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GZ Media

Logo: gzmedia.com4

Czech record manufacturing company

GZ Media, named for the Czech Gramofonové Závody, which translates to Gramophone Record Factory, employs nearly 2,000 people, and runs its major operations in Loděnice in the Czech Republic. GZ Media is known as the world's largest vinyl manufacturer.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 20, 2005Founded1
  • Industrymusic industry1
  • HeadquartersLoděnice1
  • Websitewww.gzmedia.com
  • Legal formakciová společnost1
  • LEI315700GFPZWEW5IMJ9063
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressTovární 340, 267 12 Loděnice, Czechia3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, 273800683

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Loděnice, závod
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GZ Media, named for the Czech Gramofonové Závody, which translates to Gramophone Record Factory, employs nearly 2,000 people, and runs its major operations in Loděnice in the Czech Republic. GZ Media is known as the world's largest vinyl manufacturer.2

Corporate structure

GZ Media sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • GZ Media Loděnice, Czechia
    • PBtisk Subsidiary · 67% · Příbram I, Czechia
    • GZ Production, s.r.o. Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What GZ Media reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • GZ Production, s.r.o. 100%
  • PBtisk 67%

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Leadership

Who has led GZ Media, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Zdeněk Pelc2006–2013

Chair

  1. Zdeněk Pelc2006–now
2010201520202025

Products and brands

  • vinyl record

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Earthglobe Limited 82.7%

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

GZ Media employees by year11.1K in 2020−37% since 2015
05001.0K1.5K2.0K2015: 1.8K1.8K20152016: 1.1K1.1K2016−38%2017: 1.1K1.1K2017+2%2018: 1.2K1.2K2018+2%2019: 1.1K1.1K2019−2%2020: 1.1K1.1K2020−0%
  • 20201,1471
  • 20191,1501
  • 20181,1681
  • 20171,1481
  • 20161,1291
  • 20151,8191

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2014Renamed Name changed to GZ Media, a.s.1
  2. Nov 1, 2007Renamed Name changed to GZ Digital Media, a.s.1
  3. 2006New chief executive Zdeněk Pelc becomes CEO1
  4. Sep 20, 2005Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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    Company websiteGZ Media logo
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