Kobalt Music Group
A London-based music publishing administrator, majority-owned via a March 2026 Primary Wave Music acquisition, that signed a global representation deal with Lagos publisher Inner Circle Publishing in November 2025.
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2000
- Founder
- Willard Ahdritz
- Website
- kobaltmusic.com
Kobalt Music Group Limited is a London-registered music publishing and rights technology company, incorporated on 21 June 2000 (company number 04018752) and registered at 5th Floor, Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane, London SE1 2HB. It was founded by Willard Ahdritz and is led by chief executive Laurent Hubert. Kobalt describes itself as a publishing administrator rather than a traditional publisher, and operates AMRA, a global digital collection vehicle.
Francisco Partners took a controlling interest in September 2022. Primary Wave Music agreed to acquire the company in March 2026, and the UK register records a change in Kobalt’s persons with significant control on 7 July 2026.
Kobalt signed a publishing deal with the Lagos company Inner Circle Publishing in November 2025. Neither party disclosed the structure, term or territory of that arrangement.