Who are Spotify’s competitors?
Spotify names 4 companies as competitors in its latest annual report, on 2 fronts. 1 companies name Spotify back.
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Spotify's named rivals are defined by what they own around audio
Spotify names four competitors and sorts them two ways: big tech with devices, and large internet companies with brand recognition. Alphabet and Amazon appear in both groups. The list is less about who has a catalog and more about who owns the places where listening starts.
The device front makes this plain. Apple, Alphabet and Amazon have built devices where their audio services are "preloaded or may also be set as the default providers". Their fiscal 2025 revenue was $416.2 billion, $402.8 billion and $716.9 billion. Meta, in the brand group, had $201.0 billion. For these companies, audio is one offer among many.
Sirius XM names Spotify too, among streaming services that compete with it. Its revenue was $8.6 billion. So here is the idea to repeat: Spotify competes for a choice that its largest rivals can often make for the listener before the listener makes it.
Where Spotify says it competes
“Some of our competitors, including Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon, have developed, and are continuing to develop, devices for which their audio streaming services are preloaded or may also be set as the default providers”
“Large internet companies with strong brand recognition, such as Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon”
Who names Spotify as a competitor
“Streaming and on-demand services, including Amazon Prime, Apple Music, Spotify, TikTok and YouTube, compete with our SiriusXM and Pandora services.”
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Who are Spotify's competitors?
In its annual report for fiscal 2025, Spotify names 4 competitors across 2 fronts: big tech competitors with devices and large internet companies with brand recognition. 20-F for fiscal 2025
Which companies name Spotify as a competitor?
1 companies in our coverage name it in their own annual reports: Sirius XM.
What are the alternatives to Spotify?
The companies Spotify itself names as competitors are listed above, front by front, each in its own report’s words. Which matters for a given buyer depends on the job, not the list.
What would it actually cost a challenger to take your customer?
Sources: Spotify’s annual report for fiscal 2025; the annual reports of the companies that name it; each company’s financial data as reported to the SEC; Stratrix Decision Records. Analysis and data, not advice.
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