- Epidemic Group named as a Financial Times Long-Term Growth Champion for its sustained revenue growth over the past decade, with a CAGR of 49.68%
- Placing 8th in the IT & Software category and 2nd among companies in Sweden, Epidemic has grown by developing AI-powered tools and platforms, while continuing to invest in human-made music and work with world-class artists
- As Epidemic Group, the company is expanding beyond music with new AI-powered creative tools and the acquisitions of Plenty Labs and Blenda Labs
Stockholm, Sweden, November 3, 2026 – Epidemic Group, the global creative platform on a mission to reimagine storytelling through music, sound, video, and AI, has been recognized on the Financial Times' list of Europe's Long-Term Growth Champions 2027 for its sustained revenue growth between 2015 and 2025 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.68%. The company placed 2nd among companies in Sweden and 8th in the IT & Software category.
2026 marked a transformational year for Epidemic Group as it continued its evolution from soundtracking into a global creative platform spanning music, sound, video and AI. The Group expanded its portfolio with Plenty Labs, an AI-native creative platform, and Blenda Labs, a next-generation video entertainment company combining AI-driven workflows with human creative direction.
Epidemic Sound continued to develop its core soundtracking offering. It brought Studio, its AI-powered soundtracking workflow launched in 2025, natively into Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, and launched Soundproof, an audio recognition service that helps brands find, fix, and prevent music copyright risk in their content.
Recognition as a Long-Term Growth Champion for the third consecutive year follows acknowledgement on the Financial Times' 2026 list of Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies, highlighting the company's ability to grow at pace over a sustained period of time.
