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# Be sure you’re getting the Mechanical Royalty Rate increase
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/2025-statutory-mechanical-royalty-rate-increase/
- Published: 2025-01-16T14:38:33.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-16T14:38:49.000Z
- Description: The mechanical royalty rate for physical and download formats has gone up to 12.7¢ in 2025. Make sure your licenses reflect the new rates and previous adjustments to avoid missing out.
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, COLA, music, music industry, musician, musicians, statutory mechanical roylaties, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

The mechanical royalty rate for physical and download formats has gone up to 12.7¢ in 2025\. Make sure your licenses reflect the new rates and previous adjustments to avoid missing out.

#### Be sure you’re getting the Mechanical Royalty Rate increase

*by [*CHRIS CASTLE*](https://musictechpolicy.com/author/editorfox/?ref=hypebot.com) via [Music Tech Policy](https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/01/14/confirm-your-mechanical-rates-have-escalated/?ref=hypebot.com)*

As you probably already know, the statutory [mechanical royalty rate for physical or downloads (not streaming) has increased as of January 1, 2025](https://www.hypebot.com/inflation-adjustment-for-physical-and-vinyl-mechanical-royalties-2025-estimate/). This means that all floating rate licenses (e.g., not subject to controlled comp rates) should have increased as of January 1, 2025 from 12.4¢ to 12.7¢ due to the Phonorecords IV cost of living adjustment. (And of course should have increased in prior PR IV years in 24.)

It’s probably just a glitch, but I understand that HFA hasn’t updated the 1/1/25 rates yet for “licensing out” in at least one instance. I’m inclined to believe that the issue is with the database and would not be a one-off, but I could be wrong. That suggests to me that every songwriter and publisher with either a newly issued license since 1/1/25 or a floating rate license in place during PR IV rate period (2023-2027) should probably confirm that the respective COLA escalations have been properly applied as of January 1 of 2024 and 2025\. I would imagine that this isn’t an isolated incident, but maybe it is. No reason to let grass grow, however.

[![mechanical royalty rate increase 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/musictechpolicy-com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hfa-emech-tool-w-1024.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/musictechpolicy-com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hfa-emech-tool.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

[2024-27819Download](https://www.hypebot.com/content/files/musictechpolicy-com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-27819.pdf)

And for reference, this is the rate for 2024 with the COLA adjustment.

[12-21-2023 Phono IV COLA correcting amendments – as publishedDownload](https://www.hypebot.com/content/files/musictechpolicy-com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/12-21-2023-phono-iv-cola-correcting-amendments-as-published.pdf)