Spotify Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2006

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Public

  • Employees
  • 7,372

Employees

  • Stock Symbol
  • SPOT

Stock Symbol

  • Investments
  • 42

  • Share Price
  • $501.50
  • (As of Thursday Closing)

Spotify General Information

Description

Spotify is the leading global music streaming service provider, with over 600 million monthly active users and 250 million paying subscribers, with the latter comprising the firm's premium segment. most of the firm's revenue and nearly all its gross profit come from the subscribers, who pay a monthly fee to access a very comprehensive music library that consists of most of the most popular songs ever recorded, including all from the major record labels. The firm also sells separate audiobook subscriptions and integrates podcasts within its standard music app. Podcast content is not exclusive and is typically free to access on other platforms. Ad-supported users can access a similar music catalog but cannot customize a similar on-demand experience.

Contact Information

Website
www.spotify.com
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Corporate Office
  • Regeringsgatan 19
  • 111 53 Stockholm
  • Sweden
Primary Industry
Entertainment Software
Other Industries
Application Software
Movies, Music and Entertainment
Stock Exchange
NYS
Vertical(s)
AudioTech
Corporate Office
  • Regeringsgatan 19
  • 111 53 Stockholm
  • Sweden

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Spotify Stock Performance

As of 23-Jan-2025, Spotify’s stock price is $501.50. Its current market cap is $101B with 202M shares.

(As of Thursday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$501.50 $493.56 $210.34 - $510.84 $101B 202M 2.59M $3.80

Spotify Financials Summary

As of 30-Sep-2024, Spotify has a trailing 12-month revenue of $16.4B.

In Thousands,
USD
TTM 30-Sep-2024 FY 2023 31-Dec-2023 FY 2022 31-Dec-2022 FY 2021 31-Dec-2021
EV 70,141,768 34,566,392 13,418,483 43,112,823
Revenue 16,377,300 14,334,253 12,329,804 11,430,463
EBITDA 739,592 (464,210) (197,664) 491,836
Net Income 760,197 (575,664) (452,103) (40,198)
Total Assets 11,786,584 9,225,667 8,188,828 8,118,023
Total Debt 1,994,773 1,874,758 1,804,845 2,016,485
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Spotify Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
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Spotify Comparisons

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Employees
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Spotify is the leading global music streaming service provider, with over 600 million monthly active users and 250 milli
Entertainment Software
Stockholm, Sweden
7,372 As of 2024

Seattle, WA
 

Berlin, Germany
 
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Spotify Competitors (3)

One of Spotify’s 3 competitors is Napster, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Seattle, WA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Napster Venture Capital-Backed Seattle, WA
SoundCloud Private Equity-Backed Berlin, Germany
Amazon.com Formerly VC-backed Seattle, WA
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Spotify Patents

Spotify Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-12114047-B1 Skipping to playback positions in media content using seek guides Active 25-Aug-2023
US-20250030902-A1 Systems and methods for automatically organizing narrated media content based on a media description file Pending 21-Jul-2023
US-12137148-B1 System and method for estimating a long-term effect in the presence of unobserved confounding Active 13-Jul-2023
US-20250016415-A1 Systems and methods for providing scrollable feeds media content Pending 07-Jul-2023
US-20240414417-A1 Systems, methods and computer products for dynamic segment resolution and transferring dynamic-segment metadata across media playback devices Pending 07-Jun-2023 H04N21/845
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Spotify Signals

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Spotify Investments & Acquisitions (42)

Spotify’s most recent deal was a Seed Round with Atla. The deal was made on 07-Dec-2023.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Atla 07-Dec-2023 Seed Round Software Development Applications
Pockit 03-Aug-2023 Later Stage VC Financial Software
Kinzen 05-Oct-2022 Merger/Acquisition Business/Productivity Software
Heardle 12-Jul-2022 Merger/Acquisition Application Software
Sonantic 11-Jul-2022 Early Stage VC Communication Software
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Spotify ESG

Risk Overview

Risk Rating

Updated August, 14, 2024

22.25 | Med Risk

Risk Scale

A lower score indicates better sustainability

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0-10

Low

10-20

Med

20-30

High

30-40

Severe

40+

Exposure

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Management

Management is related to actions taken to manage ESG issues

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Spotify Exits (6)

Spotify’s most recent exit was on 12-Jul-2022 from Heardle. The exit was categorized as .

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Heardle 12-Jul-2022 Completed
Session (Brazil) 18-Nov-2021 Completed
  • 2 buyers
SoundBetter 12-Sep-2019 Completed
Soundtrap 17-Nov-2017 Completed
YPlan 04-Jun-2013 Early Stage VC Completed
  • 13 buyers
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Affiliates

Subsidiaries (13)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Sonantic London, United Kingdom 2018
Kinzen Dublin, Ireland 2017
Chartable New York, NY 2017
Parcast Los Angeles, CA 2016
Mediachain New York, NY 2016
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Spotify FAQs

  • When was Spotify founded?

    Spotify was founded in 2006.

  • Where is Spotify headquartered?

    Spotify is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • What is the size of Spotify?

    Spotify has 7,372 total employees.

  • What industry is Spotify in?

    Spotify’s primary industry is Entertainment Software.

  • Is Spotify a private or public company?

    Spotify is a Public company.

  • What is Spotify’s stock symbol?

    The ticker symbol for Spotify is SPOT.

  • What is the current stock price of Spotify?

    As of 23-Jan-2025 the stock price of Spotify is $501.50.

  • What is the current market cap of Spotify?

    The current market capitalization of Spotify is $101B.

  • What is Spotify’s current revenue?

    The trailing twelve month revenue for Spotify is $16.4B.

  • Who are Spotify’s competitors?

    Napster, SoundCloud, and Amazon.com are competitors of Spotify.

  • What is Spotify’s annual earnings per share (EPS)?

    Spotify’s EPS for 12 months was $3.80.

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