Grants for music publishing
In brief
A music publisher can finance their activity through grants from the National Music Centre (CNM), the tax credit for music publishing expenses, and creation grants from the CNC. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this trade, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
The grants listed here are run by the National Music Centre (CNM), the CNC, and the Ministry of Culture, for music publishing as distinct from sound recording production.
Several schemes (economic development, restructuring, sound recording production) are shared with sound recording production: if your activity is mainly production, the dedicated sound recording production page may be a better fit.
The tax credit for music publishing expenses and the sound recording tax credit are the two schemes with the highest maximum amount listed for this trade.
Run a personalised scan to identify the public grants and funding your company may be able to access.
What projects are covered?
CNM grants finance the editorial and economic development of music publishing houses, as well as the publishing of contemporary music.
Tax credits finance music publishing and production expenses incurred by the business.
What amount can be obtained?
Observed amounts range from €15,000 for a production grant to €2,300,000 for the sound recording tax credit.
The amount actually granted depends on your project, the scheme's rules, and the decision of the funding body.
How do you identify the funding suited to your business?
Since several schemes are shared with sound recording production, a manual selection requires clearly distinguishing your publishing activity from a production activity.
The Capital OS scan automatically cross-references these criteria with all referenced public grants, to identify those that genuinely apply to you:
- The nature of your activity (publishing, production)
- Your music publishing expenses
Public grants for music publishing
Crédit d'impôt pour dépenses de production d'œuvres phonographiques
Ministère de la Culture, Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté Industrielle, Energétique et Numérique
Up to €2,300,000
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
Aide à la restructuration économique
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €200,000
Aide au développement économique
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €100,000
Aide à l'édition de musique contemporaine
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €45,000
Aide au développement éditorial
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €25,000
Aide à la production phonographique
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €15,000
Crédit d’impôt pour dépenses d’édition d’œuvres musicales
Ministère de la Culture
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
Human-validated links (AideTagLink, VALIDATED status only — unreviewed proposals are never shown here). Sorted by amount, highest first (then by internal identifier to break ties between the many identical titles). 1 additional grant(s) linked but currently closed, not listed.
Frequently asked questions about grants for music publishing
What public grants exist for a music publisher?
There are 7 open schemes listed for this trade on Capital OS, run by the National Music Centre, the CNC, and the Ministry of Culture.
The full list is shown above on this page, with the funder and the maximum amount for each grant where known.
Is my business eligible for these grants?
It depends on each scheme, and on the boundary between your publishing activity and any sound recording production activity.
This page does not presume your business's eligibility; a personalized diagnostic checks it against your actual criteria.
How do you apply for this type of grant?
The process is carried out directly with the National Music Centre or the CNC for most schemes, or via a tax return for tax credits.
A personalized diagnostic first identifies the schemes that are genuinely relevant to your business, before you start the process.
This sector may match yours
Check the grants suited to your company
This page lists the schemes associated with this sector. The personalised report applies your real criteria — industry, size, location, project — before drawing any conclusion on eligibility.
See the opportunities identified by the scan, then access your personalised report.