The Local Sound Recording InitiativeA statewide example

Oregon, mapped

Every live music room, festival, recording studio and music business we could find in Oregon, each checked against its own source.

4,716

jobs supported

about 4,000 to 6,800

$573 million

economic impact a year

$484 to $821 million

7.6 million

estimated annual attendance

visits to shows, 5.8 million to 12.0 million

The venue directory’s estimate, from each room’s size and how often it has music. A work in progress. How it’s worked out.

Counted through 15 October 2026: 879 live music rooms · 546 festivals, concert series and fairs · 99 recording studios · 310 music businesses, in 181 towns and 35 of Oregon’s 36 counties. Studios and businesses count those read on their own websites so far.

766 of the 879 live music rooms have an address and are on the map, with 544 of 546 festivals, concert series and fairs, 97 of 99 recording studios and 308 of 310 music businesses. Home and project studios, and businesses without a public address, sit at their town’s center, never at a home. Places close together gather into a count until you zoom in. For every room’s details, open the full live map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, served by OpenFreeMap.

What the federal numbers miss

The Census Bureau’s 2023 county files list 17 recording studios in Oregon with paid staff, and 620 one-person sound recording businesses that they count but never name.

This map names 99 recording studios, each read on its own website, and places 97 of them. Most of Oregon’s music economy is small businesses and self-employed people that the federal tables can’t see one by one. Counting them place by place is what this map does.

Region by region

Eleven regions, each with its own snapshot and map: the estimate for its rooms, its festivals, studios and businesses, and the federal numbers for its counties.

Portland Metro

Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington counties

1,505 jobs$210 milliona year

2.9 million estimated annual attendance

98 rooms · 113 festivals · 69 studios · 158 businesses

Region snapshot

Willamette Valley

Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk, Yamhill counties

1,374 jobs$160 milliona year

2.1 million estimated annual attendance

318 rooms · 171 festivals · 14 studios · 62 businesses

Region snapshot

Central Oregon

Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson counties

557 jobs$61.2 milliona year

767,000 estimated annual attendance

96 rooms · 42 festivals · 3 studios · 32 businesses

Region snapshot

North Coast

Clatsop, Tillamook counties

123 jobs$13.4 milliona year

203,000 estimated annual attendance

50 rooms · 33 festivals · 0 studios · 7 businesses

Region snapshot

Central Coast

Lincoln county

153 jobs$17.7 milliona year

237,000 estimated annual attendance

44 rooms · 26 festivals · 1 studios · 4 businesses

Region snapshot

South Coast

Coos, Curry counties

130 jobs$14.7 milliona year

186,000 estimated annual attendance

42 rooms · 28 festivals · 2 studios · 7 businesses

Region snapshot

Rogue Valley

Jackson, Josephine counties

403 jobs$44.6 milliona year

552,000 estimated annual attendance

67 rooms · 42 festivals · 5 studios · 20 businesses

Region snapshot

Umpqua Valley

Douglas county

104 jobs$11.7 milliona year

175,000 estimated annual attendance

30 rooms · 6 festivals · 1 studios · 3 businesses

Region snapshot

Klamath Basin

Klamath, Lake counties

67 jobs$7.4 milliona year

88,000 estimated annual attendance

21 rooms · 12 festivals · 0 studios · 3 businesses

Region snapshot

Columbia Gorge

Hood River, Wasco counties

105 jobs$11.9 milliona year

193,000 estimated annual attendance

47 rooms · 31 festivals · 0 studios · 6 businesses

Region snapshot

Eastern Oregon

Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler counties

195 jobs$20.9 milliona year

219,000 estimated annual attendance

66 rooms · 42 festivals · 4 studios · 8 businesses

Region snapshot

County by county

County	People, 2025	Live music rooms	Recording studios with paid staff	Record labels and distributors with paid staff	Musical groups and artists with paid staff	One-person sound recording businesses	One-person instrument and supply shops	One-person independent artists, writers and performers
Baker County	16,658	8	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	43
Benton County	97,728	37	n.p.	n.p.	3	9	6	447
Clackamas County	426,280	10	n.p.	n.p.	3	50	11	1,681
Clatsop County	40,926	34	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	6	n.p.	199
Columbia County	54,091	4	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	133
Coos County	63,992	18	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	4	165
Crook County	27,564	5	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	58
Curry County	22,621	22	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	65
Deschutes County	213,072	86	3	n.p.	5	39	12	1,050
Douglas County	111,951	32	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	6	207
Gilliam County	1,971	1	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Grant County	7,075	2	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	11
Harney County	7,380	4	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	19
Hood River County	23,720	27	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	119
Jackson County	221,795	47	n.p.	n.p.	4	31	6	940
Jefferson County	25,740	5	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	62
Josephine County	87,867	20	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	7	4	237
Klamath County	70,274	18	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	5	109
Lake County	8,187	3	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	8
Lane County	381,584	95	n.p.	n.p.	9	58	14	1,807
Lincoln County	50,636	38	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	3	4	220
Linn County	132,843	15	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	5	3	283
Malheur County	32,261	4	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	30
Marion County	355,777	58	n.p.	n.p.	4	24	13	803
Morrow County	12,602	2	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	9
Multnomah County	795,391	70	14	6	43	285	50	7,472
Polk County	90,037	27	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	9	3	217
Sherman County	2,051	0	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	4
Tillamook County	27,384	16	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	129
Umatilla County	81,119	17	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	97
Union County	25,900	14	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	67
Wallowa County	7,595	11	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	46
Wasco County	26,310	20	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	3	n.p.	77
Washington County	611,708	14	n.p.	n.p.	4	81	19	2,162
Wheeler County	1,472	3	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	3
Yamhill County	110,024	92	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	10	n.p.	381
Oregon	4,273,586	879	at least 17	at least 6	at least 75	at least 620	at least 160	at least 19,360

n.p.: not published. The Census file has no number for that county and industry, often because the count is small; it is not zero. A total with “at least” leaves those counties out. The independent artists line counts writers and visual artists too, not only musicians. Sources: County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and county population estimates for July 2025, U.S. Census Bureau.

Download the county table (CSV)

How it was built

Live music roomsThe Oregon Venue Directory: 879 current rooms, each with the sources it was built from.
Festivals, concert series and fairs688 found in October 2026 research; 546 confirmed on their own source pages.
Recording studios and music businessesResearched region by region in October 2026; each listed only after its own website was read.
Federal numbersThe Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns and Nonemployer Statistics for 2023, and its county population estimates for July 2025.

Want this for your city or region?

This map is built from public information and checked against each source. A Recording Ecosystem Lab goes further with the people who make the music: a survey of local musicians, studios and venues, a report, and recommendations for the city or region. Most cities start with The Crisis of Perfect Music, a 60- to 90-minute session for music offices and their local recording communities.

Book a Session Discuss a Lab About LSRI