Knowledge base
Music in your business, explained.
The questions business owners ask us, with the 2026 tariffs and the source underneath. No sales talk: where the answer is that you have to pay, it says so.
Streaming services in your business
- Can you use Spotify in a business?No, and here is why — plus what it costs you if you do it anyway.
- Can you use Spotify in a bar or restaurant?No. And what lands on your doormat is not a fine, but something else.
- AI music for business: how does it work?What it is, why no levies attach to it, and what to watch out for.
The Buma and Sena bill
- You received a letter from Mijnlicentie. Now what?What that letter is, what your options are, and why ignoring it costs most.
- What is the difference between Buma, Stemra and Sena?Three names, two bills, and one misunderstanding that costs money.
- Cancelling Buma/Stemra: can you, and how?Only if you stop playing the music you are paying for. Here is how.
- Playing music without Buma/Stemra and SenaWhich routes exist, what they really cost, and which one holds up.
- Royalty-free music for commercial use: what does it mean?The word covers three different things. One of them does not help you.
Music by type of space
- Playing music in your shop: what is allowed and what does it cost?What it costs per square metre, and why the second bill is the surprise.
- Music in hospitality: what is allowed and what does it cost?The highest tariff of all categories, and why the terrace counts.
- Music in the waiting room: what fits and what is allowed?For dentists, physiotherapists and GPs — for privacy, not just atmosphere.
- Music in the gym: what is allowed and what does it cost?Fitness has its own category, and group classes are counted separately.
- Music on the terrace: what is allowed and what does it cost?Outside counts towards the tariff, and the council looks at something else.
Providers and what they cost
- What does Tunify cost? And why is it called Soundtrack now?The published tariffs, and why the levies still come on top.
- What does Mood Media cost?No Dutch tariffs published. What is publicly available.