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Affordable background music for your business

Q: Can I play music for free in my business?

Only if nobody but you hears it. If customers or staff hear it, you are making the music public and you pay Buma/Stemra and Sena, also for the radio. A workspace where only staff hear the music only pays from three staff.

Q: Is the radio cheaper than a music service?

You save the subscription, but the Buma/Stemra and Sena fees remain. And you play other businesses' adverts. Read more about the radio or TV in your business.

Q: Does RadioMatic also work for an office, practice or gym?

Yes. RadioMatic works for every type of business, from shop and hospitality to office, waiting room, gym and swimming pool. You choose a separate atmosphere per space or location.

Updated 11 October 2026

Without a second bill Affordable background music for your business is music where you pay nothing to Buma/Stemra and Sena on top of the subscription. With RadioMatic that costs from € 29.99 a month.

What you pay now Put on the radio, Spotify or a business music service and you always pay those fees, on top of any subscription. What that is for you, you see below once you pick your type of business.

Why that falls away with us RadioMatic’s music is made entirely with AI. Buma/Stemra itself says that music made entirely by AI, without creative input from a person, does not qualify for copyright or payment. Sena can only collect for a recording that has been commercially released, and RadioMatic releases nothing. That is why you pay nothing to Buma and Sena with RadioMatic.

What it gets you

Work out what you pay for music now

Three questions, and you see what you now spend on Buma/Stemra, Sena and your music service.

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What kind of business do you have?

Legal music for your business, without a second bill

A station of your own. The best music in your business every day, and the station remembers your hits.
We handle your switch. After your trial we cancel Buma/Stemra, Sena and your old music service for you, free of charge. How the switching service works.
Just atmosphere music, or a complete business radio. With a presenter who talks about your business between the songs, if you want, and with Professional also news and your own adverts.
Works on what is already there. Sonos, Chromecast, a browser or the line-in of your amplifier.
14 days free. A reply within one working day and live in under ten minutes.

From € 29.99 per location per month. What you now pay Buma/Stemra and Sena goes, and so does your current music subscription.

Work out what you save Or have your Mijnlicentie invoice checked for free

What does music in your business really cost?

Music in a business almost always means two bills. The first is your music service, or nothing if you switch on the radio. The second is the payment to Buma/Stemra and Sena, for the creators and performers of the music. That second bill comes straight to you, through Mijnlicentie, and is often higher than the first.

Buma/Stemra usually charges by the square metres where the music can be heard. Sena charges some businesses per member of staff who hears the music, such as a shop or hair salon, and others per square metre. A shop of 200 m² with five staff pays € 608 a year together at the base tariff in 2026. A café or hair salon comes to a different amount. Work out at the top what it is for your business.

What are the options, and what do they cost?

Switching on the radio. No subscription, but the full Buma/Stemra and Sena fees. And between your tracks you hear other businesses advertising.

Spotify or another consumer subscription. Not allowed in a business, because the terms only permit personal use. Read why Spotify for business is not allowed.

A business music service. A subscription per location, with the Buma/Stemra and Sena fees on top. Always ask whether a quote includes them.

Royalty-free music. Buma/Stemra sometimes falls away, but since 2024 a Sena fee is generally still due. Read more about royalty-free music.

AI music from RadioMatic. From € 29.99 per location per month, and that is the whole bill. Because the music is made with AI, you pay no Buma/Stemra and no Sena.

For every type of business

The bill differs per type of business, because Buma/Stemra and Sena have different tables per sector. A supermarket or gym pays differently from an office or a waiting room. Work out at the top what you pay now, or see under music by industry what it costs for your business, from hair salon to swimming pool.

Where you often pay too much

The discount you lose. If you register yourself with Mijnlicentie and pay on time, you get up to 33.33% off. If you are late or only pay after an inspection, you pay the full tariff.

Comparing a subscription without the fees. A music service looks cheap until the Buma/Stemra and Sena bill is added. So always compare the subscription plus the fees.

Multiple locations. You pay the fees per location. For ten shops of 200 m² with five staff that comes to € 6,082 a year in 2026.

Tariffs: Buma/Stemra and Sena, tariff year 2026, base tariff, including the RAAP-PPI surcharge. Sources are on bumastemra.nl and sena.nl.

What it costs with us

With RadioMatic you pay from € 29.99 per location per month, excluding VAT, and that is all. Because the music is made with AI, there is no composer, lyricist or artist to collect for. So you pay no Buma/Stemra and no Sena. We set this out in our legal memorandum.

You get a station of your own for your business, with the best music every day in the style you choose. It works on the speakers already there, and the first 14 days are free.

Read the legal reasoning

Why RadioMatic is something other than a playlist or the radio

A business owner who wants music on the premises usually picks from three things. A playlist from a streaming service, an ordinary radio station, or a royalty-free music package. This is where they differ.

	Playlist	Ordinary radio	Royalty-free	RadioMatic
New music	Fixed list	Yes, but not your choice	Limited catalogue	New every day
Music that is yours alone	No	No	No	Yes, your own hits
Fits the time of day	Switch it yourself	No	Switch it yourself	Automatic
Names your business	No	No	No	Yes
Your own offers	No	Only if you buy advertising	No	Yes, with Professional, no studio
Local news and weather	No	Yes, the station’s	No	Yes, with Professional, your town
Other people’s adverts	No	Yes	No	No
Several locations	Set up per location	No	Set up per location	Yes, from one place, each with its own mood
Buma/Stemra and Sena	Payable	Payable	See the terms	Not payable

One more thing

Questions about affordable background music

What is the cheapest way to play music in my business?

Music for which you pay nothing to Buma/Stemra and Sena, because those fees are often the biggest cost. With RadioMatic you pay from € 29.99 per location per month, and nothing to Buma and Sena, because the music is made entirely with AI.

Can I play music for free in my business?

Is the radio cheaper than a music service?

Does RadioMatic also work for an office, practice or gym?

Ready to hear it for yourself?

Try RadioMatic free for 14 days. Your own station for your business, without Buma/Stemra and Sena, and cancel monthly if you pay monthly.

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