Spotify was founded in Sweden by Daniel Ek in 2006, a time when the music industry was ravaged by piracy. We thought that if people could access the music they want, when they want, many would be willing to pay for it and we could help give artists the opportunity to live off their art. We share the European Commission's goal of ensuring high standards of consumer protection.
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Spotify
Company · Sweden · EU Transparency Register 365747616583-15
2
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 665 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1210 companies & groups on this site, they rank #755 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€900K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2015
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Tech Alliance (EUTA)
- Digital Music Europe (DME) →
- DOT Europe →
- Amcham International
- Informal Marketplace Group (IMG) (V@T Policy)
- Coalition for App Fairness (CAF)
- Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Head office
- Stockholm, Sweden
- EU office
- Brussels
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Spotify filed 2 positions between 22 Nov 2017 and 24 Oct 2025, across 2 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2017 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
The European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment on Fairness in platform-to-business relations Response of Spotify Spotify AB welcomes the opportunity to provide this response to the Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment on Fairness in platform-to-business relations (“IIA”).
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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