What OneMusic actually costs your venue in 2026
OneMusic publishes its rates, so this page has no estimates — only their numbers, ours, and a calculator. Short version: a café seating 7–15 pays A$1,000.20 a year for background music (the rate for 1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027) before subscribing to any music service. Oktava replaces both lines with A$290 a year.
Right now: about A$1,300.20–1,420.20 a year (OneMusic licence + a music service).
With Oktava: A$290 a year. That's the whole bill.
You keep A$1,010.20–1,130.20 a year.
Based on OneMusic's public rate: Gold package, 7–15 seats, A$1,000.20 a year (Background Music for Dining) — plus a music service at A$300–420 a year.
Radio and Spotify are repertoire music — with them playing, the OneMusic line applies today. Spotify's own terms forbid commercial use of consumer accounts.
Gym or fitness studio? OneMusic prices background music for fitness at A$1.65 per member a year, minimum A$268.89 — see the OneMusic fitness fee guide.
Rates: the official OneMusic Dining rate card and Retail & Service Providers rate card (July 2026 guides), tariff period 1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027. Rates checked: August 2026. Updated whenever the tariffs are revised.
The table behind the calculator
| Dining area capacity, seats | Gold — streaming | Silver — BGM supplier, any devices | Bronze — broadcast radio/TV only |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–15 | A$1,000.20 | A$431.12 | A$258.67 |
| 16–30 | A$1,356.59 | A$787.51 | A$327.65 |
| 31–50 | A$1,931.41 | A$1,356.59 | A$563.32 |
| 51–100 | A$1,994.64 | A$1,425.57 | A$592.07 |
| 101+ | A$2,069.37 | A$1,500.29 | A$620.81 |
Background Music for Dining — OneMusic's official rate card (July 2026 guide), annual fees incl. GST, tariff period 1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027. Six or fewer seats fall under the Retail & Service Providers scheme instead (priced by floor area — table below). Venues open fewer than 150 days a year get 50% off the package rate. OneMusic's own worked examples: a 12-seat café on streaming pays the Gold 7–15 rate — A$1,000.20; a 45-seat restaurant — A$1,931.41.
| Retail area, m² | Gold — streaming | Silver — BGM supplier, any devices | Silver Lite — BGM supplier, one device | Bronze — broadcast radio/TV only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–50 | A$666.33 | A$190.38 | A$178.48 | A$103.88 |
| 51–150 | A$773.43 | A$297.46 | A$243.93 | A$109.99 |
| 151–500 | A$922.16 | A$446.21 | A$297.46 | A$116.11 |
| 501–1,000 | A$1,368.37 | A$892.42 | A$594.95 | A$165 |
| 1,001–2,000 | A$1,665.84 | A$1,189.89 | A$773.43 | A$244.44 |
| 2,001–5,000 | A$2,558.25 | A$2,082.30 | A$1,130.39 | A$458.33 |
| 5,001–7,500 | A$3,153.20 | A$2,677.23 | A$1,487.35 | A$611.10 |
| 7,501–10,000 | A$3,450.67 | A$2,974.71 | — | — |
| 10,001–15,000 | A$4,045.60 | A$3,569.64 | — | — |
| 15,001–20,000 | A$4,640.55 | A$4,164.60 | — | — |
| 20,001+ | A$6,425.37 | A$5,949.41 | — | — |
Background Music for Retail & Service Providers — OneMusic's official rate card (July 2026 guide), annual fees incl. GST, tariff period 1 Sep 2026 – 31 Aug 2027. Silver Lite and Bronze have a single tier for everything over 5,000 m². A 38 m² hair salon on a streaming service falls under the Gold 1–50 m² tier — A$666.33 a year.
| Category | Annual rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Gym / fitness, background music | A$1.65 per member (minimum A$268.89) | OneMusic fitness fee guide |
All figures are from OneMusic's official rate cards for the tariff period 1 September 2026 – 31 August 2027. Venues that avoid PPCA repertoire (Partial Rights Music) get 48.25% off the figures above — that's OneMusic's discount for their own licensees, on their own repertoire.
Why Oktava isn't in these tables
OneMusic licenses the combined repertoire of APRA AMCOS and PPCA, and the tables above price access to that repertoire. The Oktava catalog is original work the service creates itself and sits outside both, so there is no OneMusic category for it: for our catalog, there is nothing to license. The named certificate and the playback log in your dashboard document exactly that.
The scope matters. If you also play radio, TV, Spotify or live music, OneMusic still applies to that — the exemption is about what's actually playing, not about your venue as such. Many venues keep it simple: Oktava on the speakers, nothing else.
Questions, answered
Are these OneMusic's real numbers?
Yes — both tables are OneMusic's official rate cards from the Dining and Retail & Service Providers fee guides (July 2026), for the tariff period 1 September 2026 – 31 August 2027, linked under the calculator. The fitness figure comes from OneMusic's Fitness Centre fee guide: background music at A$1.65 per member a year, minimum A$268.89.
What's the catch with "outside the repertoire"?
The promise is catalogue-scoped: no license is needed for the Oktava catalog, because it isn't in the APRA AMCOS or PPCA repertoire. The moment radio or Spotify comes on, OneMusic's tables apply again. Your playback log shows which of the two is true in your venue.
Does the 48% PPCA-free discount apply to Oktava?
No — it's OneMusic's discount for their own licensees who avoid PPCA repertoire. Oktava venues don't need the OneMusic license at all for our catalog, so there's nothing to discount.
This information is provided for general reference and is not legal advice.