General rate
Would you like to offer music in your employees' workplace, in the company restaurant or canteen, or at staff parties? Smart choice!
Would you like to offer music in your employees' workplace, in the company restaurant or canteen, or at staff parties? Smart choice! This is how you create a working environment in which your employees feel good and perform well. Unisono has customised licences for any music use in your business.
Discover our different rates:
- Rate for music in the workplace
- Rate for music in company restaurants and canteens
- Advantageous combination rate
- Maximum rates
- Rates for music at staff parties
Music in the workplace
Would you like to offer music in the workplace (offices, company halls, production rooms, etc.) of your employees? Great idea! This is how you realise the ideal conditions for driven and motivated employees! Apply for your licence quickly and easily online via MyUnisono.
The workplace is any place in which work is performed, regardless of whether this place is inside or outside your company, association or public service, and regardless of whether this place is in a room that is enclosed or not.
This is how we calculate your rate
The rate is determined per legal entity at the level of your company, association or public service. The basis of calculation for this is the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs). You can find the number on the unconsolidated balance sheet of the reference year -1.
Does your company, association or public service have fewer than 9 FTEs on its social balance sheet? Then this rate does not apply to you.
Alternative calculation of Fair Compensation
Does the number of FTEs recorded in the social balance sheet not correspond to the effective number of FTEs that have the possibility of listening to music in the workplace?
Then, for calculation of the Fair Compensation, you can choose a different method of calculation (see Art. 10 RD of 8/07/2018 on Fair Compensation). As an employer, you must then be able to adequately demonstrate the effective number of FTEs.
The amount of the Fair Compensation will be increased by 25% in that case.
Rate
|
Number FTE social balance 31.12.2024 |
COPYRIGHTS consumer price index 133,54 |
FAIR REMUNERATION consumer price index 133,54 |
|---|---|---|
| 9 to 10 | 157,09 € | 117,40 € |
| 11 to 25 | 282,72 € | 234,80 € |
| 26 to 50 | 544,53 € | 469,61 € |
| 51 to 100 | 607,34 € | 704,39 € |
| 101 to 200 | 1.151,87 € | 939,19 € |
| 201 to 500 | 2.408,44 € | 1.173,99 € |
| 501 to 1000 | 3.392,75 € | 1.408,80 € |
| Each additional 100 FTE | 261,79 € | 164,35 € |
Music in company restaurants and canteens
Would you like to play music in your company restaurant, canteens or rooms used as such? Smart choice! This way you can create a pleasant atmosphere during your employees’ break times. Apply for your licence quickly and easily online via MyUnisono.
This is how we calculate your rate
The calculation of royalties and Fair Compensation is not the same, but for both it is based on the number of m² of space used. We calculate the rate separately for each room or space in your business.
- For Authors' rights: we make the distinction between an audio (music only) or an audiovisual reproduction (image as well as music: e.g. TV).
- For Fair Remuniration: there is a single rate for audio only.
Surcharge: is the area larger than 100 m²? The base amount will be increased by 25% for each 100 m².
Does your company, association or public service have fewer than 9 FTEs on its social balance sheet? Then this rate does not apply to you.
Rate
| Sonorized surface | COPYRIGHT ROYALTIES consumer price index 133,54 |
|---|---|
| Up to 25m² | |
|
276,68 € |
| from 25,01m² to 50m² | |
|
415,01 € |
| from 50,01m² to 100m² | |
|
553,35 € |
Surcharge:
If the surface is larger than 100 m², the basic amount will be increased by 25% per commenced tranche of 100m² .
| Surface | FAIR REMUNERATION consumer price index 133,54 |
|
|---|---|---|
| from | to | |
| 0,01m² | 100m² | 183,43 € |
| 101m² | 200m² | 227,45 € |
| 201m² | 300m² | 271,48 € |
| 301m² | 400m² | 315,50 € |
| 401m² | 500 | 359,52 € |
| Each additional 100 m² | 44,02 € | |
Advantageous combination rate
Would you like to offer music to your employees both on the shop floor and in your company restaurant or canteen? Thanks to Unisono, you can then enjoy an advantageous combination rate.
This is how we calculate your rate
This rate is calculated according to the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) in your company, association or public service, as recorded in the social balance sheet.
Alternative calculation of Fair Compensation
Does the number of FTEs recorded in the social balance sheet not correspond to the effective number of FTEs that have the possibility of listening to music in the workplace?
Then, for calculation of the Fair Compensation, you can choose a different method of calculation (see Art. 10 RD of 8/07/2018 on Fair Compensation). As an employer, you must then be able to adequately demonstrate the effective number of FTEs.
The amount of the Fair Compensation will be increased by 25% in that case.
Does your company, association or public service have fewer than 9 FTEs on its social balance sheet? Then this rate does not apply to you.
Rate
|
Number FTE social balance 31.12.2024 |
COPYRIGHTS consumer price index 133,54 |
FAIR REMUNERATION consumer price index 133,54 |
| 9 to 10 | 366,50 € | 208,33 € |
| 11 to 25 | 471,23 € | 357,14 € |
| 26 to 50 | 816,76 € | 666,66 € |
| 51 to 100 | 984,32 € | 928,55 € |
| 101 to 200 | 1.570,71 € | 1.238,08 € |
| 201 to 500 | 2.617,86 € | 1.547,61 € |
| 501 to 1000 | 3.874,44 € | 1.857,12 € |
| Each additional 100 FTE | 628,28 € | 213,66 € |
Maximum rates
For all the above rates - music in the workplace, music in company restaurants and canteens, and the combination rate - there are a series of maximum amounts.
Your company, association or public service - regardless of its size - will therefore never pay more than the following maximum amounts:
|
Copyright royalties |
14.659,85 € (excl. VAT) |
| Copyright royalties (group registration) | 21.997,27 € (excl. VAT) |
| Fair Remuneration | 7.337,42 € (excl. VAT) |
All of the following rates are not included in the maximum amounts:
- Music at staff parties
- Telephone hold music
- Music on corporate websites
Staff parties
Do you celebrate wonderful moments, such as birthdays, retirement celebrations or an annual staff party, within your company, association or public service? Lovely! Add some extra punch to these celebrations with a dash of music!
Unisono offers the perfect licence on an annual basis for these too. You and your employees can then enjoy the best songs during these festive moments all year round, without any administrative hassle.
All events meeting the following conditions are covered by this licence:
- The event takes place in the rooms/premises or on the premises (e.g. car park) of your company, association or public service;
- The event is only open to staff members and their close relations (e.g. partners and immediate relatives);
- No live music will be played during the event (e.g. concerts and live performances)
- Admission to the event is free.
Please note that events that do not meet the above conditions are not covered by this annual agreement. To do so, apply for an additional licence via MyUnisono and choose the option 'Event'.
This is how we calculate your rate
This rate is calculated according to the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) in your company, association or public service, as recorded in the social balance sheet.
Alternative calculation of Fair Compensation
Does the number of FTEs recorded in the social balance sheet not correspond to the effective number of FTEs that have the possibility of listening to music in the workplace?
Then, for calculation of the Fair Compensation, you can choose a different method of calculation (see Art. 10 RD of 8/07/2018 on Fair Compensation). As an employer, you must then be able to adequately demonstrate the effective number of FTEs.
The amount of the Fair Compensation will be increased by 25% in that case.
Does your company, association or public service have fewer than 9 FTEs on its social balance sheet? Then this rate does not apply to you.
Rate
|
Number FTE social balance 31.12.2024 |
COPYRIGHTS consumer price index 133,54 |
FAIR REMUNERATION consumer price index 133,54 |
| 9 to 10 | 104,71 € | 88,04 € |
| 11 to 25 | 209,43 € | 124,74 € |
| 26 to 50 | 314,15 € | 234,80 € |
| 51 to 100 | 418,86 € | 381,54 € |
| 101 to 200 | 680,66 € | 528,30 € |
| 201 to 500 | 1.308,93 € | 1.262,04 € |
| 501 to 1000 | 1.884,86 € | 2.436,03 € |
| Each additional 100 FTE | 261,79 € | 220,12 € |