Streaming background music for cafes and coffee shops

Find the perfect music for your coffee shop in the world's largest commercial catalog.

Background music that works for your café
  • 100 million songs licensed for coffee shops

    100 million songs licensed for coffee shops

    The most music for the best playlists. Create your own or pick from 1,000+.

  • Scheduling and other business features

    10%+ potential sales increase

    10%+ potential sales increase

    Read how businesses like yours used Soundtrack to blow past targets.

  • Scheduling and other business features

    Scheduling and other business features

    So you can focus on running the café, not managing the music.

Trusted by thousands of businesses around the world to get the music right

Music makes the first impression. Then the benefits really come.

Bring customers in

A couple walking down the street hear music drifting out from your café. It strikes a chord and makes them glance inside. The music fits what they see. They decide that your coffee shop is worth a visit.

Keep them around...

As the pair walks to the counter to order, they see different types of people who somehow all seem to belong. The music adds to the welcoming, relaxing, and unique environment. They planned to grab coffee and quickly be on their way, but hearing the music makes them pause long enough to see the pastries in the display, and take it all in.

...and coming back

The man tells his partner that he likes the song. Within seconds, your barista has emailed it to him. And that’s when the couple decide to be regulars.

Your guests care about the music. So should you.

83.9%

notice the background music in coffee shops

62.4%

think it’s important for a café to play music they like

40.8%

stay longer in a business when they like the music

MRC Data (formerly Nielsen Music), September 2021. Background Music: the Untapped Promotional Avenue for Music.

Read the studies here

Most popular music for cafés & coffee shops

“I love how I can schedule my music for a week to a month at a time, and this way I don't have to worry about the music that will be playing...”

Brenda,
Mr. An’s Teppan Steak Seafood Sushi Bar 
Arizona, United States

“This was the easiest way I found to be able to play copyrighted music in our restaurant and bar. Huge selection of music with the royalties taken care of automatically.”

John,
Pahrump Valley Winery
Neveda, United States

“We like the way it works and it is easy to use. We have a rotation system among the waiters and it was important to have an easy-to-use system.”

Markus,
Kis Rigó Vendéglő
Pilisszentlászló, Hungary

“It's exactly what I have been looking for!”

Samuel,
Luciano's
Lancing, Tennessee

“An abundant selection of songs, easy and user friendly app, good hit of suggestions.”

Sam,
Fresh 'n' fine
Berkshire, United Kingdom

“For me as a chef, it’s important to offer the same experience to all guests every day. Soundtrack is the perfect tool for me to do that.”

Jan Andersson,
Restaurant Owner at Kung Carl,
Stockholm, Sweden

“Problem free, vast catalog & variety”

TIKI Gril
Flagstaff, Arizona

"Convenient way to make sure the artists are getting paid for their work and a very good selection of songs."

Marc
The Office Bistro
Irvington, United States

"Amazing customer service. The team is great to work with and quick to respond. Douglas is a great company rep also! Thank you for the wonderful service!"

Stephanie McCombs
McMenamins Inc
Bend, OR, United States

“An abundant selection of songs, easy and user friendly app, good hit of suggestions.”

Fresh 'n' fine
Berkshire, United Kingdom

Play only the music you want with tools that make it easy

Whether you love putting together playlists or you’d rather leave the work to Soundtrack, it's easy to find the right background music.

You get more songs than even many personal streaming services offer, and unlike our competitors, you can play any of them. And they're all legal for your café.

    • Search by song or artist to create playlists from over 100 million songs

    • Add or remove songs from Soundtrack playlists to make them your own

    • Import any Spotify playlist and legally play it in your café

    • Pick from more than 560 Soundtrack playlists, with dozens designed for cafés

    • Type a name and get a playlist based on that artist – it’s that simple

    • Click on mood words and genres to get a custom station for your café

    • Drag playlists into a calendar to schedule for rush and slow times

    • Keep your café family-friendly with an explicit-lyrics filter

    • Log in from anywhere to see and control what’s playing

    • Connect with customers by sharing songs in seconds

Features overview

Pricing

Soundtrack

Essential

Thousands of playlists and stations. It's licensed music for your business made easy.

Includes:

  • Licenses for business use

  • 1,000+ Soundtrack playlists

  • Thousands of artist playlists

  • Custom stations built for your brand

  • Drag-and-drop scheduling

  • Explicit lyric filter

/ per zone and month

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No credit card required.

Soundtrack

Unlimited

Play whatever, whenever, legally. Make your own playlists from any songs in the catalog.

Everything in Essential plus:

  • Play exactly what you want

    Take any songs from our massive catalog and turn them into playlists

  • Save time by editing what’s already there

    Add or remove songs from the 1,000+ ready-made playlists to make them yours

  • Make your Spotify playlists legal

    Just drag them into the app to legally play them in your business

  • Play offline

    Licenses to store and play music offline

/ per zone and month

Bill monthlyBill annually

Try Soundtrack risk-free for 14 days.

No credit card required.

Soundtrack

Enterprise

Support and service designed for businesses with 20 or more zones.

Everything in Essential or Unlimited plus:

  • Assisted onboarding

  • Priority support

  • Billing options

  • Dedicated account manager

  • SAML / SSO

  • Curation

    The opportunity to purchase music curation services from our music team

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