Private company

Ingrooves

Music marketing and distribution company

Ingrooves Music Group (sometimes shortened to Ingrooves, and formerly stylized as INgrooves) was a global independent music marketing service and distribution company which provided custom services for artists and independent record labels, owned by Universal Music Group. They used proprietary distribution systems and focused on analytics and reporting technologies, as well as their own platform that artists and labels used to manage business.2 It was founded by Robb McDaniels.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1

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Ingrooves Music Group (sometimes shortened to Ingrooves, and formerly stylized as INgrooves) was a global independent music marketing service and distribution company which provided custom services for artists and independent record labels, owned by Universal Music Group. They used proprietary distribution systems and focused on analytics and reporting technologies, as well as their own platform that artists and labels used to manage business.2

Corporate structure

Ingrooves is part of a group headed by Universal Music Group. 188 entities, 32 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Ingrooves reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Robb McDaniels in 2002.1

Leadership

Who has led Ingrooves, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • Duck Down Music Inc.

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2012Acquired Fontana Distribution1

Timeline

  1. 2002Founded Founded1

Sources

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