able to distribute over 1.13 billion euros to our members. This is not only an economic success, but an expression of our responsibility for music creators in Germany and worldwide.”Dr. Tobias Holzmüller, GEMA CEO
“We have a solid financial foundation. Despite inflation-related challenges, we were able to reduce the cost rate to 14.9%. We are not yet where we want to be in international comparison, but we are on the right track.”Lorenzo Colombini, GEMA CFO
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Total income: 1.332 billion euros
Record result for GEMA: The collective management organisation collected EUR 1.332 bn in 2024. The chart shows the allocation of the respective revenues across individual income categories.
GEMA pays out more than 1 billion euros
Reliable partner: GEMA is paying out EUR 1.133bn to its members and rightsholders all over the world. Once more, the distributable amount thus exceeds the one-billion-euro-threshold.
Additional facts & figures
Membership numbers & concert figures
Number of members: Almost 100,000 members have joined GEMA by 2024. You can find current concert figures from 2024 on the Song Economy data platform.
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How have GEMA's financial figures developed over the course of 10 years? How many new members have joined GEMA every year?
GEMA sues for fair compensation
GEMA is the first collecting society worldwide to file a lawsuit against a provider of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems that have used copyright-protected musical works to train their systems without having acquired licenses. Specifically, the two US companies in question are OpenAI and Suno AI.
