List of independent UK record labels

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



0-9

 * 2 Tone Records
 * 3 Beat Records
 * 4AD

A

 * Acid Jazz Records
 * Alcopop! Records
 * All Saints Records
 * Ambush Reality
 * Andmoresound
 * Angel Air Records
 * Angular Recording Corporation
 * Argo Records (until 1957; sold to Decca and then PolyGram, now under Universal Music Group (UMG))
 * Attack
 * Audio Antihero
 * ATP Recordings
 * Aztec Records

B

 * Barely Breaking Even
 * Beggars Banquet Records
 * Bella Union
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Grand Central Records
 * Gringo Records
 * 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
 * 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
 * Lojinx
 * Loose Music
 * Lost Map Records
 * Low Life Records
 * LTM Recordings
 * LuckyMe

M

 * Magnet Records (until 1988; acquired by Warner Bros)
 * Major League Productions (MLP)
 * MAM Records
 * Market Square Records
 * Marrakesh Records
 * Marshall
 * Memphis Industries
 * Metalheadz
 * 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
 * Revealed Recordings
 * Revolver Records
 * Rephlex Records
 * Rhythm King
 * Rinse FM
 * Rise Above Records
 * Rob's Records
 * Rock Action Records
 * Rocket Girl
 * Ron Johnson Records
 * Rough Trade Records

S

 * Safari Records
 * Saga Entertainment
 * Sanctuary Records
 * 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
 * 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
 * Valentine Records
 * The Village Thing
 * Vinyl Solution
 * The Viper Label
 * Virgin Records (until 1992; sold to EMI, now under UMG)
 * Visible Noise

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)